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Rendering typefaces correctly, Part 3: Monotype Imaging's fonts.com
Over the last two weeks browsers and fonts have been on my mind. Two weeks ago I discussed the problems of font rendering in browsers and how the free Cufon font rendering system works and then I covered how the @font-face directive in Cascading Style Sheets 3 (CSS3) solves the font rendering problem with standards-based approach. Read More


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