On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Philippe Wittenbergh <e...@l-c-n.com> wrote:
>
> On May 3, 2012, at 10:56 PM, Tom Livingston wrote:
>
>> If I'm using "RobotoBold" - custom font - in my stack on an <h2> for
>> example, I have to spec font-weight: normal; as well because otherwise
>> it "double-bolds" the font. But if the user sees a fallback font of
>> Helvetica or Arial, they won't get it in a bold weight. Is there
>> anything that can be done about this that I'm not seeing? Can only the
>> fall backs be bold?
>
> I'm not sure I understand. Care to put an example ?
>
> @fontface {
> font-family: RobotoBold;
> src: url(RobotoBold.woff);
> font-weight: bold;
> }
>
> h2 { font-family: RobotoBold, Helvetica, Comic Sans; font-weight: bold; }
>
> with that there should not be any artificial bolding. Browser will (should)
> treat that font as being a bold face.
>
> Philippe
> --
> Philippe Wittenbergh
> http://l-c-n.com/
>
>
>
One other thing. After thinking about this, WHY doesnt this still
double-bold the custom font? Just a function of @font-face?
TIA
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Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic |
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