Ripping fonts from websites

[Far]

Theres a font that i really like which is being used on a website - the font is called "Knul". It uses "KnulMedium" and "KnulBold".

I can see the font available for purchase, but i dont want to pay. Is there any way to rip fonts from websites, or get it through other means? Can't seem to find this one through the normal rapidshare means.

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/northernblock/knul/

 

[Relentless]

to get fonts you need to download the file to install it to your website or your pc, try using photoshop to download the fonts and put them on your website but then again it will need a font code. the only way you will get a font of a website if it has to be purchased is using there ftp to get it.

/Ben

 

[Far]

not sure how photoshop could get a .ttf file.

anyway, i found their font-face file and downloaded the fonts from there. Couldn't get all of the font files, but i get at least 1 file type from each font for it to display correctly. (not really sure on the need for 4 different font formats?)

http://fonts.ncwest.ncsoft.com/knul/fonts.css

 

[Relentless]

theres always 2-** of formats for fonts, its rather like this <Div Font-Family="Arial;Arial2;Arial3"> for example. (didnt really learn much for fonts as i dont use them, but they go as a family ( and dont know if that code is right its just a example ) )

 

[Far]

im not talking about the font family, they are different fonts which are used incase the first one isn't available.

I'm talking about the font face formats. for example,

url('Knul_light-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
url('Knul_light-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
url('Knul_light-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),
url('Knul_light-webfont.svg#KnulLight') format('svg');

why have .eot, .woff, .ttf, .svg ?

 

[Relentless]

i dont know if its the same kind of stuff i do, it looks alot more advanced then HTML. it just might be the way there saved on the website your getting them from as its Bringing it from the URL as it says at the beggining.

/Ben

 

[Tai]

illegal warez.
if you want to learn about the font types go google :O

 

[Far]

whats a google?

 

[Ardbeg]

im not talking about the font family, they are different fonts which are used incase the first one isn't available.

I'm talking about the font face formats. for example,

url('Knul_light-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
url('Knul_light-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
url('Knul_light-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),
url('Knul_light-webfont.svg#KnulLight') format('svg');

why have .eot, .woff, .ttf, .svg ?

It's down to different ideas by different people at different times and no standards being set.
Browser compatibility has been an issue but less so now with css, jquery etc.
I think all the main browsers recognise eot including Blackberry, which always seems to be last.

 

[Far]

ah thanks. i didn't realise it could be down to browser compatibility. I'll try to use eot where possible then.

 

[Ardbeg]

ah thanks. i didn't realise it could be down to browser compatibility. I'll try to use eot where possible then.

Depends on the audience really.
If it's a totally mobile platform, your problems will be different than a larger pc style view. However, the remit seems to now be that all work should lean towards mobile platforms etc., whereas years ago it didn't figure.
With HTML5 and CSS3, most bases are covered.
There are quite a few converter progs out there to change between ttf and eot etc. So you needn't get stuck.

 

[Far]

There are quite a few converter progs out there to change between ttf and eot etc. So you needn't get stuck.

i'll keep that in mind thanks. Most my websites are aimed to be fully responsive (where possible) so being fully compatible on any device is desired.

 

[Antoine_77]

Hi,

You can use this website :

http://website-font-analyzer.com

It allows to extract font from website or find all websites using a font.

 

[Far]

old thread is old, however that site just finds what the font is called - it still doesn't let you download the font. Something which anyone with a scratch of web knowledge will know you can just look in the source to get the font names.

 

[Tai]

When did robot become so lifelike