Comments on: Experimenting with TypeKit.com http://www.shiftperception.com/blog/2009/11/09/experimenting-with-typekit-com/ shiftperception.010 blog Sat, 15 May 2010 14:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: dan http://www.shiftperception.com/blog/2009/11/09/experimenting-with-typekit-com/comment-page-1/#comment-3272 dan Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:12:03 +0000 http://www.shiftperception.com/blog/?p=731#comment-3272 @OJ - yeah, it apears to cache at least for me in ff. You have options for a free service, which is what I'm playing around with. I agree, to be a paid service, you'd hope it works on all browsers. It's early days though, and hopefully sometime in the distant future browsers will adopt dynamic fonts so all the sites we visit can be in DIN condensed :) @OJ – yeah, it apears to cache at least for me in ff. You have options for a free service, which is what I’m playing around with.

I agree, to be a paid service, you’d hope it works on all browsers. It’s early days though, and hopefully sometime in the distant future browsers will adopt dynamic fonts so all the sites we visit can be in DIN condensed :)

]]> By: OJ http://www.shiftperception.com/blog/2009/11/09/experimenting-with-typekit-com/comment-page-1/#comment-3271 OJ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:23:50 +0000 http://www.shiftperception.com/blog/?p=731#comment-3271 It sure is a nifty idea, though it's not something I would personally pay for. CDNs for this kind of thing are a must as well. As far as load times are concerned, I think this could be a bigger issue (I'm not sure though). One question I would have is, does the browser cache the font like it caches everything else, or is there some other kind of trickery in place which prevents the cache from being used? For me it's only working in Firefox (3.5.3). It doesn't work in IE 8 on Win 7 x64, and Google Chrome fails too. If it's a paid service, they'd better try and sort out their cross-browser/platform issues pronto. It sure is a nifty idea, though it’s not something I would personally pay for. CDNs for this kind of thing are a must as well.

As far as load times are concerned, I think this could be a bigger issue (I’m not sure though). One question I would have is, does the browser cache the font like it caches everything else, or is there some other kind of trickery in place which prevents the cache from being used?

For me it’s only working in Firefox (3.5.3). It doesn’t work in IE 8 on Win 7 x64, and Google Chrome fails too.

If it’s a paid service, they’d better try and sort out their cross-browser/platform issues pronto.

]]> By: dan http://www.shiftperception.com/blog/2009/11/09/experimenting-with-typekit-com/comment-page-1/#comment-3270 dan Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:45:35 +0000 http://www.shiftperception.com/blog/?p=731#comment-3270 Hey Bryan :) Yeah - the font size I think is comparable to sIFR, and in the grand scheme of things isn't enormous. Re:servers - figured you'd have something in place One thing ive noticed is that it doesn't appear to be working in ie8... ? Hey Bryan :)

Yeah – the font size I think is comparable to sIFR, and in the grand scheme of things isn’t enormous.

Re:servers – figured you’d have something in place

One thing ive noticed is that it doesn’t appear to be working in ie8… ?

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