What really does matter the most? Having the font you want in all the browsers, working the right way, and same way for consistency or using something like font stacks or EOT that picks and chooses what to render when?
I guess it depends. Personally as a web developer I have never convinced any client to have a version of their site for each browser.
We’ve built a technology platform that lets you use the fonts you want without embedding them. We don’t rely on technology that is browser dependent. Foundries worry that their fonts can be stolen, which our platform prevents. EOT is a great idea, but doesn’t work in firefox. Worse creating a new font format like anything else can be reverse engineered. Font stacks also make it hard to get the vibe you want. If a client says they want their brand font on all the headlines of each page and 43% of its users are FF, a stack that renders a font that isn’t close isn’t acceptable to the client who doesn’t get the technical limitations.
We focus on the core deliverable which is displaying the font designers design with and clients want, and displaying that in all the browsers everyday people use.
We offer thousands of wonderful typefaces and even the ability to upload your own. A major achievement was getting our text to perform as regular text without dealing with complicated DRM issues. In our latest algorithm FontMeUp can be modified with all levels of CSS, and now supports selectable text making it a true competitor.
FontMeUp users have access to a hugh ever growing library of fonts. Users just need to create an account, select or upload fonts, and a Javascript line of code to their site and use regular CSS to call on the font family. Its incredible as it works in ie6, firefox, safari, chrome and opera!
