I wanted to say sorry to the Internet Explorer users who were experiencing browser crashes from Font Burner. I tackled the problem thinking it would be something major but it turned out that the crashes were due to an unclosed headline tag in my HTML. You wouldn’t think that wouldn’t be enough to kill a browser, but that’s Internet Explorer for you. Let me take this opportunity to encourage you to switch from Explorer to Firefox or other modern browser. You will be glad you did and so will I!
I am starting to get some feedback on Font Burner and the hot topic is whether or not this is legal. The FAQ’s were definitely lacking on this point and it deserves a more robust response. So here it goes.
Font Burner respects the rights of font designers. We love fonts and want to make font designers rich and famous. We also love the internet and want to expand the options for online fonts. There is a balancing act that has to happen that allows growth for online font usage as well as rewarding the hard working people who create fonts. Font Burner is right in the middle of it and unfortunately we won’t be able to please everyone.
Font Burner uses sIFR to render the fonts. Most commercial fonts require that you own a license for any font that you are using with sIFR. There is plenty of gray area in a statement like that, but Font Burner has decided to error on the side of safety and honor the font companies’ wishes. For that reason, all the fonts available on Font Burner right now are copyright free fonts, the majority of which can be downloaded for free at dafont.com. At the launch of Font Burner there were some commercial fonts mixed in by mistake. We apologize for any oversight and if you see any more fonts that you believe shouldn’t be available here please let us know!
The hope is that Font Burner can expand beyond the free fonts and offer commercial fonts eventually with the font designer’s blessing. We are looking for a font company or a font designer that is willing to embrace this technology and give us a thumbs up for use on Font Burner. The exposure and publicity that comes with Font Burner has the potential to be a big boost to anyone who recognizes the advantage of being seen as a leader in this regard.
If you are using Font Burner on your website we want to link to your site. Leave a comment on this post and tell us about your site and the font you are using. Oh, and by the way, thanks for using Font Burner!
Although Font Burner has launched with over 1000 hand selected fonts, there are obviously a huge number of fonts that are not available here yet. With the countless fonts available it is a monumental task to sort through them and figure out which ones are worth adding. That’s where you come in.
You can help Font Burner in three ways. First, notice that there are stars next to each font on Font Burner. If you like a font click on the fifth star to give it a five star rating. If you think it is a crappy font click on one star. By ranking the fonts on this site we can eliminate the garbage and promote the good stuff.
The second way you can help is to recommend fonts that you think should be included here. Use the comments in this post to tell us the fonts you want.
The last way you can help us is by spreading the word about Font Burner. Traffic increases our advertising revenue. Please look at our advertisements and click on them if you find an interesting one. It takes money to improve our site and we get money from advertisements.
We want to make Font Burner a great site and we appreciate your help. Thanks!
Welcome everyone to Font Burner! Today the site officially launched and it is with high hopes that we release this site into the wild. Like any site worth its pixels, Font Burner has a blog. This is where you can follow new feature developments, font discussions, tutorials, and general announcements.
Since the Font Burner is brand spanking new we expect things to progress rapidly and we could really use your input. Please use the comment section of this blog to give us feedback, or send us an email. Be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed so you can keep track of all the developments! Pick the feed that is right for you:
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Again, welcome and thanks for visiting the site!