Whats involved in using fonts on websites?
HTML can force a web page to render itself in a specific font only by delivering a copy of the font software to each website visitor, in direct violation of a font’s End-User License Agreement. Fonts can however be used to create different kinds of images for use online: — Bitmap graphics (gif, jpg, png) There’s no difference between using a font to create a printed page and using it to create a pixellated image. As long as the person creating the images has licensed the fonts, no additional license is needed. — Vector art (swf) Because Flash files embed actual portions of a font’s sourcecode within themselves, our font licenses require that designers observe some basic safety precautions when publishing Flash files. Text in Flash files must be static (not dynamic), the files must embed only a subset of the character set, and the “Protect from Import” option must be enabled when the files are generated. — sIFR (Scalable Inman Flash Replacement) sIFR is a great technology that brings ri
