raphaelbastide
Drop Fontsquirrel dependency
https://github.com/PhenX/php-font-lib http://nodebox.github.io/opentype.js/font-inspector.html
Also to consider http://pixelsvsbytes.com/blog/2013/11/how-to-create-perfect-web-fonts-in-3-steps/ https://github.com/fonts/ufo2otf https://github.com/ananthakumaran/webify https://github.com/jakiestfu/WebFontGenerator https://github.com/briangonzalez/fontprep http://nodebox.github.io/opentype.js/font-inspector.html
This issue is essential since FontSquirrel now seems to limit the number of uploaded font to 4.
You’re right, this is a real issue now, not just a feature. Solutions:
- try to convert fonts server-side, FontSquirrel style
- find another dependency :-1:
- build ofont from scratch as a flat file CMS that integrate font conversion
I’ll try to investigate what is the best considering time / money / needs. Ressource
- https://gitorious.org/manufacturaind/fib/
- http://mmastrac.github.io/webfont-dl/ can be interesting in some cases
- https://github.com/ananthakumaran/webify
- https://github.com/zoltan-dulac/css3FontConverter ideally, but it can be tough to install on a server.
Maybe another good solution from Lafkon : https://github.com/lafkon/fontain! By the way, a very similar project!
Arf, not that good, I didn't look inside, it's shell script so it needs a dedicated server to have the ability to install softwares. Not accessible for everyone... But it could be a temporary solution for a desktop font converter.
It is really similar indeed, and very interesting as well. Will add it to README in a “Similar project” section.
Possible solutions
- Use a bash script to convert font server-side, like Fontain. It means that a bunch of tools are required, and users with basic knowledge or rights will not be able to use ofont anymore
- Let users generate the webfont the way they want
- Make a webfont converter for ofont users hosted on the ofont server, designer for ofont users
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@EtienneOz This can be a temporary alternative to Fontsquirrel converter: http://onlinefontconverter.com/ I tried it locally but it failed plus there is currently a lack of documentation.
I'm building a desktop webfont generator using bash.It's still very alpha but it is in it way. This could be an alternative for ofont. See https://github.com/EtienneOz/WebfontGenerator.