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sIFR Rich Typography

// June 13th, 2007 // Technology

Consistent with my “late-adopter” status (recall I’m the guy who switched-back to Windows after throwing up my hands, cursing iPhoto for the last time, and demanding I get my keyboard shortcuts back), I’m just becoming aware of a neat little technology called sIFR.

Developed by Mike Davidson and Mark Wubben um …several years ago… sIFR allows web designers to “…insert rich typography into web pages without sacrificing accessibility, search engine friendliness, or markup semantics…”.

Using a bit of Flash® and JavaScript magic, it gives you the flexibility to use fonts in your web pages that are independent of browser-installed fonts on the user’s machine.

I won’t go into the technical details, you can do that by reading the article. But it’s a nice way to give yourself wide flexibility in designing sites the way you want with little programming overhead.