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If you are using Firefox<\/em> to read this, first off, good for you! Second, you may witness odd happenings with text as I play with Web fonts. Yes, fonts can (sort of\u2014it’s a long story) be used on websites. I’ve already implemented one font for the bulk of the site’s text. If you look closely to the pages as they’re loading, you will undoubtedly witness the font change before your eyes. That’s because the browser has to download the font.<\/p>\n

And, as usual, Internet Explorer<\/em> refuses to join the mainstream browsers. It prefers to do what it wants, rules and standards be darned. Web fonts are supposed to work in IE, but they don’t. At least, not for me. I have yet to test Opera<\/em> and Chrome<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I’m just learning about Web fonts and the @font-face<\/code> CSS property; it’s fascinating to learn all of the intricacies. And, there’s a lot of temptation to start using flashy fonts, which may not scale like you’d think or be readable. A lot of testing and careful consideration is involved. The A List Apart<\/em><\/a> website has been a lot of help; it’s a great jumping-off point:<\/p>\n