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Once upon a time, comic sans was the most exciting font on the web. No longer.
Procuring Fonts
TODO: licensing, purchasing model
Providers
Free
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All usernames and passwords for these accounts are in LastPass.
- fonts.com - Standard plan :
- We have a Monotype Library Subscription which features 2,200 font families available for use on web and desktop.
- Getting started with desktop fonts.
- Font Sending: You can send any of your subscription fonts to a colleague and they are free to use the font for 7 days.
- webtype.com
- myfonts.com
Paid (no Kalamuna account)
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/**
* Implements template_preprocess_html().
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function MYTHEME_preprocess_html(&$variables) {
//Adds typekit js to theme
drupal_add_js('//use.typekit.net/wje3ojf.js', 'external');
drupal_add_js('try{Typekit.load();}catch(e){}', 'inline', 'page_bottom');
} |
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Self hosting
If you have a copy of a web font that you want to use and intend to host it along with the site then you can use a Sass mixin like the following:
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@mixin set-font-face($font-family, $file-path, $weight: normal, $style: normal ) {
@font-face {
font-family: $font-family;
src:
url(#{$file-path}.woff) format('woff2'), /* Chrome 26+, Opera 23+ */
url(#{$file-path}.woff) format('woff'); /* Chrome 6+, Firefox 3.6+, IE 9+, Safari 5.1+ */
font-weight: $weight;
font-style: $style;
font-stretch: none;
}
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note that EOT and SVG format fallbacks are no longer required
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Note: @font-face and <link> really only work on Apple desktop and mobile clients.
Icon web fonts
When building a site with multiple custom icons you can save on http requests by bundling them all up in to a webfont using Thiago de Mello Bueno (Unlicensed)'s little piece of magic to combine your icons into a web font: https://github.com/madeofpeople/makesvgfont
However, you should probably never do this. The main argument of this approach was to improve performance on page load by reducing the number of requests that the browser would need to make for all the needed files. However, with the adoption of HTTP/2 browsers now can bundle a bunch of file requests in a single connection, and don't have to wait for the server to respond to each individually. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36517829/what-does-multiplexing-mean-in-http-2
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