Using @import for google fonts is not working on internet explorer

Question

I am trying to use google fonts on my web but I have an issue with internet explorer. I am using @import, and when I google it I see that people use it this way:

@import url('http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans');

The thing is that the link i got looks like this:

@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/earlyaccess/opensanshebrew.css);

When I open my web on IE there is no text at all.

Do I have to get the webfont files? Or is there a way to fix this?

Answer 1

Hia I've had the same issue, so I've created a new web version of this font which works great with IE. You can download it Here: http://assafk.com/staff/open_sans_hebrew/Opes_Sans_Hebrew_Fixed.rar Thanks! Assaf

after you download the files in the rar, add this css to use it:

@font-face {
    font-family: 'Open Sans Hebrew';
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 300;
    src: url(opensanshebrew-lightitalic-webfont.eot);
    src: url(opensanshebrew-lightitalic-webfont.eot?#iefix) format('embedded-opentype'),
    url(opensanshebrew-lightitalic-webfont.woff) format('woff'),
    url(opensanshebrew-lightitalic-webfont.ttf) format('truetype');
}
@font-face {
    font-family: 'Open Sans Hebrew';
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: 300;
    src: url(opensanshebrew-light-webfont.eot);
    src: url(opensanshebrew-light-webfont.eot?#iefix) format('embedded-opentype'),
    url(opensanshebrew-light-webfont.woff) format('woff'),
    url(opensanshebrew-light-webfont.ttf) format('truetype');
}
@font-face {
    font-family: 'Open Sans Hebrew';
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 400;
    src: url(opensanshebrew-italic-webfont.eot);
    src: url(opensanshebrew-italic-webfont.eot?#iefix) format('embedded-opentype'),
    url(opensanshebrew-italic-webfont.woff) format('woff'),
    url(opensanshebrew-italic-webfont.ttf) format('truetype');
}
@font-face {
    font-family: 'Open Sans Hebrew';
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: 400;
    src: url(opensanshebrew-regular-webfont.eot);
    src: url(opensanshebrew-regular-webfont.eot?#iefix) format('embedded-opentype'),
    url(opensanshebrew-regular-webfont.woff) format('woff'),
    url(opensanshebrew-regular-webfont.ttf) format('truetype');
}
@font-face {
    font-family: 'Open Sans Hebrew';
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 700;
    src: url(opensanshebrew-bolditalic-webfont.eot);
    src: url(opensanshebrew-bolditalic-webfont.eot?#iefix) format('embedded-opentype'),
    url(opensanshebrew-bolditalic-webfont.woff) format('woff'),
    url(opensanshebrew-bolditalic-webfont.ttf) format('truetype');
}
@font-face {
    font-family: 'Open Sans Hebrew';
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: 700;
    src: url(opensanshebrew-bold-webfont.eot);
    src: url(opensanshebrew-bold-webfont.eot?#iefix) format('embedded-opentype'),
    url(opensanshebrew-bold-webfont.woff) format('woff'),
    url(opensanshebrew-bold-webfont.ttf) format('truetype');
}
@font-face {
    font-family: 'Open Sans Hebrew';
    font-style: italic;
    font-weight: 800;
    src: url(opensanshebrew-extrabold-webfont.eot);
    src: url(opensanshebrew-extrabold-webfont.eot?#iefix) format('embedded-opentype'),
    url(opensanshebrew-extrabold-webfont.woff) format('woff'),
    url(opensanshebrew-extrabold-webfont.ttf) format('truetype');
}
@font-face {
    font-family: 'Open Sans Hebrew';
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: 800;
    src: url(opensanshebrew-extrabold-webfont.eot);
    src: url(opensanshebrew-extrabold-webfont.eot?#iefix) format('embedded-opentype'),
    url(opensanshebrew-extrabold-webfont.woff) format('woff'),
    url(opensanshebrew-extrabold-webfont.ttf) format('truetype');
}