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ttf.js - A JavaScript TrueType Font Engine For Modern Browsers And Node.js

54 points by Hirvesh 14y ago

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Hirvesh 14y ago
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vjeux 14y ago
Cool, he is using my lib jDataView to read binary data in Javascript. https://github.com/vjeux/jDataView https://github.com/vjeux/jDataView
- digeridoo 14y ago
  nice, do you know if there is a reliable way to PUT binary data using XHR in JavaScript?
fruchtose 14y ago
I really love how the author has taken pains to ensure that everything works in browsers and Node.js. The demo is all client side code, which is truly impressive--there is no uploading to a Node.js server to retrieve SVGs or images.
Yaggo 14y ago
My workmate did something similar few years back, http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/ http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/ (Converts font files to js structs and renders them into canvas/vml, this was meant as sIRF replacement before native support for CSS custom fonts was common.)
- akx 14y ago
  Heh, many production sites still use Cufon, mind. :)
chj 14y ago
very nice!
resettarget 14y ago
Awesome, I tried a Chinese TTF font and it works! For many years I've been waiting for some JS code which supports CJK fonts, none of typekit, cufon etc. worked. This is really awesome.

54 points by Hirvesh 14y ago

Hirvesh 14y ago

via Functionn - Open Source Resources For Web Developers & Designers: http://functionn.blogspot.com/2012/12/ttfjs-javascript-truetype-font-engine.html http://functionn.blogspot.com/2012/12/ttfjs-javascript-truet... P.S. Functionn contains a whole lot more of awesome resources like ttf.js. There only a fraction of them I can post here at a time. Take a look if you're interested, and subscribe: http://functionn.blogspot.com http://functionn.blogspot.com

vjeux 14y ago

Cool, he is using my lib jDataView to read binary data in Javascript. https://github.com/vjeux/jDataView https://github.com/vjeux/jDataView

digeridoo 14y ago
nice, do you know if there is a reliable way to PUT binary data using XHR in JavaScript?

fruchtose 14y ago

I really love how the author has taken pains to ensure that everything works in browsers and Node.js. The demo is all client side code, which is truly impressive--there is no uploading to a Node.js server to retrieve SVGs or images.

Yaggo 14y ago

My workmate did something similar few years back, http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/ http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/ (Converts font files to js structs and renders them into canvas/vml, this was meant as sIRF replacement before native support for CSS custom fonts was common.)

akx 14y ago
Heh, many production sites still use Cufon, mind. :)

chj 14y ago

very nice!

resettarget 14y ago

Awesome, I tried a Chinese TTF font and it works! For many years I've been waiting for some JS code which supports CJK fonts, none of typekit, cufon etc. worked. This is really awesome.