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zachleat
May 27, 2014
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Bulletproof Font Icons
Originally presented at CSSConf 2014:
http://2014.cssconf.com/#zach
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Transcript
N Bulletproof C E U R N
LET’S LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT @FONT-FACE
@zachleat zachleat.com
None
If you wish to make a font icon from scratch,
you must first invent the universe. —Carl Sagan, probably https://www.flickr.com/photos/scott-s_photos/11763686274 “ ”
@Font-face THIS ONE WEIRD TRICK A G EN D A
CAT FANCY UNICODE LOADING.. . .. .
1997 @font-‐face
1995 <font>
None
@font-‐face
CSS3 CSS2.1 CSS2
@font-‐face { ! font-‐family: The Font that Could;
src:url('icanfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('icanfont.woff') format('woff'); font-‐weight: normal; font-‐style: normal; ! }
@font-‐face { ! font-‐family: The Font that Could;
src:url('icanfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('icanfont.woff') format('woff'); font-‐weight: normal; font-‐style: normal; ! }
@font-‐face { ! font-‐family: The Font that Could;
src:url('icanfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('icanfont.woff') format('woff'); font-‐weight: normal; font-‐style: normal; ! }
David Hasselwoff USE WOFF
Woff caniuse.com 5.0! 6.0 7.0! 7.5!
WOFF BY ONE ERROR
Woff + TTF caniuse.com 5.0! 6.0 7.0! 7.5!
NEED IE8? Add EOT
@font-‐face { ! font-‐family: The Font that Could;
src:url('icanfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-‐opentype'), url('icanfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('icanfont.woff') format('woff'); font-‐weight: normal; font-‐style: normal; ! }
Woff + TTF + EOT caniuse.com 5.0! 6.0 7.0! 7.5!
NEED Chrome + Windows? Add SVG http://www.fontspring.com/blog/smoother-web-font-rendering-chrome
34 8.1 WOFF SVG ISSU E XP
Woff + EOT + TTF + SVG https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137692 caniuse.com 5.0
7.0! 7.5! 6.0 6.0
@font-‐face { font-‐family: The Font that Could;
src:url('icanfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-‐opentype'), url('icanfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('icanfont.woff') format('woff'), url('icanfont.svg#icanfont') format('svg'); font-‐weight: normal; font-‐style: normal; } W R O N G
@media (-‐webkit-‐min-‐device-‐pixel-‐ratio:0) { ! @font-‐face {
font-‐family: The Font That Could; src: url('icanfont.svg#icomoon') format('svg'); font-‐weight: normal; font-‐style: normal; } ! }
https://github.com/scottjehl/Device-Bugs/issues/43 ISSU E
None
@media (-‐webkit-‐min-‐device-‐pixel-‐ratio:0) and (min-‐resolution: .001dpcm) { !
@font-‐face { font-‐family: The Font That Could; src: url('icanfont.svg#icomoon') format('svg'); font-‐weight: normal; font-‐style: normal; } ! }
Supports -‐webkit-‐min-‐device-‐pixel-‐ratio Supports min-‐resolution Yes No Yes No
Woff + EOT + TTF + SVG https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=137692 caniuse.com 5.0
7.0! 7.5! 6.0 6.0
WHEW.
