CSS3 and @font-face

ArsTechnica got a interesting article about CSS3 and the font embedding in yesterdays issue,

“Improvements to CSS3, in particular a revival of the @font-face directive for linking to server-based fonts, promise to allow designers to deliver richer and more nuanced typography on the Web. And while Firefox and Safari (via WebKit) are leading the way by supporting standard TrueType and OpenType font files, posting commercial fonts on a publicly available Web server violates the licensing agreements from most type foundries. So, at least three services are close to launching, giving Web designers and developers access to licensed typefaces that will work with @font-face. And even while several foundries are looking to license their fonts for these services, several prominent foundries have expressed support for the .webfont format that is being proposed to the W3C.”

One of the services they are talking about is Typekit which I’m very keen on trying soon.

If you have either safari, firefox or chrome, try a little demo over at typotheque.