Hi Ben L! 2008/11/22 Ben Laenen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I have one issue with the CSS of the new OFLB site > (http://openfontlibrary.fontly.org/openfontlibrary_files/skins/oflb-skin/css/style.css): > > font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue Light", "Nimbus > Sans", Helvetica, Arial; > > Does it make sense to start of with commercial and expensive fonts (of > which I'm sure 99% of the visitors won't have anyway) on a Free font > site?
I've updated this to: font-family: "Nimbus Sans", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue Light", Helvetica, Arial; I think we have more than 1% of visitors using Mac OS X, which comes with Helvetica Neue as part of the OS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fonts_in_Mac_OS_X - and I expect that the majority of the site's contributors will be using Mac OS X because the majority of graphic designers do so. OFLB must look appealing to that group, so specifying that font in the CSS (but not distributing it) is okay I think. At least until a "Nimbus Sans Light" exists. And specifying Nimbus Sans first is no problem since I don't expect many Mac OS X users to have that installed. Perhaps Ben W and James W can comment.
