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Thanks for the detailed answer but I am going to admit a bit of frustration with the answers thus far. I realize it is impacting load time; I know about typography and web-safe fonts. I realize I could use an image (or image sprites) and alt text. However, those are last resorts for me. I could use a very safe font stack but that defeats the purpose of having web fonts (and even substitutes require an HTTP connection). Then you get into SEO, accessibility issues of font size adjust, translations, settings for the visually impaired, etc. If reasonable, I prefer to optimize my web fonts.

adam-asdf
– adam-asdf

2012-08-18 05:32:24 +00:00
Commented Aug 18, 2012 at 5:32
If you had read the first article I linked to, you would have found information on ways to improve page load times while using non-standard web fonts.

tacotuesday
– tacotuesday

2012-08-18 05:57:40 +00:00
Commented Aug 18, 2012 at 5:57
Sorry, got overwhelmed by the number of links, I'll do that now.

adam-asdf
– adam-asdf

2012-08-18 05:59:04 +00:00
Commented Aug 18, 2012 at 5:59
You were right, sorry for my impatience (it is actually the second link he gives). Details self-hosting, TypeKit, Google, font-squirrel (somehow I missed thinking of trying the advanced option of the @font-face generator), and even an analysis of different methods in different browsers. For those who comes across this down the road, it answered all my questions.

adam-asdf
– adam-asdf

2012-08-18 06:14:20 +00:00
Commented Aug 18, 2012 at 6:14
Thanks for letting me know it was the second link. I mixed them up in the post. It's fixed now, so it's the first link. You may also want to look into Cufon and sIFR, if you haven't already. Also, a lot of my answer was meant for future readers, so that they think a bit before following the crowd in regards to using web fonts.

tacotuesday
– tacotuesday

2012-08-18 06:24:13 +00:00
Commented Aug 18, 2012 at 6:24

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