I’m working on a print product website where designers upload fonts for templates. We need to show real-time previews of editable regions, but it’s tricky without embedding the fonts. CSS3’s @font-face works in modern browsers, but IE needs .eot files. Is there a way to generate .eot files from .ttf on a non-Windows server? The process must be fully automated, and we can’t use Flash or JS because the text remains in form fields. I appreciate any ideas on how to address this, especially for IE.
hmm, interesting challenge! have u considered using a font conversion service API? some offer on-the-fly conversion to various formats. could integrate that into ur backend workflow.
what about caching converted fonts to reduce processing load? just brainstorming here - curious wat solutions uve explored so far?
yo, that’s a tricky one! have u tried ttf2eot converter? it’s open source n works on linux. could set up a script to auto-convert uploaded fonts. maybe cache em too for speed. just make sure to handle errors gracefully in case conversion fails.
For this scenario, I’d recommend looking into server-side font conversion libraries. One option is FontForge, which can be scripted in Python to automate the TTF to EOT conversion process. You could set up a background job that processes uploaded fonts, generates the necessary formats, and stores them for quick access.
Another approach is to use a cloud-based font conversion service like FontSquirrel’s Webfont Generator API. This offloads the processing to their servers and returns multiple font formats, including EOT.
Whichever method you choose, implement caching to store converted fonts and avoid unnecessary processing. Also, consider fallback options in your CSS for cases where font conversion might fail or be unavailable.