Diamond Retrospective: External Fonts (LPHS-025)

Context

In November 2012, CSS3 @font-face allowed using custom fonts on the web, greatly enriching the visual rendering of games and applications.

What is this article about?

The article explains how to integrate and use external fonts in an HTML5 web game, both via CSS and via the canvas.

Summary

Using external fonts

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Published in Linux Pratique Special Issue #25, November 2012.

In this issue

This article is part of issue LPHS-025. Here are the other articles by Sébastien Chazallet in this issue:

• HTML5 / CSS3: why create web games?
• Graphics: using the canvas
• Collision detection
• Keyboard and mouse controls
• A tic-tac-toe game in HTML5
• How about playing cards on the table?
• Level editor
• Create a complete game with an isometric map