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[Thomas Kluyver]

On 21 June 2011 18:33, Klonuo <klonuo at gmail.com> wrote:

> SVG usage as header logo is interesting idea, although a bit avant
> garde, as I'm not sure how wide spread is this approach and what are
> browser considerations with embedded fonts.
>
> Then how browsers renders this fonts? For example IE9 font rendering
> engine looks very different then FireFox or IE8 or other browsers.
>
> What would be difference if we use vector objects instead fonts?
> And is SVG font rendered, subpixel antialiased or standard antialiased?
>
> About "@font-face directive in CSS" I'm not sure what you mean?
>

I don't know the details of font rendering, but if we converted it to letter
shapes, it should look the same on any supporting browser, I think. Then we
could include a PNG as a fallback.

@font-face is a way to load a reference to a font that you can then use in a
CSS font-family definition. Most browsers now support it, although IE only
had partial support until v9 (http://caniuse.com/#feat=fontface ). Browsers
that don't support it would just use fallback font families as is normal
with CSS.



> At the end, I'm not sure also about "[y]" size/spacing reconsiderations?
> Do you expect me to redo logos or you can choose font without redoing? I
> think this is not that big drawback and we can choose font besides it,
> afterwhich I'll adjust elements on chosen font (in case of Droid it
> already looks fine to me)
>
> And if you have other font ideas, point at it
>

The top ones look fine to me, but I'll let other people comment on
typographic matters! Hope this isn't getting too frustrating - we should
have a decision soon.

Thanks,
Thomas
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