Re: [css-d] Has anyone used www.webtype.com?

2010-10-19 Thread Sandy
the load time isn't bad compared to using images for all your headers, and it's probably way better than using other techniques that involve generating SWFs or generating images on-the-fly for dynamic text yes - did you take a look at the links Shanna sent? The load times are really not bad a

Re: [css-d] Has anyone used www.webtype.com?

2010-10-19 Thread Christian Montoya
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Sandy wrote: > >> That being said, if one font looks blocky on someone's >> windows 95 box with IE 6, then all fonts look blocky, so they wouldn't >> know the difference. >> > good point Christian. So - worth using? Do the load times have you sitting > there drummi

Re: [css-d] Has anyone used www.webtype.com?

2010-10-19 Thread Sandy
I only use it on H tags because of the load time. Removing unused options like bold and italic helps, too. I have no patience for slow computers, plus page speed is a ranking factor for Google now. I am using typekit on these sites: http://nawbogrrv.org/ http://customdesigntools.com/ http://kor

Re: [css-d] Has anyone used www.webtype.com?

2010-10-19 Thread Shanna Cramer
I only use it on H tags because of the load time. Removing unused options like bold and italic helps, too. I have no patience for slow computers, plus page speed is a ranking factor for Google now. I am using typekit on these sites: http://nawbogrrv.org/ http://customdesigntools.com/ http://k

Re: [css-d] Has anyone used www.webtype.com?

2010-10-19 Thread Sandy
That being said, if one font looks blocky on someone's windows 95 box with IE 6, then all fonts look blocky, so they wouldn't know the difference. good point Christian. So - worth using? Do the load times have you sitting there drumming your fingers wondering what's wrong, or is it just a hai

Re: [css-d] Has anyone used www.webtype.com?

2010-10-19 Thread Christian Montoya
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Sandy wrote: > >> I use typekit and like it. The downside is load time. Also watch for >> font rendering. It's different in different browsers. >> >> Shanna Cramer >> http://thewebshoppe.net > > thanks Shanna. > That's strange about the font rendering - I thought t

Re: [css-d] Has anyone used www.webtype.com?

2010-10-19 Thread Sandy
I use typekit and like it. The downside is load time. Also watch for font rendering. It's different in different browsers. Shanna Cramer http://thewebshoppe.net thanks Shanna. That's strange about the font rendering - I thought the whole point was that this could replace image fonts altogeth

Re: [css-d] Has anyone used www.webtype.com?

2010-10-19 Thread Shanna Cramer
I use typekit and like it. The downside is load time. Also watch for font rendering. It's different in different browsers. Shanna Cramer http://thewebshoppe.net On 10/19/10 10:43 AM, Sandy wrote: Not sure about this one but what about TypeKit? http://www.typekit.com http://css-tricks.com

Re: [css-d] Has anyone used www.webtype.com?

2010-10-19 Thread Sandy
Not sure about this one but what about TypeKit? http://www.typekit.com http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/69-first-ten-minutes-with-typekit/ thanks - I hadn't heard of it. Have you tried typekit? Are you happy with it? Sandy ___

Re: [css-d] Has anyone used www.webtype.com?

2010-10-19 Thread shaf
Not sure about this one but what about TypeKit?   http://www.typekit.com   http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/69-first-ten-minutes-with-typekit/   On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:32:06 -0400, Sandy wrote: Has anyone used a font from > http://www.webtype.com/ > > is it possible that it's as easy as

[css-d] Has anyone used www.webtype.com?

2010-10-19 Thread Sandy
Has anyone used a font from http://www.webtype.com/ is it possible that it's as easy as they make it sound? Have you run into any trouble? thanks! Sandy __ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/m