Dear All, How does one install fonts for a theme in drupal 7? I want to use Gill Sans and have it listed in the css but don't know how to get it to the system/server Thanks Tony
Maybe there is something I'm missing about your question, but it is my understanding that actual fonts are provided by the client operating system and it's browser(s), using your html and/or CSS as a guide, and I don't believe many O/S's will allow you to cause them to be uploaded because of the potential for abuse.
One work around however is to use php's GD modules to turn the text into an image (using your font) and cause that image to be displayed. Disadvantages would be processing time to generate the image (you wouldn't want to do this with each page fetch unless there was some overriding reason like changing text). Another disadvantage is that the image contents will NOT be scanned by search engines to index the text contained in it (some may scan alt text).
Hope this helps,
Warren Vail
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Dear All, How does one install fonts for a theme in drupal 7? I want to use Gill Sans and have it listed in the css but don't know how to get it to the system/server Thanks Tony
Certainly does. Some days are like that: your brain feels like a donut. Big hole in the middle. Thanks!
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This is sort of what I was looking for I think. A bit more leeway in styling themes. http://fusiondrupalthemes.com/support/documentation/styling-content
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:49 PM, tonio tony@tony-mac.com wrote:
Certainly does. Some days are like that: your brain feels like a donut. Big hole in the middle. Thanks!
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Font support on the web has classically been a huge hinderance to designers because of OS limitations. Various workaround have evolved over time (Image replacement, sIFR, cufon, etc). The best solution in terms of ease, performance, and accessibility at present is CSS @font-face rules.
Definitely look into using http://drupal.org/project/fontyourface which can assist in the issue. However, many fonts aren't licensed to support webpage embedding. Gil Sans is likely not (being that the foundry is Monotype).
You might consider typefaces here http://typekit.com/libraries/full?style=Sans+Serif&tags=humanist as licensable replacements for Gil Sans via the fontyourface module.
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 4:55 PM, tony maciejowski tony@tony-mac.com wrote:
This is sort of what I was looking for I think. A bit more leeway in styling themes. http://fusiondrupalthemes.com/support/documentation/styling-content
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:49 PM, tonio tony@tony-mac.com wrote:
Certainly does. Some days are like that: your brain feels like a donut. Big hole in the middle. Thanks!
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Or take a look at Google Web Fonts and see if you can find something similar you would like to use:
http://www.google.com/webfonts
Jamie Holly http://www.intoxination.net http://www.hollyit.net
On 5/19/2011 6:29 PM, Carl Wiedemann wrote:
Font support on the web has classically been a huge hinderance to designers because of OS limitations. Various workaround have evolved over time (Image replacement, sIFR, cufon, etc). The best solution in terms of ease, performance, and accessibility at present is CSS @font-face rules.
Definitely look into using http://drupal.org/project/fontyourface which can assist in the issue. However, many fonts aren't licensed to support webpage embedding. Gil Sans is likely not (being that the foundry is Monotype).
You might consider typefaces here http://typekit.com/libraries/full?style=Sans+Serif&tags=humanist http://typekit.com/libraries/full?style=Sans+Serif&tags=humanist as licensable replacements for Gil Sans via the fontyourface module.
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 4:55 PM, tony maciejowski <tony@tony-mac.com mailto:tony@tony-mac.com> wrote:
This is sort of what I was looking for I think. A bit more leeway in styling themes. http://fusiondrupalthemes.com/support/documentation/styling-content On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:49 PM, tonio <tony@tony-mac.com <mailto:tony@tony-mac.com>> wrote: Certainly does. Some days are like that: your brain feels like a donut. Big hole in the middle. Thanks! Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: "Warren Vail" <warren@vailtech.net <mailto:warren@vailtech.net>> Sender: support-bounces@drupal.org <mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org> Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 14:28:51 To: <support@drupal.org <mailto:support@drupal.org>> Reply-To: support@drupal.org <mailto:support@drupal.org> Subject: Re: [support] Install fonts -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
There is also a Google Fonts module, which adds ability to use Google Fonts on your site. I checked to see if Gill is available, though and it is not. Might be on Typekit, though.
There's another module that adds webfont API support, but I don't know anything about it.
Best, Marilyn
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On May 19, 2011, at 6:29 PM, Carl Wiedemann carl.wiedemann@gmail.com wrote:
Font support on the web has classically been a huge hinderance to designers because of OS limitations. Various workaround have evolved over time (Image replacement, sIFR, cufon, etc). The best solution in terms of ease, performance, and accessibility at present is CSS @font-face rules.
Definitely look into using http://drupal.org/project/fontyourface which can assist in the issue. However, many fonts aren't licensed to support webpage embedding. Gil Sans is likely not (being that the foundry is Monotype).
You might consider typefaces here http://typekit.com/libraries/full?style=Sans+Serif&tags=humanist as licensable replacements for Gil Sans via the fontyourface module.
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 4:55 PM, tony maciejowski tony@tony-mac.com wrote: This is sort of what I was looking for I think. A bit more leeway in styling themes. http://fusiondrupalthemes.com/support/documentation/styling-content
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:49 PM, tonio tony@tony-mac.com wrote: Certainly does. Some days are like that: your brain feels like a donut. Big hole in the middle. Thanks!
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http://drupal.org/project/fontyourface supports Google Fonts in addition to Typekit.com, Font Squirrel, KERNEST, Fontdeck, and Fonts.com
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Marilyn Langfeld langfeldesigns@gmail.comwrote:
There is also a Google Fonts module, which adds ability to use Google Fonts on your site. I checked to see if Gill is available, though and it is not. Might be on Typekit, though.
There's another module that adds webfont API support, but I don't know anything about it.
Best, Marilyn
Sent from my iPhone
On May 19, 2011, at 6:29 PM, Carl Wiedemann carl.wiedemann@gmail.com wrote:
Font support on the web has classically been a huge hinderance to designers because of OS limitations. Various workaround have evolved over time (Image replacement, sIFR, cufon, etc). The best solution in terms of ease, performance, and accessibility at present is CSS @font-face rules.
Definitely look into using http://drupal.org/project/fontyourface http://drupal.org/project/fontyourface which can assist in the issue. However, many fonts aren't licensed to support webpage embedding. Gil Sans is likely not (being that the foundry is Monotype).
You might consider typefaces here http://typekit.com/libraries/full?style=Sans+Serif&tags=humanist http://typekit.com/libraries/full?style=Sans+Serif&tags=humanist as licensable replacements for Gil Sans via the fontyourface module.
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 4:55 PM, tony maciejowski < tony@tony-mac.com tony@tony-mac.com> wrote:
This is sort of what I was looking for I think. A bit more leeway in styling themes. http://fusiondrupalthemes.com/support/documentation/styling-content http://fusiondrupalthemes.com/support/documentation/styling-content
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 2:49 PM, tonio < tony@tony-mac.com tony@tony-mac.com> wrote:
Certainly does. Some days are like that: your brain feels like a donut. Big hole in the middle. Thanks!
Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
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