@font-face size variance and browser compat.

sapincher · 01-07-2011, 07:26 AM

Howdy there guys, this is my first post. Normally Google helps me out here but it is confused here.

What is the workaround when a font applied via @font-face is a different size from its un-replaced normal font? I am trying to display Tahoma on non-compliant browsers and Franklin Gothic on @font-face compliant browsers. The problem is, the Franklin Gothic font is much smaller than Tahoma (and I'm not talking about the condensed version). Is there some sort of non-javascript workaround for manipulating the size of an @font-face replaced font or should I abandon the concept and switch to Cufon?

I don't want to switch to Cufon. The site in question is here: http://nami.fifthtide.com . When viewed on Firefox 3.0 or other non-compliant browsers, the tagline and other replaced fonts are just way too big.

sapincher · 01-07-2011, 07:35 AM

You know what I just discovered?

"font-size-adjust" . This is exactly what I want. So there you go, anyone who stumbles on this thread.

01-07-2011, 07:26 AM	#1
sapincher New Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 2	@font-face size variance and browser compat. Howdy there guys, this is my first post. Normally Google helps me out here but it is confused here. What is the workaround when a font applied via @font-face is a different size from its un-replaced normal font? I am trying to display Tahoma on non-compliant browsers and Franklin Gothic on @font-face compliant browsers. The problem is, the Franklin Gothic font is much smaller than Tahoma (and I'm not talking about the condensed version). Is there some sort of non-javascript workaround for manipulating the size of an @font-face replaced font or should I abandon the concept and switch to Cufon? I don't want to switch to Cufon. The site in question is here: http://nami.fifthtide.com . When viewed on Firefox 3.0 or other non-compliant browsers, the tagline and other replaced fonts are just way too big.

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01-07-2011, 07:35 AM	#2
sapincher New Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 2	You know what I just discovered? "font-size-adjust" . This is exactly what I want. So there you go, anyone who stumbles on this thread.