Newbie: How fonts in Themes are rendered

  • Hi

    I noticed that many of the themes have beautiful fonts that I don’t have on my computer yet the theme renders exactly as the preview. How does the theme work so that that every user will have that consistent look when it comes to fonts?

    I am asking mainly because when I pick a theme, I want to make sure it will look the same on everyones system (at least the font that is) and now it made me really curious.

    Thanks in advance
    MW

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  • It depends on the theme. There are numerous techniques for using non-standard fonts on websites, including Cufon, Typekit, @font-face, Google Web Fonts, and more.

    So in short – it depends, but there are several different ways this can be done on any website, including WordPress-driven ones.

    Yes, I recommend Cufon like zoonini has said above. I don’t recommend @font-face because it will not show up in browsers such as IE.

    I use Cufon when I need custom fonts and it works really well for me, there’s also plugins that can help you with this click here. However, I do highly recommend Cufon and I’d say this is the best solution.

    Font-Squirrel also does work, it’s easy to customize etc, except the ridges of your custom font tend to look “rough”.

    If you’ve chosen to use Cufon here’s a really good tutorial that will help you:
    https://www.nymfont.com/2011/03/custom-blogger-fonts-with-cufon.html

    And it’s not included in the tutorial, but before your </body> tag, which should be after all your divs, you should add the code below so it’s compatible in IE.
    <script type="text/javascript"> Cufon.now(); </script>

    Thread Starter MrWinky

    (@mrwinky)

    wow. I don’t know how to thank you both except to say I am floored by your generous help.

    Thanks

    p.s. I am sorry i took so long to reply – fmaily emergency.

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