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loadFonts - a sort-of hacky way to check if fonts have loaded
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/* | |
loadFonts - a sort-of hacky way to check if fonts have loaded | |
"Forked" from this: http://stackoverflow.com/a/11689060 | |
*/ | |
function loadFonts (fonts, callback) { | |
var loadedFonts = 0, fontList = [], interval; | |
for(var i = 0, l = fonts.length; i < l; ++i) { | |
(function(font) { | |
var node = document.createElement('span'); | |
node.id = "fontNode_" + i; | |
// Characters that vary significantly among different fonts | |
node.innerHTML = 'giItT1WQy@!-/#'; | |
// Visible - so we can measure it - but not on the screen | |
node.style.position = 'absolute'; | |
node.style.left = '-10000px'; | |
node.style.top = '-10000px'; | |
// Large font size makes even subtle changes obvious | |
node.style.fontSize = '300px'; | |
// Reset any font properties | |
node.style.fontFamily = 'sans-serif'; | |
node.style.fontVariant = 'normal'; | |
node.style.fontStyle = 'normal'; | |
node.style.fontWeight = 'normal'; | |
node.style.letterSpacing = '0'; | |
document.body.appendChild(node); | |
// Remember width with no applied web font | |
node.originalWidth = node.offsetWidth; | |
node.style.fontFamily = font; | |
fontList.push(node); | |
})(fonts[i]); | |
} | |
function checkFont() { | |
for(var i = 0, l = fontList.length; i < l; ++i) { | |
(function(node) { | |
node = document.getElementById(node.id); | |
// Compare current width with original width | |
if(node && node.offsetWidth != node.originalWidth) { | |
++loadedFonts; | |
node.parentNode.removeChild(node); | |
node = null; | |
} | |
// If all fonts have been loaded | |
if(loadedFonts >= fonts.length) { | |
if(interval) { | |
clearInterval(interval); | |
} | |
if(loadedFonts == fonts.length) { | |
callback(); | |
return true; | |
} | |
} | |
})(fontList[i]); | |
} | |
}; | |
if(!checkFont()) { | |
interval = setInterval(checkFont, 50); | |
} | |
} |
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