Cufon is a JavaScript font replacement technique which is an alternative to WebFonts and sIFR
Cufon is a JavaScript font replacement technique which converts fonts into shapes which are then rendered out as either a canvas or VML shapes.
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How can I use custom fonts in an HTML5 Canvas element?
I've looked at things like Cufon and typeface.js but they seem to be SIFR alternatives and don't allow you to set freeform coordinates and draw custom type onto a
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How does Cufon affect SEO and Search Bots?
I've been searching the web and can't find an answer to the question
of how using Cufon affects SEO (the way bots from Google, Bing,
Yahoo... read the page). I know the original text is still there, but
it is inside a tag, inside a tag, and is…
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@font-face vs Google Fonts vs Cufon
So I've been forced by circumstances into using @font-face on a site I'm developing, and have to say I'm impressed by the cross browser render quality compared to Google Fonts but it does seem to have a heavy impact on http requests compared to…
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@font-face vs. cufon
i'm working on a website and currently using the @font-face tehnique (this + this) to load the fonts.
I noticed that some of the special characters are not loading properly -> ŠĐŽČĆ šđžčć.
This is, those characters exist in the font itself.
So, i…
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Web font embedding vs. sifr?
I'd like to use a non-standard web font to improve the appearance of my HTML.
Is it preferable to embed a web font or use something like sifr?
My understanding is sifr is a flash-based viewer for vector fonts but I've been reluctant to try it…
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How can I detect when jQuery Validation is done, and call something based on that event?
I'm new to jQuery.
Working with jQuery validation plugin & cufon at the same time is giving me really hard time.
Basically, I want to detect event once jQuery Validation did what it had to do and call Cufon.refresh() straight after…
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How to disable Cufon on certain elements?
I currently use Cufon accross our site with something similar to Cufon.set('fontFamily', 'DIN Medium').replace('h1'); Now for a single H1 tag i would like Cufon to be disabled, this is without changing the H1 tag to any other tag, it must remain as…
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Can I use print in Raphael without Cufon?
I am trying to use the print command, mentioned in the documentation for Raphael, to, well, print text with a nice font. [I see that this can be done nicely using the "text" function, and I see examples on the web using fonts generated by Cufon…
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Cufon loaded asynchronously doesn't render in IE
I'm creating a site which uses Cufon and is particularly heavy in terms of page-weight due to a large amount of Javascript. Therefore I'm trying to load in the script asynchronously with head.js ( http://headjs.com/ ) like…
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Cufon text z-index (IE6 and IE7 stylish select box bug)
I'm replacing some text with cufon on my page and I'm using jquery stylish select box plugin (http://www.scottdarby.com/plugins/stylish-select/0.4/) to style select boxes.
The problem is that, in IE6 and IE7, select box goes under the cufonized…
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prevent from linking css from others sites
I have a comerce css on my site. I use IIS and vendor says that others can use my css fonts because they know the url. Is it possible to set server or something so that only my site can use it ? It is about cufon
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Reloading Cufon after Ajax load, please assist
I have been trying every possible combination of cufon.replace - Cufon.refresh and Cufon.reload but i just cant seem to get this working. when original page loads cufon does its job, but when Ajax loads new content the cufon is missing. here is my…
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jQuery later than window load
I am using Cufon.replace to font replace some text on the site. Currently in IE8 standards mode when this is run outside a $(document).ready it is only happening ~50% of the time the rest of the time the DOM changes have occurred (viewing with IE8…
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