A QUICK REVIEW
@font-‐face { font-‐family: The Font that Could;
src:url('icanfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-‐opentype'), url('icanfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('icanfont.woff') format('woff'); font-‐weight: normal; font-‐style: normal; } ! @media (-‐webkit-‐min-‐device-‐pixel-‐ratio:0) and (min-‐resolution: .001dpcm) { ! @font-‐face { font-‐family: The Font That Could; src: url('icanfont.svg#icomoon') format('svg'); font-‐weight: normal; font-‐style: normal; } }
@font-‐face { font-‐family: The Font that Could;
src:url('icanfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-‐opentype'), url('icanfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('icanfont.woff') format('woff'); font-‐weight: normal; font-‐style: normal; } ! @media (-‐webkit-‐min-‐device-‐pixel-‐ratio:0) and (min-‐resolution: .001dpcm) { ! @font-‐face { font-‐family: The Font That Could; src: url('icanfont.svg#icomoon') format('svg'); font-‐weight: normal; font-‐style: normal; } } REMOVE AFTER CHROME DIRECTWRITE
GO TO YOUR HAPPY PLACE
LET’s PUT THE @FONT-FACE BLOCK ON OUR WEB PAGE
None
NO FONT-FAMILY NO DOWNLOAD
34 28 9, 10, 11 20 6.1, 7 2.3, 4.1
7 8
body { font-‐family: My Icon Font, serif;
}
var b = document.body; ! b.style.fontFamily = "My Icon
Font";
@Font-face THIS ONE WEIRD TRICK A G EN D A
CAT FANCY UNICODE LOADING…
BASIC LATIN CODE POINT Arial Chunk Five x41 A A
x42 B B x43 C C x44 D D x45 E E
Higher UNICODE Ranges x2261 ≡ x2605 ˒ x2665 ♥ x2713
✓
Arial Chunk Five 0x1F300 0x1F302 0x1F350 Arial Chunk Five 0x1F300
0x1F302 0x1F350 EMOJI http://doeschromesupportemojiyet.com/ https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=62435
None
CONSISTENCY
unicode.johnholtripley.co.uk
None
READ AS x2261 ≡ IDENTICAL TO x2605 ˒ BLACK STAR
or STAR x2665 ♥ HEART SUIT ACCESSIBILITY
None
PRIVATE USE AREA
YOUR ICON FONT HERE 0xe001 0xe002 0xe003 0xe004 PRIVATE USE
AREA
@Font-face THIS ONE WEIRD TRICK A G EN D A
CAT FANCY UNICODE LOADING…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/79157069@N03/11616536203/ OUR @FONT-FACE REQUEST LEAVES THE NEST
LOCAL FONT { @FONT-FACE {
None
FOIT Flash of Invisible Text
@FONT-FACE LOAD
https://twitter.com/aanand/status/465182499577286656
LOCAL FONT { @FONT-FACE {
FOUT Flash of UNSTYLED Text
3 S @FONT-FACE LOAD ABCDEFGH ABCDEFGH
3 S @FONT-FACE LOAD
https://twitter.com/raganwald/status/452092613529567233 Screenshot of GitHub
LOCAL FONT { @FONT-FACE {
Timeouts/CURFEWS 34 > 60 s 36 28 9, 10, 11
N/A 20 > 60 s 3 s 3 s 7 60 s 4.1 > 60 s * 6 > 60 s 60 s* 7
if font loads after 60 seconds SAFARI IGNORES IT 7
*Timeout ISSU E 7
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A USER HITS THE STOP BUTTON?
LOCAL FONT { @FONT-FACE { ISSU E
None
@Font-face THIS ONE WEIRD TRICK A G EN D A
CAT FANCY UNICODE LOADING…
LET’S FIX EVERYTHING
DECORATIVE ICON U SE C A SE
<span class="twitter icon" aria-‐hidden="true"></span> Share on Twitter
<span class="twitter icon" aria-‐hidden="true"></span> Share on Twitter
FILAMENTGROUP/A-Font-Garde https://github.com/filamentgroup/a-font-garde
FontFaceOnload( "My Icon Font", {
glyphs: "\uE600\uE601\uE602\uE605", success: function() { var docEl = document.documentElement; docEl.className += " my-‐icon-‐font"; } }); // requires http://filamentgroup.github.io/a-font-garde/src/fontfaceonload.js
/* @font-‐face omitted */ ! .my-‐icon-‐font .icon-‐twitter:before {
font-‐family: My Icon Font; content: "\e600"; }
typekit/webfontloader https://github.com/typekit/webfontloader
CSS Font Loading Module Level 3 http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-font-loading/
document.fonts.load("1em My Icon Font") .then(function() { !
