[OpenFontLibrary] typekit - possible solution for foundries for fonts on the web?

[Christopher Fynn]

  They've just said this:

"I just wanted to clarify some of the confusion over the mention of 
JavaScript in the post. Typekit isn’t using any sort of image 
replacement for rendering fonts on web pages. We’re using the CSS 
@font-face declaration to link to Truetype and OpenType files. We’re 
using JavaScript to simplify that process and account for various 
browser versions (like automatically swapping in EOT for Internet 
Explorer)."

So what is the big deal? They are charging people for fonts they have 
presumably licensed. If they are serving Truetype and OpenType files 
there is no particular protection for the foundries.

Chris

Liam R E Quin wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 18:35 +0100, Dave Crossland wrote:
>> If they don't serve fonts, what do they serve?
> 
> remains to be seen, but I presume a mix of subsetted fonts,
> EOT files, and javascript that draws on canvas elements,
> or flash, depending on the browser.
> 
> The non-scaling part is that the master fonts live on their server.
> 
> But, we'll see, and I think good will come out of it one way
> or another.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Liam
> 
>