One area of Web standards where both Mozilla Firefox (version 3.5.3 CRPI:
7.34) and Opera (version 10 CRPI:
6.38) have an edge over Google Chrome (build 3.0.195.25 CRPI:
15.85) is in the field of
page-designated font rendering. It's where the code for the Web page specifies which fonts to use, and even triggers the downloading of those fonts where necessary. Actually,
Opera 10 has led the way in scalable Web fonts support although Firefox 3.5 has followed close behind.
The problem here has been with the extremely proprietary nature of the fonts used for the Web. They actually are TrueType and OpenType fonts, the majority of whose licensing prohibits their use for anything other than installation in commercial operating systems on a per-desktop basis. Even though some typographers have created free renderings of their commercial font products (here's a favorite of mine:
Museo Sans by Exljbris), there's some question as to whether type designers are technically allowed to use the proprietary underpinnings of font technology (mostly contributed by Adobe, Microsoft, and Apple) for use on the Web.