Support of the KERN feature in Safari
Ramiro Espinoza
Posts: 839
Hi there,
Checking my fonts at Fontdeck I discovered that using Safari kerning was not displayed. I made a tests and regenerated a couple of fonts with "old school" flat kerning tables in parallel and the kerning began to work in Safari.
Since this solution would dramatically increase font file sizes, my question is if there is a way around it. Is it impossible to get Safari to read the KERN feature?
Thanks in advance.
Checking my fonts at Fontdeck I discovered that using Safari kerning was not displayed. I made a tests and regenerated a couple of fonts with "old school" flat kerning tables in parallel and the kerning began to work in Safari.
Since this solution would dramatically increase font file sizes, my question is if there is a way around it. Is it impossible to get Safari to read the KERN feature?
Thanks in advance.
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text-rendering: optimizeLegibility
… turns on OT kerning and ligatures in Safari.0 -
Funny thing is that I am already using this method but my Safari 5.1.7 does not show it...0
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What happens if you separate your GPOS kerning in smaller groups, using lookups?
Maybe it's a possibility that the kerning is far too complex for the browser to understand it?0 -
It is not only happening to my fonts. If you check at Fontdeck using Safari, many fonts don't have kerning working properly.0
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For example, using Safari set AVALT in:
http://fontdeck.com/typeface/reader
http://fontdeck.com/typeface/futura
http://fontdeck.com/typeface/vagrundschrift
On the other hand your font Ralf, seem to work:
http://fontdeck.com/typeface/wayfindingsanspro
I am puzzled...0 -
I'm seeing kerning on all of those examples, Ramiro. (Safari 6.0.2, Mac OS 10.8.2)0
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OK, I admit I have Safari 5.1.7 under OSX 10.6. I don't think it's possible to updated Safari without updating the OS (which I don't want since it would disrrupt my FL based workflow) :S0
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Anyway, according to these tests: http://www.typotheque.com/articles/opentype_features_in_web_browsers_-_tests
Safari 5.1.7 should support kerning using the line:
text-rendering: optimizeLegibility
...and it does it for certain fonts.
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So, has anyone figured this out yet? Perhaps Ralf could tell us how the kerning is organized in his fonts?0
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