Beautiful typography on your websites
Do you want to use a font that is not on the safe-list?
You don't want to convert all your texts into images or Flash?
Then consider using a font embedding technique like Cufon 's.
Your stylesheets will finally be able to be enhanced, and Arial , Helvetica, Sans-Serif will only remain a requirement for compatibility…
The principle is simple:
- Convert your font with Cufon (*)
- Download the converted font and the JavaScript code
- Implement everything in your HTML+CSS source code
The advantages of this technique are numerous:
- SEO: good text consideration
- Compatibility: No plugin required and works with common browsers (with JavaScript enabled)
- Flexibility: works with text generated by a CMS
Some drawbacks:
- JavaScript is required: a replacement font will be provided.
- Loading time: the size of the converted font increases rapidly, especially if you want to use bold, italic, etc. variants.
- Not really suitable for paragraph texts
(*) However, be sure to check that the font creator authorizes you to use this conversion technique.
