Comments on: Cufón – Another sIFR alternative for Font Embedding

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Cufòn una nuova sfida a sIFR? | Napolux.com — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:22:27 +0000

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By: femk

femk — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:23:58 +0000

I tried Cufon for the intro text of my website – about 20-30 words. I am not quite sure I like the way the html is rendered on the page with a for every word. Am I missing something here?

By: Eren Emre Kanal

Eren Emre Kanal — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:49:18 +0000

Another review:

http://www.erenemre.com/2009/03/cufon-vs-sifrwhich-one-is-better/

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:20:11 +0000

Wow Zonaksu, you’re right – the text is selected, and you can copy and paste it. Very cool, and very unexpected. Still, without being able to see what you’re copying and pasting, and considering the average user will just assume they can’t, does it matter?

By: Zonakusu

Zonakusu — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:22:19 +0000

Peter “but no text selection”.

Correct me if i’m wrong my cufon does has text selection, you just don’t see it in the window… But is does get selected.

By: Tommie Hansedn

Tommie Hansedn — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:19:58 +0000

Mike: However Cufón uses a bounch of algorithms to make the font easier so one wouldn’t even distribute the original font if one doesn’t choose to turn off optimization..

By: links for 2009-03-26

links for 2009-03-26 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:00:29 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:40:05 +0000

The way this works is to basically distribute the font (as javascript in SVG) to the end users browser. My understanding of copyright protection for fonts would make this practice illegal.

When you use a font and create a graphic, you are not distributing the font. But the SVG is the “math” of the actual font.

Someone should consider checking the legality of this if implemented for corporate uses.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:59:48 +0000

Cufon looks great, especially having dealt with sIFR in the past – but no text selection? Thats a tough one for me to get past, and one of the things I loved most about sIFR. Hopefully a solution pops up soon.