Hi guys! I'm Chunk. (Unless your browser doesn't support font-face. Then I'm Helvetica Neue.) I'm SFB's new logo font. I'm coming soon. But thanks to Kernest, I'm making an early appearance. Whoo!
A week and a half ago, we tried out this new service called TypeKit, and noted a few things about it: It costs money, it’s currently invite only, and it uses a tiered font system. It seemed pretty cool nonetheless. Then we tried Kernest. And we have to say, Kernest simply does it better.
Why’s that, ShortFormBlog? There’s fewer, less confusing barriers to entry, it doesn’t use Javascript (very key), it costs less (even more key) and (best of all) the DRM is less complicated.
A la carte, not subscription. Right now, Kernest’s selections are largely open-source, freeware or donationware. Most of TypeKit’s selections are big commercial fonts. We think this is mostly an exposure/hype thing rather than a quality thing, because TypeKit’s been a Twitter trending topic a few times. We’re convinced that they simply need attention from the media.
It’s not perfect yet, though. Our biggest complaints about the service at the moment all relate to the interface: Simply put, this list needs to be more like this list, and it needs to be more intuitive overall. In our opinion, TypeKit’s interface is a little cleaner from the backend. (But on the other hand, Kernest doesn’t hide its assets from the user for trial viewing, as we found with TypeKit’s list with no links.) But what Kernest is offering seems to be just a little better on the frontend. What do your users care about? Seriously?
source
My Opera 10 rc2 supports @font-face, and yet I’m not seeing fonts here.
Why, why oh why do you need to shove DRM when it’s not protecting foundries business? (If I wanted to pirate fonts, I’d go to Pirate Bay and download 10000-pack DVD of fonts rather than “stealing” them one by one from pages).
It’s Garrick — from Kernest.com. Yes, Windows’ font ‘smoothing’ has 3 settings: Off, Standard, and ClearType. In my review — both Standard and ClearType are better than Off. Every time you pass by a Windows machine — open up the Display Properties, click ‘Effects’, Select ‘ClearType’, then click ‘OK’ and ‘Apply’. Sites like ShortFormBlog & Kernest will then be able to make people even happier.
It’s Garrick — from Kernest.com. Yes, Windows’ font ‘smoothing’ has 3 settings: Off, Standard, and ClearType. In my review — both Standard and ClearType are better than Off. Every time you pass by a Windows machine — open up the Display Properties, click ‘Effects’, Select ‘ClearType’, then click ‘OK’ and ‘Apply’. Sites like ShortFormBlog & Kernest will then be able to make people even happier.
I’m getting the correct font in Firefox 3.5 but not Safari 4.0.3 (Snow Leopard.) Just thought I’d give you heads up.
It’s working fine for me in Safari 4.0.3. I actually tested it ahead of time. Strange.
I am getting no love it Chrome. I just figured it already supported @font-face.
Slick as hell in Firefox, though bummed about lack of Chrome support. That’s gotta be right around the corner, though.
My Opera 10 rc2 supports @font-face, and yet I’m not seeing fonts here.
Why, why oh why do you need to shove DRM when it’s not protecting foundries business? (If I wanted to pirate fonts, I’d go to Pirate Bay and download 10000-pack DVD of fonts rather than “stealing” them one by one from pages).
I’ve documented Chrome support here:
http://webfonts.info/wiki/index.php?title=@font…
I’ve heard nothing from the Chromium team on this “security review” so I’m a little dubious its right around the corner. :/
It works in Feedly! It works in Feedly! So psyched! (Also not the chunky looking one, but, I can read the WHOLE BIG QUOTE/HEADLINE!)
I am so completely pscyhed!
It works in Feedly! It works in Feedly! So psyched! (Also not the chunky looking one, but, I can read the WHOLE BIG QUOTE/HEADLINE!)
I am so completely pscyhed!
The font is jaggy and hideous. Sorry to be harsh, but it looks really bad.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VsC-zJxklS4/S2nW9XiCEDI/A…
Using Windows 98, eh? It looks fine on a modern browser/computer.
http://sfbimages.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/up…
Hey, it looks good on your screen, I guess that’s all that matters.
P.S.
I’m using Windows 7, Firefox 3.6, Chrome 4, Safari 4 & IE8
Do you have Cleartype on by chance?
Ahhh, ClearType makes it much better.
With ClearType
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VsC-zJxklS4/S2n2rsmw-FI/AAAAAAAADk4/mSUiTgh3T9s/shortformblog%20with%20cleartype.jpg
Without ClearType
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VsC-zJxklS4/S2nW9XiCEDI/AAAAAAAADkU/J5Qk5JcN1c8/shortformblog.jpg
Hey, sorry about your issues… I wasn’t trying to come off the wrong way in saying it… But I AM glad that Cleartype helped.
It’s Garrick — from Kernest.com. Yes, Windows’ font ‘smoothing’ has 3 settings: Off, Standard, and ClearType. In my review — both Standard and ClearType are better than Off. Every time you pass by a Windows machine — open up the Display Properties, click ‘Effects’, Select ‘ClearType’, then click ‘OK’ and ‘Apply’. Sites like ShortFormBlog & Kernest will then be able to make people even happier.
It’s Garrick — from Kernest.com. Yes, Windows’ font ‘smoothing’ has 3 settings: Off, Standard, and ClearType. In my review — both Standard and ClearType are better than Off. Every time you pass by a Windows machine — open up the Display Properties, click ‘Effects’, Select ‘ClearType’, then click ‘OK’ and ‘Apply’. Sites like ShortFormBlog & Kernest will then be able to make people even happier.