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lelandbatey on Sept 24, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Adobe Edge Web Fonts

I have a question on how web-fonts actually work.

I thought fonts basically just vector graphics. Since these are just java-script files, how are they being distributed? How do these work?

zalew on Sept 24, 2012 [–]

http://webfonts.info/browser-support-overview

google: embed css link, the negotiation which one to download is made server-side

adobe: embed js link, the negotiation which one to download is made client-side

lelandbatey on Sept 24, 2012 | [–]

Ah, I see now. Thanks for clarifying.

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