Comments on: Serving and Protecting Fonts on the Web

By: zaifzuned

zaifzuned — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 07:22:28 +0000

I’m still don’t understand
how to use it..

By: matarbiyatulbanin

matarbiyatulbanin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:16:14 +0000

THANKS …

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:49:34 +0000

In reply to Schoschie. Yeah you should probably. ;)

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:46:28 +0000

In reply to Schoschie. What? Dude are you insane?

By: colomax

colomax — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:57:58 +0000

No sé suficiente inglés para comprender como poder usar Luxi Sans en mi blo. ¿Alguien podrid explicarme como hacerlo?

By: webtechnepal

webtechnepal — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:31:29 +0000

I am forward to your site for more ideas.

thanks

By: Mark Jaquith

Mark Jaquith — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:52:58 +0000

Glad to see you’re being up front about the level of protection. I was concerned that foundries might be under false impressions about the level of protection. If you’re willing to publish this, it’s obvious that they are not. So you’ve won the battle of content providers demanding ironclad DRM (which is a logical impossibility, but one that tech people often promise).

By: Phil Nelson

Phil Nelson — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:35:25 +0000

It seems like the security precautions taken here are intended to stop people who don’t care from stealing fonts they’d never buy in the first place.

By: clueless

clueless — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:07:14 +0000

I think they were pretty clear in the article exactly what this kind of thing protects against.

“Our intent is only to discourage casual misuse and to make it clear that taking fonts from Typekit is an explicit and intentional act.”

Their protections would do that. It’s kind of like putting a sign up in a storefront that says “Shoplifting is a crime and we will prosecute to the full extent of the law.” It might not actually put any significant roadblocks in the way of someone determined to shoplift, but it would certainly put a moral roadblock in place for anyone thinking that it’s not really so bad to jack a candy bar.

This way, someone has to install some “Steal fonts from TypeKit” program or script, which would stop a lot of people right there. I guess it’s up to the foundries to decide if moral deterrence is enough. It certainly isn’t for the RIAA.

By: omnivore

omnivore — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:09:25 +0000

What is “performant”? Perhaps you mean “efficient”?

That is nitpicky, I know, I’m sorry.