Including Fancy Fonts in Web Pages

Question

In the web project for the client, we want to use the script font, which looks like handwriting in several places throughout the site. The problem is that they are usually not system fonts, so we don’t think we can recommend the client to use them (the client likes the look); they may or may not display well on the client.

We plan to move forward simply by creating GIFs of various phrases, using the font locally, and then using these images on the pages of the site. It seems to me that this is a little shreds (although it should work). Is there a better alternative?

Answer 1

cufon uses javascript to replace headers, etc. text displayed in SVG or VML. This fails, that is, the headers are not replaced if the SVG or VML cannot be displayed.

typeface.js is similar using the canvas tag.

Although there are always problems with font licensing.

Answer 2

Have you looked at sIFR ? http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/sifr/

It uses JavaScript to replace HTML tags with a flash movie that has a special font embedded in it.

Also...

A comparison of different methods was discussed here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/692990/sifr-vs-cufon-vs-typeface-js

Answer 3

You can check if the font you want is in Google web fonts and then link to it: http://www.google.com/webfont