Sent by Nicholas Morgan on 21 May 2006 20:08
David,
That's great and all but you didn't answer my question. To me this
is the same problem that we had without CSS. We used tables and
other means to get the designs that we wanted. This is how I
interpret what you just told me. We have carefully thought and put
together 12 standard t-shirts. They are great t-shirts and everyone
on the planet has to pick out of that 12 because we studied what it
takes to be a t-shirt and feel that the 12 we have chosen are
awesome. The point is to empower designers not to put them in a box.
And as much as you try you can't take css and make a font look like
another, you just don't have that much control.
I appreciate all the time people put into their fonts. I know how
much time they take to make. And I think people should be able to
use them without hassle on the web.
There are thousands of ways to make arial look different but in the
end it is still arial.
Nick
On May 21, 2006, at 2:25 PM, David Laakso wrote:
> Nicholas Morgan wrote:
>> Alright.
>>
>> Issue:
>> No way for use to use more than non-standard fonts.
>>
> The current state of CSS, and standard fonts, is such that there few
> people in the entire world who have even scratched the surface of what
> is possible with what is available. Some typographers spend their
> entire
> life working with and attempting to understand one font. And some of
> them are represented among the standard fonts. No need for image
> replacement, flash. or scripting. There is a grave need for creative
> people to understand the intrinsic fluidly of the Web, and push the
> envelope when it comes to typography. There are so many doors yet
> to be
> opened with the beauty of CSS creatively combined with standard
> available fonts.
>>
>>
>> Sorry guys to rant but I have just about had enough of creating these
>> images...
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
> Best,
> ~davidLaakso
>
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