Comments on: The Font-as-Service http://ilovetypography.com/2009/08/07/the-font-as-service/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:33:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Designershttp://ilovetypography.com/2009/08/07/the-font-as-service/#comment-17070 Designers Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:23:59 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=5953#comment-17070 Pushing looks forward with DRM as the backend. People upload images to the web, and expect their designs not to be stolen, HTML/CSS/JS/images are all the same. Why is the solution something that should be obfusticated just for fonts? This isn't a solution, this is the hack. The solution exists and the way to use a font is through the proper CSS methods, and licensing fonts you don't have a license to. The same as it always has been for images.I concur with the final synopsis, but I personally I can't wait to see the end to all of this SIFR/font replacement lark. Pushing looks forward with DRM as the backend. People upload images to the web, and expect their designs not to be stolen, HTML/CSS/JS/images are all the same. Why is the solution something that should be obfusticated just for fonts? This isn’t a solution, this is the hack. The solution exists and the way to use a font is through the proper CSS methods, and licensing fonts you don’t have a license to. The same as it always has been for images.

I concur with the final synopsis, but I personally I can’t wait to see the end to all of this SIFR/font replacement lark.

]]> By: Jessehttp://ilovetypography.com/2009/08/07/the-font-as-service/#comment-16967 Jesse Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:32:41 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=5953#comment-16967 Wow! Great post. I wasn't aware of any of these solutions. It is a great day for the web now that this is getting the attention it deserves. For too long we've remained stagnant with the same typical font stacks while javascript and CSS improvements and adoption push us forward. Wow! Great post. I wasn’t aware of any of these solutions. It is a great day for the web now that this is getting the attention it deserves. For too long we’ve remained stagnant with the same typical font stacks while javascript and CSS improvements and adoption push us forward.

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]]> By: Links of the Week 11 - Inspect Elementhttp://ilovetypography.com/2009/08/07/the-font-as-service/#comment-16893 Links of the Week 11 - Inspect Element Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:27:54 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=5953#comment-16893 [...] The Font-as-Service [...] […] The Font-as-Service […]

]]> By: Elliot Jay Stockshttp://ilovetypography.com/2009/08/07/the-font-as-service/#comment-16880 Elliot Jay Stocks Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:04:58 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=5953#comment-16880 Thanks for your thoughts, everyone. And what a huge honour to have comments from Jonathan and Erik — thank you, gentlemen!<strong>Jason and Jeffrey:</strong> I apologise heartily if this came across as sounding anti-Typekit. This certainly wasn't my intention. I really appreciate you clarifying the point about the font stacks and I'm so excited with the way Typekit is going. You might be interested to read my latest post:<a href="http://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/more-reasons-to-get-excited-about-typekit/" rel="nofollow">More reasons to get excited about Typekit</a>. Thanks for your thoughts, everyone. And what a huge honour to have comments from Jonathan and Erik — thank you, gentlemen!

Jason and Jeffrey: I apologise heartily if this came across as sounding anti-Typekit. This certainly wasn’t my intention. I really appreciate you clarifying the point about the font stacks and I’m so excited with the way Typekit is going. You might be interested to read my latest post:More reasons to get excited about Typekit.

]]> By: Liz Castrohttp://ilovetypography.com/2009/08/07/the-font-as-service/#comment-16866 Liz Castro Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:51:29 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=5953#comment-16866 I'd like to second James Puckett's recommendation that you look at Kernest.com. It's up and running and works great. (I've written a tutorial for using Kernest fonts on my blog (see http://bit.ly/bjT4u)I'd love to beta-test and document the rest of them myself! I’d like to second James Puckett’s recommendation that you look at Kernest.com. It’s up and running and works great. (I’ve written a tutorial for using Kernest fonts on my blog (see http://bit.ly/bjT4u)

I’d love to beta-test and document the rest of them myself!

]]> By: Ian Houghtonhttp://ilovetypography.com/2009/08/07/the-font-as-service/#comment-16812 Ian Houghton Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:51:35 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=5953#comment-16812 Fontdeck has my vote for the logo alone, although I do like Typotheque's name. Regular CSS support without messing around with JS is a bonus! Fontdeck has my vote for the logo alone, although I do like Typotheque’s name. Regular CSS support without messing around with JS is a bonus!

]]> By: Randomness, vol. IX - Programming Bloghttp://ilovetypography.com/2009/08/07/the-font-as-service/#comment-16778 Randomness, vol. IX - Programming Blog Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:15:19 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=5953#comment-16778 [...] The Font-as-Service [...] […] The Font-as-Service […]

]]> By: Andrew Mhttp://ilovetypography.com/2009/08/07/the-font-as-service/#comment-16740 Andrew M Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:23:03 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=5953#comment-16740 Only time will tell. Great summary of the situation.It seems odd Adobe or another big name has not jumped into this and created a service. Maybe they don't see a profit in it. Maybe they're working on it. I could see a Dreaweaver font selector tool similar to selecting a song from the iTunes store. Only time will tell. Great summary of the situation.

It seems odd Adobe or another big name has not jumped into this and created a service. Maybe they don’t see a profit in it. Maybe they’re working on it. I could see a Dreaweaver font selector tool similar to selecting a song from the iTunes store.

]]> By: Nick Dunnhttp://ilovetypography.com/2009/08/07/the-font-as-service/#comment-16717 Nick Dunn Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:54:02 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=5953#comment-16717 One question I have yet to see answered is where existing licences will be valid. Not actually *owning* the font files themselves means that creating Photoshop comps for the client is going to be costly — won't we have to buy the font twice — once as an offline licence and another through Typekit/Font Deck? One question I have yet to see answered is where existing licences will be valid. Not actually *owning* the font files themselves means that creating Photoshop comps for the client is going to be costly — won’t we have to buy the font twice — once as an offline licence and another through Typekit/Font Deck?

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