Embedding fonts using SIFR

I've been around on the net since 1995, and have seen at least 3 ways to embed fonts on webpages: The microsoft way, the netscape way and now a cross platform way - SIFR.

As I try to put my threads short, I will just write a way to implement SIFR custom fonts on your website

1. Locate a TTF font you whish to use on your webpage
2. Goto the page which offers to convert the font to a "flash swf font" (used by SIFT):
   http://www.sifrgenerator.com/wizard.html
3. Follow the wizard guide and choose version 2 in the end.
4. Download the SWF file to a path near your website, say in a folder named "fonts"

Now the font is ready, all you need to do now is to try another free service appearing as a plugin for JQUERY - the sIFR plugin!

1. Goto the website http://jquery.thewikies.com/sifr/
2. Download the "Jquery sIFR plugin version 2" All in one.zip file
3. unpack it and follow the guide

To be able to use the font you generated yourself - copy'n'paste the font into the "fonts" directory in the unpacked "all-in-one" zip file.

That's it! :-)

Video for websites - tools you need (TUN)

CamStudio - video capturing/converting tool

The network speed - bandwidth - I use has grown from 9,600 BITS/second in 1995 to my current 20 Mbits/second so ofcause you can put more "heavy" stuff on the net. One of the relative heavy items is video clips.


You may have a digital video recorder, a webcam, a camera or perhaps a phone which will produce for instance .AVI files. I found though that publish AVI files is not so perfect for several reasons. Yesterday I found soloution (for my PC) which is an open source application called "CamStudio", it seems to be the answer to my needs to be able to publish video - here are some of the features:

• Optional compressing of the video


• Choice to include audio


• SWF video + autogenerated HTML which embeds it

That is enough for me! - and BTW I found it here: http://www.webappers.com/category/components/video/