Embedded fonts (EOT)

tres · 13 Jan 2010 at 14:26

Hi all,

Embedded fonts on websites (.eots) work on IE, but not in FF as far as I know.

Is there any other way of using this? Displaying text in a font that might not be on a users computer? I don't want to go down the image or flash route for SEO purposes etc..

THanks!

Tripnologist · 13 Jan 2010 at 14:28

sifr is SEO friendly.

Users with js enabled and flash installed see flash text. All else (including search engines) see text.

AJK · 13 Jan 2010 at 16:44

Cufon is a javascript-only solution.

http://wiki.github.com/sorccu/cufon
http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/

reefoid · 13 Jan 2010 at 16:56

AJK said:
Cufon is a javascript-only solution.

http://wiki.github.com/sorccu/cufon
http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/

Another vote for Cufon. Used it on a few sites, easy to use and no problems yet.

mr.sly · 13 Jan 2010 at 17:23

tres said:
Hi all,

Embedded fonts on websites (.eots) work on IE, but not in FF as far as I know.

Is there any other way of using this? Displaying text in a font that might not be on a users computer? I don't want to go down the image or flash route for SEO purposes etc..

THanks!

EOT is a Microsoft technology they wanted to become and standard but no one else would pick it up. The latest versions of Safari, Opera, Chrome and any other browsers sharing their rendering engines, will render OTF. And Firefox will render OTF and Woff formats.

You can also check out Typekit.

unknowndomain · 14 Jan 2010 at 12:03

Cufon can be tricky though