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It's nice but it's no longer HTML text. So you can't use it as a web font or for any HTML text elements. Also no cut and paste, no accessibility etc.

dmix 7y ago
Is there really no way to turn this into a WOFF? It's beautiful!
- chx 7y ago
  Can't see a problem. https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/119350/69210 https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/119350/69210
  - ofrzeta 7y ago
    Well, I can. Not sure how your pasting a StackOverflow URL is an easy solution to that problem. I see no mention of SVG on the Leon site. To use the proposed solution you would first need to generate SVG from the Leon Javascript Canvas code. That's probably not impossible but certainly not "easy".
    - chx 7y ago
      Oh! https://github.com/gliffy/canvas2svg https://github.com/gliffy/canvas2svg
      - ofrzeta 7y ago
        Just to make a point I cloned that repo and ran "npm test" that failed with "/tmp/canvas2svg/node_modules/socket.io/lib/store.js:35 Store.prototype.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype; TypeError: Cannot read property 'prototype' of undefined ..." But otherwise I am sure it will work out of the box. Just keep on Googling!
cpach 7y ago
I’m not so sure about that. AFAICT it’s possible to add accessibility to canvas elements. See e.g. http://pauljadam.com/demos/canvas.html http://pauljadam.com/demos/canvas.html
- ofrzeta 7y ago
  Well, ok, you can provide accessibility alternatives to a Canvas. But does it make much sense to do that for something that would otherwise be text? Ok, granted that Leon Sans will probably be used for nice headers and such it would probably be feasible.
dominicr 7y ago
Accessibility was my first thought. For as long as there's been the web there's been an ongoing struggle between visual improvements and accessibility. One thing we've learnt is that many developers don't take accessibility into consideration, so messing around with the simplest concept of HTML, text, seems like a negative in terms of accessibility.
tiborsaas 7y ago
There are lots of use cases, consider generating art for example.
KuhlMensch 7y ago
Yeah, in my mind this occupies a very different space that an actual font. It's sizzle & style. Not substance.

dmix 7y ago

Is there really no way to turn this into a WOFF? It's beautiful!

chx 7y ago
Can't see a problem. https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/119350/69210 https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/119350/69210
- ofrzeta 7y ago
  Well, I can. Not sure how your pasting a StackOverflow URL is an easy solution to that problem. I see no mention of SVG on the Leon site. To use the proposed solution you would first need to generate SVG from the Leon Javascript Canvas code. That's probably not impossible but certainly not "easy".
  - chx 7y ago
    Oh! https://github.com/gliffy/canvas2svg https://github.com/gliffy/canvas2svg
    - ofrzeta 7y ago
      Just to make a point I cloned that repo and ran "npm test" that failed with "/tmp/canvas2svg/node_modules/socket.io/lib/store.js:35 Store.prototype.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype; TypeError: Cannot read property 'prototype' of undefined ..." But otherwise I am sure it will work out of the box. Just keep on Googling!

cpach 7y ago

I’m not so sure about that. AFAICT it’s possible to add accessibility to canvas elements. See e.g. http://pauljadam.com/demos/canvas.html http://pauljadam.com/demos/canvas.html

ofrzeta 7y ago
Well, ok, you can provide accessibility alternatives to a Canvas. But does it make much sense to do that for something that would otherwise be text? Ok, granted that Leon Sans will probably be used for nice headers and such it would probably be feasible.

dominicr 7y ago

Accessibility was my first thought. For as long as there's been the web there's been an ongoing struggle between visual improvements and accessibility. One thing we've learnt is that many developers don't take accessibility into consideration, so messing around with the simplest concept of HTML, text, seems like a negative in terms of accessibility.

tiborsaas 7y ago

There are lots of use cases, consider generating art for example.

KuhlMensch 7y ago

Yeah, in my mind this occupies a very different space that an actual font. It's sizzle & style. Not substance.