Additional font and text features
Font features in CSS have changed a lot in the past 5 years. Back in the day, there was no opportunity to use non-standard fonts and as it was described safe for internet. This was one of the issues that made Flash technology trendier, not only because of full Flash pages but because of Scalable Inman Flash Replacement (SIFR). With SIFR, you just needed to attach your font in Adobe Flash and compile the file; you could then use your font on the website. But you had a webpage in HTML with Flash instances. Then, there was a methodology based on JavaScript called cufon. You could use your font to visit the cufon page, compile your font, and then attach cufon.js on your website and your compiled font (JS file). In ...
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