New Fonts!

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:59:59 -800

With the release of Firefox 3.5, the big three web browsers allow web page
designers to embed TrueType/OpenType font files in the CSS files of web pages.
This allows a webmaster to enhance the browsing experience because page viewers
can see the web page with whichever fonts the designer intended, instead of
needing the browser to extrapolate font selections to whatever is installed on
the system. With that in mind, I scoured the Internet looking for free fonts
that allow embedding, and came up with Delicious for body text and UI elements, AUdimat for heading and
navigation links, and Anonymous Pro
for fixed-width text. The authors of all three web sites graciously permit
font embedding, so if you have a supported browser (Firefox 3.5+, IE 6+, and
Safari 3.1+) you can view the pages as I intend. Chrome and Opera don't work
correctly for whatever reasons.