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Font
Formats
Rubicon fonts are
available in
the
following formats:
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PC Truetype. Conforms to Microsoft
Truetype Specification 1.0 Rev 1.66.
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PC
Type1.
Conforms to the Adobe Type1 Font
Format specification, Version 1.1.
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Mac
Type1.
Conforms to the Adobe Type1 Font
Format specification, Version 1.1.
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OpenType.
Conforms to Microsoft / Adobe OpenType Specification, Version 1.4,
OpenType CFF Fonts.
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References
CSS 3 add-on fonts:
Wikipedia:
Microsoft:
Apple:
Microsoft
Typography:
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Rubicon
fonts provide essential typographic functionalities
Rubicon
fonts are based
on
standard
font designs. They are
digitised accurately for superior print quality and programmed with
gridfitting hints for legible appearance on-screen. They include
matching font metrics, kerning pairs, and a standard character set.
Standard font formats are compatible with various operating
systems
Rubicon
fonts are available in OpenType, PC Trueype, PC Type1, and Mac Type1
formats. They are compatible with various versions of Windows and Mac
OS as listed in the following table:
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OpenType
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PC Truetype
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PC Type1
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Mac Type1
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Windows Vista
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X
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X
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Windows XP
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X
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X
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X
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Windows 2000
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X
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X
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X
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Mac OS X
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X
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X
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Other
operating systems such as Linux, Unix, or legacy versions of Windows or
Mac OS may be compatible with some of these standard font formats.
Refer to your operating system user guide for details.
CSS 3
brings add-on fonts to web browsers
CSS
Fonts Module Level 3 and the @font-face rule bring
web-based add-on fonts to compliant web browsers. The fonts are hosted
on web sites, not installed on the browser machines. MacIntosh and
Windows
have supported add-on fonts since 1991 and 1992, but
support for add-on fonts over the web is only becoming available now.
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 and beta versions of most other browsers support
web-based add-on fonts in OpenType and TrueType formats.
Microsoft Internet
Explorer does not support web-based add-on fonts in
OpenType or TrueType formats. It only supports the proprietary
Embedded OpenType format, and has limited support for styles and
weights in font families.
As browser support for
the CSS 3 Fonts Module grows, web designers will
no longer be restricted to using fonts from the Microsoft Core Fonts
for the Web.
CSS 3
add-on fonts bring technical challenges
CSS Fonts Module Level 3 add-on fonts bring technical challenges as
follows:
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1. How to add TrueType and OpenType
fonts to your web sites with the CSS 3 @font-face rule.
2. How to prevent users from hot-linking to the fonts on your web site.
3. How to control the interline spacing of your text.
4. Not all browsers support CSS 3 add-on fonts.
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We are not currently providing the necessary instructions and code to
do these things. However, we have posted some links to articles on
CSS 3 add-on fonts in the left panel, and we have created some web
pages to demonstrate the CSS 3 Fonts Module as follows:
Rubicon
fonts support edge smoothing technology on-screen
Rubicon
fonts
are
programmed
with
gridfitting hints
which are optimized
for on-screen display with edge smoothing. Edge smoothing is a
technology
that smooths the edges of characters on-screen by modifying the colour
of certain pixels. To enable edge smoothing on Windows XP, Windows 2000
or Windows 98, follow the instructions below. To enable edge smoothing
on other operating systems, consult their user guide. Edge smoothing is
also known as anti-aliasing.
To enable edge smoothing
on Windows 2000 or 98, do the following:
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1. Navigate to the
Display
control
panel
2. Click Effects
3. Select Smooth edges of screen fonts
4. Click OK
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To enable edge
smoothing on
Windows XP, do
the following:
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1. Navigate to the
Display
control
panel
2. Select Appearance
3. Click Effects
4. Select Use the
following method to smooth edges of
screen fonts
5. Select ClearType
6. Click OK
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