Comment on Ask HN: Your favorite web application design/UI?parentComments−BerislavLopac15yActually I think this is one of those Flash-based font substitution tricks. Although I wonder why anyone would still use that now cufon is available...−joshuacc15yMany (most?) commercial font licenses prohibit embedding fonts via Cufon or other non-Flash solutions.Typekit, Fontdeck, etc. are helping to fix this problem, but it takes time.
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Actually I think this is one of those Flash-based font substitution tricks. Although I wonder why anyone would still use that now cufon is available...
Many (most?) commercial font licenses prohibit embedding fonts via Cufon or other non-Flash solutions.
Typekit, Fontdeck, etc. are helping to fix this problem, but it takes time.