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Why does one of these font-face render in IE8, but the others don't?

Why does this fontface render in IE8:

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Aller';
  src: url('aller_rg-webfont.eot');
  src: url('aller_rg-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
       url('aller_rg-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
       url('aller_rg-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),
       url('aller_rg-webfont.svg#AllerRegular') format('svg');
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: normal;
}

And this does not:

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Champagne';
  src: url('champreg-webfont.eot');
  src: url('champreg-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
       url('champreg-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
       url('champreg-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),
       url('champreg-webfont.svg#Champagne&LimousinesRegular') format('svg');
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: normal;
}

I really can't figure it out. All other browsers work fine, obviously.

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djwd Avatar asked Sep 16 '12 18:09

djwd


1 Answers

Try creating a new .eot file with one of the others using an online woff/ttf/svg to eot convertor.

  • http://www.font2web.com/
  • http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface/generator <- might have problems because they black list font names.

If this new file doesn't work, then it might be a problem with the font itself. Sometimes IE6-8 has a fit if the Fontname and Family Name are not the same within the actual font file. To fix it:

  • You'll need to download FontForge
  • Open up the font
  • From the menu, choose Element > Font Info
  • Ensure the Fontname, Family Name and Name for Humans are all the same
  • Save the font as a TTF or OTF and use an online convertor to spit out an EOT file.

Every issue I've had with font-face - if the CSS was correct - worked with one of the above two solutions, so good luck :-) Maybe even try saving the font without any changes in FontForge and converting that online before you fiddle with the name properties.

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Patrick Avatar answered Oct 02 '22 16:10

Patrick