At 11:53 -0400 on 06/29/2012, Tom Livingston wrote about [css-d]
font-face declarations:
I got the following from FontSquirrel:
@font-face {
font-family: 'AlegreyaRegular';
src: url('Alegreya-Regular-webfont.eot');
src: url('Alegreya-Regular-webfont.eot?#iefix')
format('embedded-opentype'),
url('Alegreya-Regular-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
url('Alegreya-Regular-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),
url('Alegreya-Regular-webfont.svg#AlegreyaRegular') format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
[snip]
My question is, shouldn't the declaration for AlegreyaBold use
font-weight: bold; instead of 'normal'? And should AlegreyaItalic use
font-style: italic; - again, instead of 'normal'?
If so, why would FontSquirrel use 'normal' in these cases?
I think it is correct. Saying italic or bold asks the browser to
either select an italic/bold version of the roman font requested or
fake the style if there is no italic/bold of the font. Since you are
supplying a pre-formatted font you want to use it as-is so normal is
the correct setting.
To see what happens if you mix font-weight/style with an italic/bold
font, try asking for one that you have on your machine and the add a
style to it and compare with the same font with no style.
TIA!
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Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic |
ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com
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