By jodi on February 1, 2010
So…last week I mentioned here that I love typography.
While Internet Explorer (IE) has supported the @font-face rule since v4.0. support was limited to embedded Open-Type fonts. While restricting browser support to embedded Open-Type fonts put limits on it’s use, the method of rendering a typeface on a web page by linking to a font file [...]
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By jodi on December 24, 2008
The benefit of following a standard is that everyone who uses it understands it’s definition.
Information sharing is enhanced when everyone is on the same page. Confusion is minimized when we don’t have to reinvent the wheel.
Symbols and codes are natural candidates for standardization because they represent larger entities in a compact form. When we compact [...]
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