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Typefaces for source code beautification
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another online font tester #141

Closed tomByrer closed 8 years ago

tomByrer commented 8 years ago

Interestingly, you just drag & drop fonts into it; no sever-based font files used. Though if the fonts were on a CDN... (which I could help with) https://github.com/impallari/Font-Testing-Page

chrissimpkins commented 8 years ago

Issue is that most don't release Web fonts and those that declare reserved font names (with SIL OFL and other OS licenses) don't permit you to call it by the reserved font name (when reserved) if you generate your own. There is a pretty detailed discussion about this in the SIL OFL FAQ.

The drag and drop approach is nice but requires user effort. There isn't a great solution that covers a broad range of the typefaces in a Web application form.