Re: Web Browsing Woes
> OpenType fonts are not really useful on the Mac, because the specific > OpenType features work only in Windows; Mac uses AAT, a different font > technology, at least up to Snow Leopard AAIK. That may be the reason > why Safari doesn't have those fonts installed. > > In short: see what happens in a different browser; a Windows- > originated one like Firefox/TenFourFox could be a good choice. TenFourFox uses Harfbuzz, which is an OpenType renderer, and does support OpenType special features. -- personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com * ckai...@floodgap.com -- Adore, v.: To venerate expectantly. -- Ambrose Bierce -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Web Browsing Woes
I didn't know about this downloading, but yes, OpenType fonts are large, so that could be what's going on. Please send us (or me) some of the links, so I can see if they are slow here too, and what kind of fonts they use: website-specific ones, or more standard ones. Then again, there are many different ways to handle fonts; your browser may have settings where you can force it to use only certain fonts, so the download may be avoidable. Or: if these are standard fonts, some browsers may include them already during installation, and then those browsers won't slow down on these pages. OpenType fonts are not really useful on the Mac, because the specific OpenType features work only in Windows; Mac uses AAT, a different font technology, at least up to Snow Leopard AAIK. That may be the reason why Safari doesn't have those fonts installed. In short: see what happens in a different browser; a Windows- originated one like Firefox/TenFourFox could be a good choice. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Web Browsing Woes
> > You might try a newer browser, like ten4fox, or Opera. > It could be an issue with the encoding they are using on the font (that's the base64), or a compatibility issue with the CSS font tag. (i don't know when they implemented full support for that) In any case, check the same page in different browsers. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
