Do major web and desktop email clients support the font-face feature? It would be only logical to assume that they don't but thought I'd ask anyway. Has anybody tested?
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Do not use the font-face feature. It's most likely that it won't work on enough clients to be a pain.
marcgg
2009-12-09 15:42:23
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I've used this article to help me code HTML emails with some success.
John Bledsoe
2009-12-09 15:45:50
Ah, it's not about how to code them. I'm perfectly comfortable in developing newsletter HTML and know my way around. But the idea of using fancier fonts instead of images just popped up.But thanks anyway. :)
Ragnar
2009-12-09 16:05:41
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Ok, since my curiosity was so big, I went and ran a test with 17 different email clients (amen Litmus App) and as you might have guessed - pretty much none of them support @font-face. Of all the 17 clients only Apple Mail 3 and Apple Mail 4 actually supported it (amen Mac) and AOL Mail took so much time testing, I didn't even bother waiting for it, fcuk minority.
So the conclusion is - unless the year number in you calendar shows 2020, don't bother using @font-face in your email newsletters, stick to Impact and Georgia.
Ragnar
2009-12-10 08:12:34
+1
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font-face goes mainstream
As of January 2010 all major new browsers support font-face
- Safari 3.1
- IE - all versions
- Firefox 3.6
- Chrome 4
- Opera 10
See http://webfonts.info/wiki/index.php?title=@font-face_browser_support
Jon Winstanley
2010-02-04 12:09:38