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> If you think for a moment how exactly non-standard fonts are used in the web design, it will immediately make perfect sense. They are used sparingly for headers, menus and such and they are always rasterized.

Non-standard fonts are used sparingly precisely because they have to be rasterized.



You took it out of the context.

He is talking about the state of affairs and how that creates an immediate opportunity for type designers willing to sell rasterized versions of their fonts, not suggesting an alternative to the @font-face support.


> here is an idea that can be easily implemented right now and that will cover the 100% of the web design community needs.




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