[Pro] None system fonts on websites

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#1

Hi all, I’m just about to start my first responsive site using Backdraft (thanks Caleb), so expect a few more questions to follow - exciting eh!

My immediate problem is that the client has a couple of typefaces that she’d like to use throughout the site and I haven’t a clue how to force these characters. I realise there’s the Caxton action and GoogleFonts, but again, wouldn’t know how to implement either.

Does anyone out there have a preference for which works the best, or ease of use, or indeed any other web font type thingy solution?

Many thanks
Trev

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#2

Hi Trev,

This document from Ernie helped me a lot!!

http://cssway.thebigerns.com/workbench/google-fonts/

gl

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In my humble opinion, Caxton is the easiest to use. It’s pretty straightforward:

  • create a webkit of the font at FontSquirrel.com
  • within Freeway, insert the action somewhere outside the page
  • select the .css-file that came with the webkit
  • create a font set named after the web font (including the ’ ‘)
  • apply the web font to the styles.

It’s thàt easy.

Richard

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#4

Many thanks Erik, I’ll look at that one.
Trev

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On 12 Feb 2014, at 12:38, Erik email@hidden wrote:

Hi Trev,

This document from Ernie helped me a lot!!

http://cssway.thebigerns.com/workbench/google-fonts/

gl

Erik

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#5

And thanks to you for that also Richard.
Trev

On 12 Feb 2014, at 12:45, Richard van Heukelum email@hidden wrote:

In my humble opinion, Caxton is the easiest to use. It’s pretty straightforward:

  • create a webkit of the font at FontSquirrel.com
  • within Freeway, insert the action somewhere outside the page
  • select the .css-file that came with the webkit
  • create a font set named after the web font (including the ’ ‘)
  • apply the web font to the styles.

It’s thàt easy.

Richard

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#6

Richard, Erik, thanks to you both for pointing me in the right direction.

I had a go at both and ended up going Ernie’s GoogleFonts direction - seems to work a treat.

Trev

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