Thanks Bob for your replay. I just don't get why this is not a priority.
Does this mean that no one is going to do anything about this? I think this is a big deal and something that should be worked on as core for every browser. Not solving this problem just costs everyone more money, more time, more bandwidth, less accessibility, etc, etc.. Why doesn't any one care about this? Am I totally off by asking for something like this? Is anyone working on figuring this out? Nick On May 21, 2006, at 5:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I posted a message perhaps two weeks ago regarding fonts. Yes - > there was one response - and it basically confirmed that we have > little recourse at this time. The option recommended was to use > some combo flash/javascript thing to generate some options. Yes - > I, too, tire of generating images to fill the void, then also the > extra alt/title stuff to make the image useful. Seems to me there > ought to be some way to link to or incorporate a creative fonts > library, the using CSS or even some scripting to make it usable. > > This doesn't solve this problem - and I don't know that this is > generally feasible (undoubtedly would slow down a site), but > ImageMagick is an open source image manipulation/scripting program > which can be used to generate text and place it within an image. > It could be used to dynamically generate background images with > custom fonts. This would be a real hack. -Bob > > Nicholas Morgan wrote: >> David, >> >> That's great and all but you didn't answer my question. To me this >> is the same problem that we had without CSS. We used tables and >> other means to get the designs that we wanted. This is how I >> interpret what you just told me. We have carefully thought and put >> together 12 standard t-shirts. They are great t-shirts and everyone >> on the planet has to pick out of that 12 because we studied what it >> takes to be a t-shirt and feel that the 12 we have chosen are >> awesome. The point is to empower designers not to put them in a box. >> And as much as you try you can't take css and make a font look like >> another, you just don't have that much control. >> >> I appreciate all the time people put into their fonts. I know how >> much time they take to make. And I think people should be able to >> use them without hassle on the web. >> >> There are thousands of ways to make arial look different but in the >> end it is still arial. >> >> Nick >> >> >> >> On May 21, 2006, at 2:25 PM, David Laakso wrote: >> >> >>> Nicholas Morgan wrote: >>> >>>> Alright. >>>> >>>> Issue: >>>> No way for use to use more than non-standard fonts. >>>> >>>> >>> The current state of CSS, and standard fonts, is such that there few >>> people in the entire world who have even scratched the surface of >>> what >>> is possible with what is available. Some typographers spend their >>> entire >>> life working with and attempting to understand one font. And some of >>> them are represented among the standard fonts. No need for image >>> replacement, flash. or scripting. There is a grave need for creative >>> people to understand the intrinsic fluidly of the Web, and push the >>> envelope when it comes to typography. There are so many doors yet >>> to be >>> opened with the beauty of CSS creatively combined with standard >>> available fonts. >>> >>>> Sorry guys to rant but I have just about had enough of creating >>>> these >>>> images... >>>> >>>> Nick >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Best, >>> ~davidLaakso >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.dlaakso.com/gustave/ >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________________ >>> __ >>> css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d >>> IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 >>> List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ >>> Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> --------------------------------------------- >> Nick Morgan | Web Developer | New City Media >> P: 540.552.1320 x204 F: 540.552.5493 C: 540.921.7835 W: >> www.newcitymedia.com >> >> >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> _ >> css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d >> IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 >> List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ >> Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------- Nick Morgan | Web Developer | New City Media P: 540.552.1320 x204 F: 540.552.5493 C: 540.921.7835 W: www.newcitymedia.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
