Hi,
I want to use special font on my website, but the file is over 9 MB. Is it possible to reduce font's size? Thanks folks!
A:
Even if you shrink the font, most users' web browsers won't download or display it.
http://www.webdirections.org/blog/the-return-of-font-embedding-to-the-web/
Sparr
2010-05-22 18:52:03
Any evidence for that statement?
Jakub Hampl
2010-05-22 19:09:12
http://www.webdirections.org/blog/the-return-of-font-embedding-to-the-web/ is a good start. If you use browser checking to distribute TTF and EOT separately then you might get a reasonable level of penetration (50%?), but never nearly enough to design your site around it.
Sparr
2010-05-27 11:17:26
A:
Unless this site is being served over a LAN connection, using a 9MB font is ridiculous. That would force each user to be downloading a 9mb file just to view the font you use. You would be much better off picking a font that everyone has.
webdestroya
2010-05-22 18:56:46
Yes, I agree. But question was: Is it possible to reduce font's size?
Ruth Rettigo
2010-05-22 18:58:21
@ruth The question looks like "Large Web Font (Yes or No?)", which seems to imply "use it or not" as the question.
calmh
2010-05-22 19:08:59
A:
look into this http://code.google.com/apis/webfonts/docs/webfont_loader.html
I think its new
AlabamaKush
2010-05-22 18:57:55
+4
A:
If the font's EULA allows it, you can shrink down the number of glyphs in an OpenType font using FontForge.
Marcel Korpel
2010-05-22 19:05:46
A:
www.fontsquirrel.com offers the font-face kit section that converts fonts for you - one of the choices is to have a subset of glyphs - only uppercase or just numbers. That might help to reduce the size. Typically fonts served as WOFF are below 100kb.
Rich Bradshaw
2010-05-22 19:21:57