Update @font-face declarations in CSS style sheets #15
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This is a first step for consistency before updating the format of @font-face declarations.
The format used for the @font-face declarations is now the "Fontspring @font-face Syntax"[1] considered [2] "the most simple and compatible one". [1] The New Bulletproof @font-face Syntax 2011-02-03 (last updated: 2011-04-21) http://www.fontspring.com/blog/the-new-bulletproof-font-face-syntax [2] The @font-face Rule And Useful Web Font Tricks 2011-03-02, by Ralf Hermann http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/03/02/the-font-face-rule-revisited-and-useful-tricks/
An extra line was added in February 2011 to account for IE9 rendering a page in compatibility mode for IE7 or IE8. This extra line is still found today (2013) in the CSS of Web font kits downloaded from Font Squirrel and Fontspring.
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Any part of this that's still relevant should be contributed as part of theleagueof/fontship#77 I'm sorry these contributions didn't get merged when they were relevant! Hopefully the contributor workflow will be a bit better now. |
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The format used for the @font-face declarations is now
the "Fontspring @font-face Syntax"[1] considered [2]
"the most simple and compatible one".
[1] The New Bulletproof @font-face Syntax
2011-02-03 (last updated: 2011-04-21)
http://www.fontspring.com/blog/the-new-bulletproof-font-face-syntax
[2] The @font-face Rule And Useful Web Font Tricks
2011-03-02, by Ralf Hermann
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/03/02/the-font-face-rule-revisited-and-useful-tricks/