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23Dec/0919

Cufon Settings

Hi Guys,

sorry for being absent the last weeks. I noticed as i checked all your comments (thank you for your feedback!), that i have forgotten to make an announcement concerning cufon settings.

Unfortunatly i had to remove Cufon in the last release of LightWord and as long as the question if i am allowed to use cufon javascript isn't solved, i can't provide cufon text replacement within LightWord anymore. :(

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  1. Sucks for us, but I completely understand. Keep up the good work.

  2. Why aren’t you allowed? Is that issue with license [Cufon itself or Myriad Pro font] or something similar? Hope it’ll be solved soon, I can’t imagine better theme than yours! Feel free to ask for help, we’ll do what we can!

  3. I have submitted a post to the cufón Google Group asking specifically for confirmation of whether or not it is OK for you to distribute cufón with LightWord. (I’d include a link, but the group is moderated and my message hasn’t gone through yet.)

    Is your question about the library or the font? An answer about the library should be forthcoming, but if the issue is with Myriad Pro (which has an “Editable” embedding permission according to its U.S. Adobe page), couldn’t you just select a different, Web-licensed font? I’ve also shot the licensing question toward @Adobe and @Fontscom (Fonts.com).

    I’m really hoping that whatever issue you’re having can be resolved. Please feel free to tweet me, email me, or reply here (I’ll subscribe to the comments) if there’s anything I can do to help. I’d like to see cufón make its way back into the theme distribution.

    (For what it’s worth, it’s simple enough for users to just download the JavaScript files themselves, but there’d have to be a plugin then, and settings, and it would be a lot more complicated. :) )

  4. Hi again,

    I got an answer from @cufon. Yes, you can freely redistribute the library. Absolutely.

    I assume the issue you’re having must be with the font. Nobody has answered me on that yet, but if font licensing is the only issue, have a look at some freeware font galleries (1, 2) and just pick a new one. Myriad Pro is nice, but I’d rather have the Cufon available than be a stickler for “Myriad or none!” :) I’m sure you can find a free font that’s similar.

  5. God, I feel like I’m comment-spamming you. I searched for fonts similar to Myriad Pro and discovered Bitstream Vera Sans via a forum thread. It looks good, and it’s Public Domain / GPL — perfect for a WordPress theme! Any thoughts?

  6. You did such a wonderfoul job with that theme ! I’ve just discovered it and I’m sure i will love it !

    Juste a question, how can show in the post of the home, name of the author ?

  7. Is there a way to change the title of a post to be selectable ? This would make copying and pasting the title easy. Currently this doesn’t work. I’ve looked at the styles, but can’t track down the problem.

    I’ve had this request from my users. Cheers.

  8. I’m new to Worpress and out of al the themes I’ve previewed, your’s looks the best for my purpose. I don have a question: I’ve got my categories running along the top menu bar. In the lightword settings I checked to remove the seach bar, which is nice. It makes room for all my category buttons. However, when I go to add a seach bar to the side bar from the widgets area in the WP Settings, it gets all jumbled up and looks terrible.

    Please advise,
    http://www.safetydavespeakng.com

  9. Hi,

    Could you explain how i can change the width of the blog ?

    Thanks a lot

  10. Cufon is free to use, distribute, include or do what ever you please with.

    The font you may be supplying may be copyrighted and after looking at the one here on this site I must say that the font you have been using is.

    You need to find a free font to distribute with the theme.

  11. Thank you for upgrade lightword to 1.9.8! :D

  12. New to Wordpress and love the theme. How do I set it up where myself and others can use custom avatars? Any help would be appreciated.
    me@davidpaulmclaughlin.com

  13. thank you very much!i am using your theme!that looks good!

  14. when i add search widget in the side bar it overlaps on the next widget. Please fix it

  15. Thanks for Sharing.

  16. Any chance I can get Cufon text working again with the latest Lightword theme? I saw some blog managed to do this. But I just don’t know how because I have no programming background.

  17. the new version has bugs – does not pass validation at http://validator.w3.org/


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