[css-d] @font-face Browser Support

2011-09-25 Thread Elli Vizcaino
Hello CSS Discuss, Wanted to know the level of support w embedding fonts and if it will require Javascript to enforce compliancy w all major browsers? Elli __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/

[css-d] Best Practices For Sprites?

2011-09-25 Thread Elli Vizcaino
Hello CSS Discuss, Wanted to know if there are any standard rule of thumb one should follow when creating sprites? For example, should one place all images on one image sheet (for lack of a better word) or use separate image sheets (how I plan) to create sets for different parts. For example he

Re: [css-d] @font-face Browser Support

2011-09-25 Thread David Laakso
On 9/25/11 12:02 PM, Elli Vizcaino wrote: Hello CSS Discuss, Wanted to know the level of support w embedding fonts and if it will require Javascript to enforce compliancy w all major browsers? Elli Support for @font-face is excellent including our friends IE 6/7/8/9. Not supported in Camin

Re: [css-d] @font-face Browser Support

2011-09-25 Thread Elli Vizcaino
>> Wanted to know the level of support w embedding fonts and if it will require >> Javascript to enforce compliancy w all major browsers? >> >> Elli > >Support for @font-face is excellent including our friends IE 6/7/8/9. Not >supported in Camino at least at present. Nor in OperaMini [a mobile

Re: [css-d] @font-face Browser Support

2011-09-25 Thread Tom Livingston
You would set up your font stack such as: h1{font-family: 'mycustomfont', arial, helvetica, sans-serif;} the fallback being arial, etc which would display if the custom-for whatever reason-didn't. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 25, 2011, at 2:44 PM, Elli Vizcaino wrote: > >>> Wanted to know the

Re: [css-d] @font-face Browser Support

2011-09-25 Thread Barney Carroll
As an opinionated piece of advice, I'd recommend the ultimate font-stack of 'customfont', sans-serif/serif. The user preference and browser/OS know best. And you definitely don't want to specify Arial before Helvetica ;) Regards, Barney Carroll (+44) 742 9177 278 On 25 Sep 2011, at 20:25, Tom

Re: [css-d] @font-face Browser Support

2011-09-25 Thread David Laakso
On 9/25/11 2:44 PM, Elli Vizcaino wrote: Wanted to know the level of support w embedding fonts and if it will require Javascript to enforce compliancy w all major browsers? Elli Support for @font-face is excellent including our friends IE 6/7/8/9. Not supported in Camino at least at present.

Re: [css-d] @font-face Browser Support

2011-09-25 Thread Elli Vizcaino
> In this example the webfont Calluna [a serif]  is followed by similar > looking common serif fonts [the fallback stack if @font-face [Calluna] > is not supported... > > @font-face{font-family:'CallunaRegular'; > src:url('calluna-regular-webfont.eot'); > src:url('calluna-regular-webfont.eot?#i

Re: [css-d] Best Practices For Sprites?

2011-09-25 Thread Rob Emenecker
> Wanted to know if there are any standard rule of thumb one should follow > when creating sprites? My preference is one sheet, provided that the file size does not grow to a point that it is a hindrance. With one file, you avoid the lag of image loads for :hover and such, because the file is alr

Re: [css-d] @font-face Browser Support [ +1 ]

2011-09-25 Thread David Laakso
[ +1 } Error Correction Not supported in Camino at least at present. Camino/Version 2.1b1 (1.9.2.20pre 20110725195938) *supports* @font-face. Best, F. Goudy NYC -- Desktop. Laptop. Tablet. Mobile! http://chelseacreekstudio.com/

Re: [css-d] Best Practices For Sprites?

2011-09-25 Thread Elli Vizcaino
>> Wanted to know if there are any standard rule of thumb one should follow >> when creating sprites? > > My preference is one sheet, provided that the file size does not grow to a > point that it is a hindrance. With one file, you avoid the lag of image > loads for :hover and such, because th

Re: [css-d] Best Practices For Sprites?

2011-09-25 Thread Kevin A. Cameron
You also have to consider bandwidth vs likelihood of the image being required. I had been putting together a sprite of hundreds of icons. This image ended up being very large, and didn't make sense for every user to download all these images when perhaps they only needed 1. I ended up breaking th

Re: [css-d] Best Practices For Sprites?

2011-09-25 Thread Elli Vizcaino
>You also have to consider bandwidth vs likelihood of the image being required. > > >I had been putting together a sprite of hundreds of icons. This image ended up >being very large, and didn't make sense for every user to download all these >images when perhaps they only needed 1. > > >I ended u