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ie9 doctype and fonts?

<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Test Ubuntu</title>
    <link href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Ubuntu:regular" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <style>
    body { font-family: 'Ubuntu', sans-serif; }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    Test Ubuntu
  </body>
</html>

shows the font in chrome and firefox... but in ie9, if i add the doctype line, it breaks!? works fine without it.

i would like to get it working in all three browsers (with doctype? because sometimes other stuff like css relies on having doctype there? or doesn't look right without it) if possible?

thanks!

Solution

  • Actually, this looks to be a feature. If you turn on the developer toolbar (F12), select the "Script" tab, and hit refresh on this test page, you should see something like this:

    CSS3117: @font-face failed cross-origin request. Resource access is restricted. font?kit=_tMhxyW6i8lbI7YsUdFlGA

    It looks like this is answered in a different post.