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Web Fonts
Web Fonts is a component and plugin that enables Joomla! web designers to easily integrate pretty fonts in their template. The extension browses, selects, imports, and assigns selectors to fonts provided by third party services.
See it in action on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCk91vAmBRI
Currently, both the Google Web Fonts service and the Fonts.com service are integrated (over 16,800 free and commercial fonts).
If you like the extension, please write a review and help spread the word! The more support the project receives the more likely it will be developed further to include other services (Typekit, Myfonts, etc.)
The extension is language ready, but currently only has English translations. However the fonts available are for a wide variety of character sets (Khmer, Japanese, Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, etc. etc.)
**Important: Both the component and plugin must be installed and enabled. The extension's interface on the admin side supports IE9 and IE8 and current versions of FF, Chrome, Safari, and Opera. The fonts are all managed through the component interface, however users must at least have a base understanding of CSS rules.
cclay
2012-10-16
Reviews:
51
All I can say is, "wow"! I can't believe (a) how powerful Web Fonts is, and (b) how easy it is to use. I've had a few clients lately ask about using non-standard fonts, and today I was determined to find a solution. Within minutes, I was experimenting with free Google web fonts using this component. I'll be using it on many future sites... Highly recommended!
brandonjmurray
2012-09-07
Reviews:
6
set this up in a few minutes, works brilliantly! thanks much!!
Joyce Mar
2012-08-23
Reviews:
1
Pros:
- Makes adding subsets of Web Fonts from Google very easy
- Fine control over which elements are affected by the Web Font
Cons:
- Flags errors in validator.w3.org (mainly due to use of "&" instead of "&").
- When searching for fonts to import, the search doesn't always pick up the selection. For example, typing in "Source Sans Pro" returns no results, but if you browse through all the pages / view all (very slow to load), it appears.
Barring those two things... perfect extension. Any plans to be W3 compliant in the next version?
X-Bit
2012-08-08
Reviews:
24
Itยดs EASY, fast, with NO fuss, works on IE8, flexible, nice, and... I love it!
Thank you for this extension!
Joomlapat
2012-07-15
Reviews:
28
Simple and powerful, brilliant.
Add your own custom css easily. Really responsive support. GREAT!
ornis
2012-06-19
Reviews:
17
First of all, I would like to thank and congratulate the author of the plugin. It makes my life easier. If you can incorporate Google Web Fonts on the next release, that would even be better. Thanks.
bholladay
2012-06-12
Reviews:
5
This is a great way to use custom fonts. I wanted to write a review after the first install to ensure that my initial thoughts were expressed before I've used this extension a few hundred times.
I knew from the video that I may have to wait a few minutes for the font to load, but I couldn't get the font to load on my front page for a while after I could see it in the backend. I am not sure if I may have cause this myself because I wanted to call font on demand using css wordage when I added the font I wanted to my template css and added a height parameter. Like I said I'm not sure if this helped, or if the font was loading for the front end.
It is pretty easy to use if you want to make changes to etc.
The font.com connection is awesome and they have a great selection of fonts.
I would suggest this extension to anyone that wants to change fonts on their site from noob-the experienced.
SuccesSite
2012-06-04
Reviews:
3
This is truly brilliant component. Makes my life easier. It even allows you to add font not only for special selectors, but for class also. Very useful for editing existing template. Nice way to customize a template.
Installation and using is piece of cake thanks to youtube video.
Mr. Developer - You made my day. Thank you very much!!
Owner's reply
Thank-you for your review! Thank-you also to the other folks here who took the time to submit a review. The more used and reviewed this extension is, the better its chances of being expanded to other services. - John
pcoussa
2012-05-21
Reviews:
6
Exactly what I was looking for! If you know your CSS selectors then this component will do the job admirably.
Give it a crack people!!!
quiggles
2012-05-13
Reviews:
1
Just brilliant - install it, choose your fonts, assign it to various styles, change the look of your site in minutes without editing templates or CSS.
vecenaus
2012-03-21
Reviews:
7
ABSOLUTELY GREAT!!!!!!
Opens up new possibilities!
CHCG
2012-01-19
Reviews:
14
Due to security reasons, I don't usually install newly released and untested extensions. This one, however, I had to take a chance with and try out. And it turned out to be the very best typography extension I ever tested, making it easy for us designers to take better control over yet another important design field. It does what it claims with great ease, and thereby opens up new possibilities for joomla styling. Thank you very much for this excellent extension!
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