How to Solve the Problem of @font-face Inside Media Queries

How to Solve the Problem of @font-face Inside Media Queries

Mobile connections aren’t as good as the usual desktop ones, therefore the download time of custom fonts can take up to several seconds. A good approach is to use the @font-face rule only for certain range of media and screens using @media queries. Unfortunately this approach doesn’t work for some browsers: all the versions of Internet Explorer and FireFox 10 and lower. This article discusses a solution for this problem that balances performances and hacks.

Learning Curve: What it is and How it Applies to Information Technology

Learning Curve: What it is and How it Applies to Information Technology

The terms “learning curve” and “steep learning curve” are often talked and written in Computer Science. At the time I could not understand deeply those terms, every time I found them I felt like I was missing something that all programmers except me already knew. After, I realised that there are a lot of people that misused them in discussions and forum and this fact created a clutter. In this article I’ll explain what these terms means and how they can be applied to IT.