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Posts Tagged ‘fonts’

The future (and history) of web typography

17.12.2009 By: alanofford Under: Creative Comments: none

alanofford

Having learnt mostly traditional print at university, the restrictions placed on designers by the internet came as something of shock, especially when you consider the unparalleled opportunities for communicating that the web promises. It seems ridiculous that fonts online have, up to now, been limited to just a few generic styles, rather like an actor, who once up in front of the cameras is told he can only perform in a Glaswegian accent. With a lisp.

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Typekit: Goodbye sIFR, Cufon?

20.11.2009 By: ronansprake Under: Technical Comments: none

ronansprake

Typekit has been fully released (without so much as a Beta tag) and it’s about time to give it another shot. Last time I checked out Typekit, there were as many bugs as you’d expect from a developer preview release. Thankfully, a lot has changed and it’s all quite promising.

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