by zaius on 2/5/13, 7:28 PM
I like the idea of styling a map properly with CSS. I love the sheer WTF factor.
The fact we're seeing fonts (ab)used in this manner (and for icon fonts) says that we're sorely missing a good technical solution.
by shinynewmac on 2/5/13, 8:03 PM
You'll all regret adding -ly to anything eventually. Still really awesome, can't wait to see the rest of the world.
by shmerl on 2/5/13, 8:05 PM
Hm, why can't this be done with simply using SVG instead of using fonts in such manner?
by paddy_m on 2/5/13, 8:47 PM
by ldayley on 2/5/13, 8:16 PM
Stateface is another good font if you'd simply like images of the individual states.
https://github.com/propublica/statefaceIt doesn't display the entire map like this (so the use case is different), but it's pretty cool all the same.
by travisp on 2/5/13, 8:44 PM
I love the idea, but they've made an odd choice in the way they've styled the page: I can't scroll down to read all the text. Page scrolling is jerky and the text disappears for me before I reach the bottom of the text. I had to inspect the page source to finish reading "How does it work?"
by sheraz on 2/5/13, 8:46 PM
Wow. very cool. But that 3d-rotation on the hero graphic gives me a little vertigo -- it's almost too good :-)
by Camillo on 2/5/13, 7:50 PM
This is great, but I'm really looking forward to support for animated fonts in Firefox.
by Mizza on 2/5/13, 8:32 PM
Looks like Washington and Maine get cut off at the top!