Using Google Webfonts in Windows Phone 8 web browser control

Question

I am trying to use web fonts in my Windows phone application. From the comments I have read, I understood that it is not possible to use fonts embedded into XAP file. So, I am trying to open a webpage that contains Google Web Fonts which is at: http://omercelik.com/e.htm

When I open this page from Internet Explorer on phone, it shows the font correctly. But when I try to load this page from a webBrowser control, it doesn't loads this page. I don't do anything else but this on my app:

    private void PhoneApplicationPage_Loaded_1(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        webBrowser.Navigate(new Uri("http://omercelik.com/e.htm"));
    }

So, still no success to show custom fonts in my application. There are suggestions to host font remotely and cache but even without caching, I couldn't show fonts. Can someone provide a working example of this?

Answer 1

It is possible to embed truetype fonts in Windows Phone 8 webapps by setting the embeddable tag on the font to 0 using software like TTFEdit. This might prove a more reliable and elegant solution to your problem.

See my answer to another Stack Overflow question here for all the details.