- From: Laurence Penney <lorp@lorp.org>
- Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:04:02 +0100
- To: "list.adam@twardoch.com" <list.adam@twardoch.com>
- Cc: Sergey Malkin <sergeym@microsoft.com>, www-font <www-font@w3.org>, www-style <www-style@w3.org>
I suspected as much - it's just the same, waiting for the resource to be loaded, drawing images onto <canvas>: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Canvas_tutorial/Using_images - L On 26 Sep 2010, at 17:16, "Adam Twardoch (List)" <list.adam@twardoch.com> wrote: > On 10-09-26 18:05, Sergey Malkin wrote: >> One implementation is missing from your "none" list ;). Try attached in IE9 Beta or PPB5 (replace font url with your favorite). > Aah, nice! :) > > BTW, I just realized that I was wrong last night. @font-face is > supported, it's just a bit tricky because the JavaScript methods that do > the canvas drawing must be executed only after the embedded font has > been completely loaded. This forces the web author to resort to certain > tricks (put a hidden div that uses the font so the browsers loads it, > then load it again using JavaScript). > > So, not very reliable, yet it does work. Tested in Firefox 4, Safari, > Chrome and Opera -- and I assume IE9 also supports it. Splendid! > > Best, > Adam > > >
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