You Can't Handle The TrueType
I love the smell of HTML in the morning. After downloading the latest WEFT (which is still, far and away, the most unusable piece of software on the planet), I've successfully embedded my handwriting font for people who don't already have it installed on their system. And even after going through all the trouble of getting it to work, I may wind up not using it in the end. The only thing I'm wrestling with now is the sidebar. I don't want to “float” it via CSS, as that causes strange issues if the user's resolution is set too low. I've got it in a table now, and while that might cause content overlapping, it's the least of all visual evils in my opinion.
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21 Comments
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 11:57am
Ya must have the day off from work. :)
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 11:58am
I love the new design baby :)
missed ya saturday you big fuddy!!!
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 11:59am
I think you did a great job! It looks very cool…If you get tired of it you can always change it later :) BTW, I love your tagline – you should register it as a trademark (if it hasn't been already).
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 12:03pm
haha i agree with Marc, that is a funny tagline. Great job on the site and i'm sure its going to only get better. :)
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 12:24pm
Its lookin great if you ask me. I need to figure out how to customize my blog. There is so much code to root through its not fit for human use, thats all i can say. I anyone can tell me anything about the b2 PHP, MySQL blog script, then id apreciate it.
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 1:07pm
Hey Chris,
Just wanted to let you know that the new layout rocks. I am working on creating my own text type. I am also still working on the video for the blog. Let you know when it happens. Later
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 1:10pm
I know I don't say it often enough … DUDE! You freakin' ROCK!!! Wow. Wow. I mean … too damn cool! (Now I want a handwriting font all my own…)
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 2:26pm
Hi Chris!!!
Love Call For Help. I found this blog quite by accident really and bookmarked it immediately after realizing that it was yours. I put your handwriting font on the sidebar at my site. I'd like to offer the font to my readers, giving you full credit of course. I assume, since you offered the download, that it's OK to use. Let me know here or there or in an e-mail if that's ok to do. Thanks!
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 3:43pm
You all expected any less from Chris? Come come now..as for myself, my legacy of becoming a well respected computer tech begins in a mere few months. Off to college I go, with a harsh goal in mind: follow in the path of the Pirillo.
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 3:49pm
Dude, I can fix that content overlapping thing!
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 4:30pm
And if Mike can't fix it, I know I can. Lemme know if you need some help.
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 4:52pm
Hope you stick with the Pirillo Handwriting font. It adds a whole new feel to a blog. Do what ever you wish with the design, but please keep the font alive!
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 5:22pm
I like it!
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 5:22pm
I hate it!
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 5:48pm
Chris I visit your blog literally everyday and I really like the new design. I also have a question as to where I can make my own handwriting font? If you of nyone else knows please send me and e-mail if you would. Thanks.
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 9:22pm
Could you repeat that again in English this time please? *walks away sheepishly and ashamed with head hanging down*
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 9:30pm
Still not seeing it Chris. Using Mozilla over here.
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 9:31pm
I should add, I'm seeing a huge, blocky monospaced font, most likely lucida monospaced. It's huge and butt ugly :)
Anonymous
January 6th, 2003
at 9:36pm
Yeah, same here as CoffeeKid. I'm using Opera 7 beta 2.
Anonymous
January 8th, 2003
at 5:59pm
i HATE weft… ugh. it's horrible. it might be more worth it if it were cross-browser compatible, but even then.
i can't wait for the powers-that-be to solidify font embedding with css.
Anonymous
January 13th, 2003
at 9:19pm
Don't say WEFT is unusable until you have tried creating a custom install with Microsoft's ORCA. It really is a killer app – it kills your sanity.