var docEl = document.documentElement; docEl.className += " my-‐icon-‐font"; ! });
BRAMSTEIN/FONTLOADER https://github.com/bramstein/fontloader FOLLOW HE’S WORKING ON A POLYFILL. https://twitter.com/bram_stein/status/465560158723395584
my-‐icon-‐font SOLVES OUR PROBLEMS
WE NOW CONTROL FOIT & FOUT
NO MORE UNICODE SURPRISES TIMEOUT SURPRISES STOP BUTTON SURPRISES
DECORATIVE ICON 3 S @FONT-FACE LOAD FOIT FOUT
@Font-face THIS ONE WEIRD TRICK A G EN D A
LET’S GET FANCY UNICODE LOADING…
LET’S GET CAT FANCY
TEXT to ICON @FONT-FACE LOAD U SE C A SE
<style> .facebook .icon { display: none;
} .my-‐icon-‐font .facebook .icon { display: inline-‐block; } .my-‐icon-‐font .facebook .text { /* Visually hide but keep for screen readers */ clip: rect(0 0 0 0); overflow: hidden; position: absolute; height: 1px; width: 1px; } </style> <span class="facebook"> <span class="icon" aria-‐hidden="true"></span> <span class="text">Facebook</span> </span> https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/blob/master/css/main.css#L127
<style> .facebook .icon { display: none;
} .my-‐icon-‐font .facebook .icon { display: inline-‐block; } .my-‐icon-‐font .facebook .text { /* Visually hide but keep for screen readers */ clip: rect(0 0 0 0); overflow: hidden; position: absolute; height: 1px; width: 1px; } </style> <span class="facebook"> <span class="icon" aria-‐hidden="true"></span> <span class="text">Facebook</span> </span> https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/blob/master/css/main.css#L127
GLYPH to ICON ≡ U SE C A SE
https://twitter.com/bjankord/status/451367657493647361 Hamburger Helper
Hamburger Emoji
= Veggieburger
– Gluten Free Hamburger https://twitter.com/brouxhaha/status/464787128334180354
Facebook’s Manburger https://twitter.com/jedschmidt/status/455871778267463680
Hungryman Burger
@FONT-FACE LOAD GLYPH to ICON ≡
<style> .hamburger .icon:before { content: "\2261";
/* Adjust font-‐size and line-‐height to match */ } .hamburger .text { /* Visually hide but keep for screen readers */ clip: rect(0 0 0 0); overflow: hidden; position: absolute; height: 1px; width: 1px; } .my-‐icon-‐font .hamburger .icon:before { font-‐family: My Icon Font; content: "\e601"; ! /* Reset font-‐size and line-‐height */ font-‐size: inherit; line-‐height: inherit; } </style> <span class="hamburger"> <span class="icon" aria-‐hidden="true"></span> <span class="text">Menu</span> </span>
<style> .hamburger .icon:before { content: "\2261";
/* Adjust font-‐size and line-‐height to match */ } .hamburger .text { /* Visually hide but keep for screen readers */ clip: rect(0 0 0 0); overflow: hidden; position: absolute; height: 1px; width: 1px; } .my-‐icon-‐font .hamburger .icon:before { font-‐family: My Icon Font; content: "\e601"; ! /* Reset font-‐size and line-‐height */ font-‐size: inherit; line-‐height: inherit; } </style> <span class="hamburger"> <span class="icon" aria-‐hidden="true"></span> <span class="text">Menu</span> </span> <span class="icon" aria-‐hidden="true"></span>
@Font-face THIS ONE WEIRD TRICK A G EN D A
LET’S GET FANCY UNICODE LOADING…
Different GOALS FOR CONTENT ICONFONTS CONTENT ICON
@zachleat Thank you!