cufón - fonts for the people

Important information for Cufón users

UPDATE Oct 24: We have released version 1.09i, which is the same as 1.09 but IE9-compatible. 1.10 is on its way as well. Keep in mind that you do not need to convert your font files again, just replace your old cufon-yui.js with a new one and you're good to go.

As it currently stands, version 1.09 does not work in IE9 beta which was just released. Just in case it doesn't work in the final version either, we've implemented a fix in the latest development version. There will be a new release some time in the near future. Meanwhile, there are also a few ways to fix your site without having to update your cufon-yui.js. See here for details.

You might also want to take this opportunity to try Typekit, a hosted, @font-face-based alternative. Yes, that means they support text selection. It's the easiest way to embrace standards.

Select the font you'd like to use

Regular typeface

Bold typeface (optional)

Italic typeface (optional)

Bold Italic typeface (optional)

On Windows, you may first have to copy the font file out of the Fonts folder and paste it elsewhere in order to be able to select it.

Currently only TrueType (TTF), OpenType (OTF), Printer Font Binary (PFB) and PostScript fonts are supported. Files are disposed of immediately after conversion.

Use the following value as the font-family of the generated font (optional)

Useful if you're using multiple variants of the same font (bold, italic etc). Sometimes they may have slightly different family names, which may lead to unexpected behavior.

The EULAs of these fonts allow Web Embedding (without Adobe Flash)

See Fonts and the Law at fontembedding.com for more information. Fonts produced by the following foundries/vendors/creators are known to be safe: Adobe Systems. The following are known to require separate or extended licenses for Web Embedding: Berthold (separate), FontFont (separate), Fontsmith (separate), Hoefler & Frere-Jones (separate), ITC (separate), Linotype (extended).

Include the following glyphs (if available)

All

Includes all available glyphs. Highly unrecommended.

Uppercase

Basic Latin uppercase letters (A-Z). (26 glyphs)

Lowercase

Basic Latin lowercase letters (a-z). (26 glyphs)

Numerals

Basic Latin digits (0-9). (10 glyphs)

Punctuation

Basic Latin punctuation (!@#%...). (33 glyphs)

WordPress punctuation

Texturized WordPress punctuation. Some fonts may not support all of these characters. (12 glyphs)

Basic Latin

Basic Latin glyphs within the Unicode range 0x0020 to 0x007E. (95 glyphs)

Latin-1 Supplement

Latin glyphs within the Unicode range 0x00A0 to 0x00FF. Includes punctuation, currency symbols, numerals and common accented characters. (96 glyphs)

Latin Extended-A

Extended Latin glyphs within the Unicode range 0x0100 to 0x017F. (128 glyphs)

Latin Extended-B

Extended Latin glyphs within the Unicode range 0x0180 to 0x024F. (208 glyphs)

Cyrillic Alphabet

For a complete list, see Cyrillic characters in Unicode. (up to 432 glyphs)

Russian Alphabet

A refined selection of Cyrillic characters commonly used in the Russian language. (66 glyphs)

Greek and Coptic

The whole Greek and Coptic Unicode block. For more information, see Greek in Unicode. (up to 144 glyphs)

.. and also these single characters

Security

Limit usage to the following domain(s)

(example.org, www.example.org)

Utilizing this feature is highly recommended, and may even be required if you're using commercial fonts.

Separate multiple domains by either commas or spaces. You can also use wildcards (e.g. *.example.org to cover all subdomains of example.org). Using a font that doesn't match any of the allowed domains results in no text showing up.

Performance & file size

Scale the font to the following size

units per em No thanks, use the font's own value

A lower value (64 at minimum) results in slightly better performance and smaller file size at the cost of accuracy. Values lower than 256 are not recommended unless you are OK with visible loss of detail. You may also use the optimal scaling chart to find a suitable scaling value. Native values in quality fonts are usually either 1000 or 2048.

If allowed, optimized paths may differ from the original by at most

units Allow path optimization

It's recommended to disable this feature if you're planning to use small font sizes.

You should keep this value fairly low, at about 0.5-1% of the font's em-size. Optimizations are performed after the font has been scaled (if at all).

Include kerning tables (improves readability but slightly increases file size)

Also, try to make sure your server serves gzipped JavaScript. 70-80% drops in file size are not unheard of.

Customization (for 3rd-party scripts only)

The following JavaScript function will receive the font data

Terms

Cufón is distributed under the MIT license. By using this tool you agree to its terms.

Should you require help you may ask for it at our Google Group, but keep in mind that you are in no way entitled to support, which means that even if you do not get a satisfactory answer you may not complain about it. Nice people are more likely to get helpful answers.

I acknowledge and accept these terms