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googlefontdirectory - issue #1

It doesn't work in IE


Posted on May 20, 2010 by Helpful Rabbit

What steps will reproduce the problem? 1. Created a test page with two fonts 2. Works fine in modern browsers 3. Doesn't work in IE7, IE8

So I can't get it to work in IE, is there some extra javascript or something I need to add for IE?

Comment #1

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Helpful Rabbit

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Comment #2

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Helpful Panda

http://webfonts.info/wiki/index.php?title=%40font-face_browser_support

It seems Microsoft only supports their "Embedded OpenType (EOT) created by Microsoft's WEFT tool "

Comment #3

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Helpful Panda

Never mind me, apparently the API -should- take care of it. No clue then

Comment #4

Posted on Jun 18, 2010 by Helpful Bear

Further input on this matter: For me it works fine in IE8 with the font "Nobile" but not with font "Josefine Sans Std Light". Could it be that IE refuses to accept custom fonts with spaces in the name?

Comment #5

Posted on Jun 23, 2010 by Massive Lion

Additional input: Spaces do not seem to be the issue. I tried cantarell, with and without variants in IE8 and IE7, without success.

Comment #6

Posted on Jun 25, 2010 by Massive Cat

Same here, IE8 fails on Josefine Sans Std Light :-/

Comment #7

Posted on Jul 4, 2010 by Grumpy Elephant

It's IE wide. The font does not load in IE6 either.

Comment #8

Posted on Jul 13, 2010 by Happy Kangaroo

The most common reason fonts don't load in IE is because the font name table was coded wrong by the font author. That is definitely the case with Josefin. The Family Name + the Style Name must = The Full Name. Josephine fails this.

FYI - fontsquirrel.com automatically corrects these problems in their webfonts. Here's Josefin: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontfacedemo/Josefin

Comment #9

Posted on Jul 13, 2010 by Helpful Rabbit

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Comment #10

Posted on Oct 25, 2010 by Happy Elephant

I just committed a change to Josefin that fixes the name table inconsistency described in comment 8, and did testing in IE, so can close this issue now.

Comment #11

Posted on Feb 17, 2011 by Happy Rhino

Hi - I'm experiencing the same problem rendering in IE8 with a different font (Lato) in it's lightest weight.

I'm not sure if the standard weight fonts are okay - but will confirm and add another comment once I know.

Comment #12

Posted on Aug 4, 2011 by Happy Bird

Yes same problem. It used to work fine in versions > ie6!

Comment #13

Posted on Aug 23, 2011 by Happy Horse

Same problem (font not loading) with "Francois One" in IE <= 8. IE9 works fine.

Comment #14

Posted on Aug 23, 2011 by Massive Wombat

'Fraincois One' doesn't work for me in IE8 as well.

Comment #15

Posted on Oct 12, 2011 by Massive Lion

'Lobster' font not working for me in IE8 either...

Comment #16

Posted on Oct 27, 2011 by Swift Horse

PT Sans, PT Sans Narrow are not working at all in IE7.

Comment #17

Posted on Nov 22, 2011 by Helpful Kangaroo

Same for 'Dawning of a New Day' in IE8 and below.

Comment #18

Posted on Nov 23, 2011 by Happy Panda

Jockey One as well.

Comment #19

Posted on Dec 1, 2011 by Helpful Bear

'Crimson Text' not working for me in ie9, whilst the more complex 'IM Fell English SC' works fine.

Comment #20

Posted on Feb 1, 2012 by Quick Dog

Is this re-opened? Having the same problem with "Paytone One"

Comment #21

Posted on Feb 6, 2012 by Happy Rabbit

The answer to all these fonts not working is to go to http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface/generator and follow the directions there to re-generate the font files.

Comment #22

Posted on Apr 23, 2012 by Swift Rabbit

'Open Sans' not working in IE8

Comment #23

Posted on Aug 21, 2012 by Swift Dog

And Oswald is not working in IE9 :-(

Comment #24

Posted on Feb 22, 2013 by Grumpy Elephant

Re-open this issue. It's not fixed. Having problem with extra bold 'Open Sans' in Ie8

Comment #25

Posted on Mar 6, 2013 by Swift Bird

Confirm. Open Sans bold not working in IE8

Comment #26

Posted on Mar 29, 2013 by Happy Cat

Just trying to use Ubuntu font on IE8 and not working also.

Comment #27

Posted on Apr 8, 2013 by Massive Monkey

this link: http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300italic,400italic,400,300,700 when changing to IE9 it works fine, in IE8 it insists on ignoring all fonts except 400 ... why?

Comment #28

Posted on Oct 9, 2013 by Swift Kangaroo

Font PACIFICO accented letters not rendering on IE10

Comment #29

Posted on Dec 18, 2013 by Happy Rabbit

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Comment #30

Posted on Jan 9, 2014 by Swift Ox

Font: Orbitron http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Orbitron

Doesn't seem to work at all in IE8

Comment #31

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Helpful Lion

Font Yanone Kaffeesatz doesn't work in IE 11. It DOES work in IE 8. Similar issue?

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Comment #32

Posted on Jul 5, 2014 by Happy Wombat

Pacifico font isn't working on IE with accented letters as with #28

Comment #33

Posted on Mar 31, 2015 by Happy Elephant

Yea, i also tested orbitron bold and it doesn't work in IE.

Status: Fixed

Labels:
Type-Defect Priority-Medium