[OpenFontLibrary] font linking bandwidth issues

[James Weiner]

Hello fellow OFLBers,

I have a little problem you might like to mull over, one that could  
apply to any font using font linking on the web.

I'm currently working on a web site that uses a common font, but the  
font is not common enough that I can rely on the font stack (which  
depends on people having it installed), so I was wanting to use font  
linking to pull it into the site. The only problem is that the total  
size of the two weights of the font is ~600Kb which is far too much to  
expect people to download (even with broadband as fast download time  
is crucial for text). Something up to 100Kb would be OK. Does anyone  
know any way of sub-setting a font easily? It's a commercial font and  
I have a license covering its use on the web but I can't edit the font  
files directly.

Any help appreciated!

Cheers, James

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James Weiner
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