Help with '@font-face' needed.

Josiah Jenkins

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Dec 14, 2009, 2:39:49 PM12/14/09

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I have a (test) page which displays correctly in IE, FF and Opera.
The HTML validates but the corresponding 'fonts.css' file
shows 20 errors. (Actually the same four repeated 5 times)

1) Value Error : font-family Property font-family doesn't exist in
CSS level 2.1 but exists in : "BallantinesSerial"
2) Property src doesn't exist : url
3) Parse Error (fonts/BallantinesSerial.eot);
4) Parse Error [: url (fonts/BallantinesSerial.ttf); } .ballantine]

http://www.ian-stewart.eu/a_font_test.php

Any help appreciated.

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Johannes Koch

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Dec 14, 2009, 3:29:28 PM12/14/09

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Josiah Jenkins schrieb:

> I have a (test) page which displays correctly in IE, FF and Opera.
> The HTML validates but the corresponding 'fonts.css' file
> shows 20 errors. (Actually the same four repeated 5 times)
>
> 1) Value Error : font-family Property font-family doesn't exist in
> CSS level 2.1 but exists in : "BallantinesSerial"

Note: CSS level 2.1

> 2) Property src doesn't exist : url
> 3) Parse Error (fonts/BallantinesSerial.eot);
> 4) Parse Error [: url (fonts/BallantinesSerial.ttf); } .ballantine]
>
> http://www.ian-stewart.eu/a_font_test.php
>
> Any help appreciated.

Now see <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/changes.html#q104>:

Font descriptors, the '@font-face' declaration, and all associated parts
of the font matching algorithm have been removed in CSS 2.1.

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Josiah Jenkins

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Dec 14, 2009, 5:36:39 PM12/14/09

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On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:29:28 +0100, Johannes Koch
<ko...@w3development.de> wrote:

>Josiah Jenkins schrieb:
>> I have a (test) page which displays correctly in IE, FF and Opera.
>> The HTML validates but the corresponding 'fonts.css' file
>> shows 20 errors. (Actually the same four repeated 5 times)
>>
>> 1) Value Error : font-family Property font-family doesn't exist in
>> CSS level 2.1 but exists in : "BallantinesSerial"
>
>Note: CSS level 2.1

When I change the profile to Level 3, I have 15 errors.
ie the 3 below x 5.

>
>> 2) Property src doesn't exist : url
>> 3) Parse Error (fonts/BallantinesSerial.eot);
>> 4) Parse Error [: url (fonts/BallantinesSerial.ttf); } .ballantine]
>>
>> http://www.ian-stewart.eu/a_font_test.php
>>
>> Any help appreciated.
>
>Now see <http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/changes.html#q104>:
>
>Font descriptors, the '@font-face' declaration, and all associated parts
>of the font matching algorithm have been removed in CSS 2.1.

Thanks. At least that saves me some further head scratching.

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Harlan Messinger

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Dec 15, 2009, 7:55:42 AM12/15/09

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Take out the space after each "url".

Josiah Jenkins

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Dec 15, 2009, 10:28:27 AM12/15/09

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On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:55:42 -0500, Harlan Messinger
<hmessinger...@comcast.net> wrote:
>Josiah Jenkins wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:29:28 +0100, Johannes Koch
>> <ko...@w3development.de> wrote:
>>
>>
>> When I change the profile to Level 3, I have 15 errors.
>> ie the 3 below x 5.
>>>> 2) Property src doesn't exist : url
>>>> 3) Parse Error (fonts/BallantinesSerial.eot);
>>>> 4) Parse Error [: url (fonts/BallantinesSerial.ttf); } .ballantine]
>

>Take out the space after each "url".

Thank you. It now validates as CSS level 3

I don't know whether I'll ever actually use the function,
I was just curious to see if I could understand it . . .
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