| Q: | What is GlyphGate? |
| A: | GlyphGate is a server software that supports Server Gated CSS Level 2
and Server Gated Web Fonts. |
| Q: | What is Server Gated CSS Level 2? |
| A: | The ability to publish a web page containing
CSS Level 2 formatting to a
server and view that page faithfully in a browser without CSS support.
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| Q: | What is Server Gated Web Fonts? |
| A: | The ability to publish a web page
containing fonts to a server and view that page faithfully on a
platform where these fonts are not available.
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| Q: | What browsers are supported by GlyphGate? |
| A: | All browsers are supported, at varying levels.
Text of any language, any font, any color and any style is presented equally well
in all browsers. Other types of
formatting, such as border styles and margins, may or may not
be supported by all browsers. Popular browsers, such as Safari, Netscape/Mozilla, Internet Explorer and Lynx on
Windows, Macintosh and Unix brands are in particular fully supported through web fonts. Please see current release notes
for a complete list. |
| Q: | What browser platforms are supported? |
| A: | All platforms capable of hosting a HTML 2.0
compatible browser that can show both text and images. This includes set-top
boxes and other Internet devices, as well as computers of various brands. Popular platforms, such
as Windows, Macintosh and Unix brands are in particular supported. |
| Q: | What font formats are supported by GlyphGate? |
| A: | All formats that are supported by the
operating system on which GlyphGate runs. This includes OpenType/TrueType,
Type 1, and bitmap fonts. |
| Q: | Does GlyphGate support "dynamic fonts",
"web fonts" or "embedded fonts"? |
| A: | Yes, it does. It is supported for
Netscape Navigator, Mozilla and Internet Explorer on both Windows and Macintosh,
as well as Mozilla on Unix (X Windows) and Safari on Mac OS X. Specific versions may not be
supported. For a complete list of supported browsers, please see the
Release Notes |
| Q: | How are browsers without support
for "embedded fonts" handled? |
| A: | Even browsers that do not support
font embedding are fully supported. Web pages are partially formatted on
the server and text set in non-standard fonts
are transmitted as images to these browsers. |
| Q: | Are browsers required to use a plugin for GlyphGate sites? |
| A: | No. Some of the most popular browsers in use today, such as
Internet Explorer, support web fonts without the aid of a plugin. A user visiting a web site may
optionally use the GlyphGate FontEnabler plugin to use web fonts on the site. Installing the plugin
is automatic and quite easy. Nevertheless, a user may chose not to use this plugin and still be
able to view text content of any language in the intended font on the site. |
| Q: | Is there a visual difference
between pages viewed by browsers that support font embedding and
those that do not? |
| A: |
Page layout is identical regardless of how the text on a page is being rendered by a browser, e.g.
as text or as images. Text effects (such as shades and glow is currently not
supported for browsers that are not using web fonts.
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| Q: | Does GlyphGate support grayscale fonts? |
| A: | Yes, grayscale fonts (also known as "antialiased"
or "smooth" fonts) are supported, regardless of if a browser supports font
embedding or not.
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| Q: | Is GlyphGate related to
Microsoft WEFT? |
| A: | We developed both applications.
WEFT is a tool that is used to create fonts for specific web pages,
while GlyphGate is a complete solution for presenting
formatted text of any language on the Internet.
We have also worked on the core font embedding functionality
in the Windows operating systems, used by Microsoft Office and IE. |
| Q: | Is GlyphGate related to
FAIRY? |
| A: | FAIRY is the name of older versions (1.0 - 3.0) of GlyphGate. The
name was changed to give the product are more meaningful name. |
| Q: | What is the difference in speed
between browsers that support font embedding and those that do not? |
| A: | Performance depends on network
bandwidth, computer CPU speed, disk speed, and other factors.
Browsers that support font embedding may or may not be faster
than browsers that do not support these fonts. |
| Q: | How does GlyphGate affect the performance
of a web server? |
| A: | For some pages,
it will boost the performance as GlyphGate is able to make smarter and
optimal choices about encoding formats and font formats. Also, GlyphGate
will produce compressed web page pages
that support the Content-Encoding:gzip part of the HTTP/1.1 protocol.
Processed pages are thus much smaller than the original page. |
| Q: | Does GlyphGate work with dynamic pages (e.g. ASP)? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | What types of server scripts and
CGI applications are supported? |
| A: | GlyphGate supports all web server applications through a pipeline architecture.
You may thus use GlyphGate with ASP, CGI, PHP, JSP etc. |
| Q: | Does GlyphGate work with Flash? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | Does GlyphGate support languages like Hindi and Arabic? |
| A: | Yes, but you need to obtain a
font suitable for the particular language and your esthetic requirements.
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| Q: | Does GlyphGate support languages like
Chinese, Korean, Japanese, etc? |
| A: | Yes, but you need to obtain a
font suitable for the particular language and your esthetic requirements.
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