Google Chrome will support web open font formats

Recently, a bug in the Chrome browser project follows up with the message
Display
Google Chrome intends to deploy the Web open font format. However, this message does not indicate when chrome will launch this function. Web
Open font format
Mozilla initiated
Designed to allow designers to use their own personalized fonts on the web.

The Web open font format allows the designer to link his font file like a linked image and use this font to display text. The Web open font format is used to solve css3 problems.
@ Font-FACE: @ font-face allows the browser to download the specified font, but does not specify the font format. Use @ font-face
It may have different effects in different browsers. Last year, the famous blog site boing used @ font-Face Technology to reconstruct the site.
Failed
.

Another advantage of the Web open font format is that it is compressed, which avoids the problem of huge font downloads. The web open font format has been deployed
Firefox 3.6, opera, and Microsoft both said they would provide support. The format has been submitted to W3C for standardization.
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However, Microsoft's ie9 does not support this format, but Microsoft is one of the advocates of this standard, ie
This format is also mentioned in the product blog.
Therefore, we can expect that the support for this function will be included in the final release of ie9.

If chrome also supports the Web open font format, Apple's Safari will be the only browser that does not indicate that this technology is supported.

In addition to browser support, another important issue is the support of the font designer. Because the Web open font format is not secure, the font designer may not want to provide support for it, however, including
Adobe, house industries, hoefler & frere-Jones, and ITC,
Font store tables including Linotype
This format is supported
.

Although the Web open font format does not solve all the web font problems, it is a huge step towards the right direction. With Firefox, opera,
With Chrome's support for this technology, designers are expected to quickly use their favorite fonts in their web design.

For more information about Web security fonts, refer to Mozilla hack.
Blog.

Additional reading

• Web
  Font future
• Off
  Web font: Current Situation and Future
• Again
  Current Situation and Future of Web Fonts

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