Flavors.me announced today support for web fonts using @font-face in HTML5.
Users can now access 50+ of the highest-quality fonts from FontSite, Mostar Design, CanadaType and many other top foundries. The transition from Flash to HTML5 also extends the Flavors experience to the iPad, iPod and other mobile platforms. Fonts are delivered in TrueType, WOFF, EOT and SVG for the best overall rendering quality and browser compatibility.
“Typography is a core element of the Flavors.me design process. Broad access to commercial fonts is an important step forward for the entire look and feel of the Internet. The advances in performance and personalization are profound. With well more than 100,000 users, this is among the largest implementations of web fonts using the @font-face standard,” said Flavors designer Jack Zerby. Flavors will continue to expand its library as more of the best professional fonts become available.
Additionally, Flavors.me is officially releasing a groundbreaking new grid-style layout system built to showcase the entire digital life stream at a glance. The grid uses a hierarchy structure that allows users to define the relative importance of each service within the page layout. “In the grid, user content defines the entire presentation. For the first time, information and design truly become one,” said Flavors designer Rob Morris.
Other notable features in this release include powerful meta data options for search engine and Facebook Open Graph optimization, as well as custom ‘favicons’ for even more brand control.
About Flavors.me / HiiDef:
Flavors.me allows anyone to create an elegant and dynamic website using personal content from around the Internet. It automatically organizes all kinds of information – Posterous blog posts, Twitter status updates, YouTube videos, Last.fm music listening habits, Flickr photos, LinkedIn resume details, Etsy store listings and more – into a constantly growing, interactive montage that is ideal for personal homepages, lifestreaming, digital business cards, brand marketing – and everything in between.
HiiDef is an Internet incubator that was founded in mid-2008. It owns and operates Flavors.me, Goodsie, Dashboard.me and Superkix. HiiDef’s team has a strong track record in the consumer Internet sector with experience from Vimeo, Digg, Mahalo, Zend, Wordpress, IAC, Pentagram and Digitalmash. The Company is distributed around the east coast of the United States, Canada and Australia.