Posted by Andy Dingley on 12/19/06 17:42

Tantale wrote:

> I have created a font with WEFT
> http://www.microsoft.com/typography/web/embedding/weft3/wizard.aspx

> for my chess pages like http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Kasparian/base.htm

WEFT doesn't work. It works for very small combinations of IE and
particular fonts. In general though, it's a disappointment.

When I access your page with Firefox I can use the nav buttons to step
through a game, but I wouldn't expect to see any WEFT font. Looks fine
though.

With IE7 then I receive a message saying that it's downloading the
font, no errors, but the fonts used look identical to FF. Also the
JavaScript on the nav buttons doesn't work, which is more serious than
any font.

You should validate your page and fix the HTML errors.
Don't use href="javascript:foo()" just use the onclick="foo()" event
handler.
If you're using id attributes on elements, they must be correctly
formed and unique. You can't use numerics.
It's possible (I haven't tested) that these are what breaks the JS in
IE.

You should also try to find a redesign for your page that no longer
requires WEFT. It's a nice idea, but it's just not practical for widely
accessible web pages.

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