To: Open Font Library openfontlibrary@lists.freedesktop.org
Sent: Sat, Nov 16, 2013 7:17 pm
Subject: Re: [OpenFontLibrary] WordPress fonts, bundling vs. linking
Thanks Dave for pitching in.
Vernon, indeed that font is for the WordPress UI that is being modernized.
Regarding filesize: a default
Thanks Dave for pitching in.
Vernon, indeed that font is for the WordPress UI that is being modernized.
Regarding filesize: a default WordPress install is pretty small, about
6.5 mb (compressed). If you include a font with a wide character set,
x 4 weights, x 4 formats (WOFF, SVG, TTF, EOT),
If it’s totally essential and function well, then i would say the extra % is
just a fact-of-life. But i would think that bundling a full pan-international
font into what is essentially a web-based framework, plus adding and
configuring all the extra to make that font function well across
Thanks! I'll pitch in
I’m not sure i understand the reason for bundling in a font like that? Is it to
be used for the wordpress UI etc? If so then i can’t see the big deal in
fussing over the extra kb’s. Isn’t a default Wordpress install big enough that
the extra footprint of a single font family a non-issue?
-v
