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#1 2009-04-19 22:52:59

Destry

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From: Haut-Rhin

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Cufón...the sIFR killer?

Cufón looks very promising for working with more non-web-safe fonts in your site designs. Just came to know of it via Stop Design via HicksDesign.

Anyone tried it yet?

#2 2009-04-19 23:09:25

Neko

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Registered: 2004-03-18

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Re: Cufón...the sIFR killer?

Me. Very easy to implement. The only drawback is, if I got it correctly, you need a JS library such as jQuery in order to precisely select which elements you want to replace (eg: #sidebar li a), otherwise by default it can only pick general elements such as h1, h2, a, etc…

I also noticed a buggy behavior on hovers, but that could be just me.

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#3 2009-04-20 03:54:10

JanDW

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Re: Cufón...the sIFR killer?

I believe replaced text is no longer available for copy/paste in contrast to SiFR, right?

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#4 2009-04-20 07:48:12

kemie

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Re: Cufón...the sIFR killer?

Yea, i really don’t like the unselectability of cufon (and the similar typeface.js) I still prefer either regular sIFR, or lately the jquery version of sIFR

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#5 2009-04-20 11:16:36

nemoorange

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Re: Cufón...the sIFR killer?

JanDW wrote:

I believe replaced text is no longer available for copy/paste in contrast to SiFR, right?

Actually, you can select it – at least individual words, not between letters. But, in Firefox, the selected-highlight does not appear. Read more about this at Viget: Inspire

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#6 2009-04-20 14:33:07

mrdale

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From: Walla Walla

Registered: 2004-11-19

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Re: Cufón...the sIFR killer?

Another option is the trusty ol’ Zem Image Replace which is pretty damn flexible and seems to be rock solid.

#7 2009-04-28 07:31:58

Destry

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Re: Cufón...the sIFR killer?

Seems like I was late to know about Cufon. Thanks for the replies.

Dale, good reminder on zem’s plugin. Thanks.