Web Typography: An Overview

web typography AN OVERVIEW

hello. i’m brad blackman. I’m an artist, graphic designer, husband, dad, and typophile.

typo-what?

designers ♥ type

core web fonts Andale Mono Georgia Arial Impact Arial Black Times New Roman Comic Sans MS Trebuchet MS Courier New Verdana Lucida Grande & Lucida Sans Baskerville Palatino Helvetica

viva la revolution!? The revolution will be uninspired. The revolution will be inappropriate. The revolution will be acceptable. The revolution will be unsexy. The revolution will be unremarkable. The revolution will be low resolution. (Adapted from http://www.aiga.org)

Different! Different! dIfferent! Different!

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IMAGE REPLACEMENT

EMBEDDING sIFR Cufón FLIR PIR

LINKING

@font-face

@font-face { font-family: “Fontin Sans”; src: url(“http://server1.com/FontinSansR.otf”); }

licensing

KERNEST

all this to say…

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Web Typography: An Overview

by bradblackman on Mar 06, 2010

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