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your perfect web type match

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http://creativeJS.com

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http://refreshpittsburgh.org

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http://webdesignday.com

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2 crying cats some gifs 1 pretty terrible pun all the helpful web type advice I could pack in

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Once upon a time...

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Not all fonts on the web were made for the web.

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um, where did the counters go?

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operating system text rendering engines user preferences file format of the font hinting of the font file

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http://blog.typekit.com/2010/10/05/type-rendering- on-the-web/

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role durability availability context

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The font’s role

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Many typefaces were designed to solve specific problems.

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Verdana Georgia

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High contrast and small x- heights don’t do tiny sizes well on the web.

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Durability/Quality

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- Steve Matteson, Monotype “Every typeface will have its own sweet spots … so it’s useful to have a palette of typefaces to work with.”

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Assemble your own short list of trusted web fonts.

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Can you handle the web?

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http://webfontspecimen.com/

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Free web fonts are about as good as free fonts.

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There are shortcuts to quality.

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http://www.fontbureau.com/ReadingEdge/

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http://typecast.com/blog/type-qa-steve-matteson- from-monotype

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Text http://fontdeck.com/typefaces/all/tags/ manuallyhinted/

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Also, “stealing”

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Whatfont: Better than sliced bread at telling you what font that is.

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Mental note: FF Meta Serif at 16px reads pretty darn nicely.

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... Even in IE... hmm...

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http://blog.typekit.com/category/sites-we-like/

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http://fontdeck.com/showcase

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Quality? Check! Now about the context...

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Context

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http://typecast.com/

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Manage expectations. Even your own!

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http://furious.gr/font-foundries-must-die/

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Availability

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Don’t bother with fonts that aren’t available for the web. (i.e. gotham)

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Make sure it’s available. Make sure you can afford it.

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Type hosting service vs Self hosting

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Adelle from typekit != Adelle from fontdeck.

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Performance

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how big are fonts, really?

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225k average

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227k

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Fonts have weight(s). (and I don’t just mean light and bold)

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regular bold italic bold italic light

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http://alistapart.com/article/say-no-to-faux-bold

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How much font is too much font?

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422k

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“too much” is subjective

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http://www.subsetter.com/

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Hiding web fonts from small screens (aka: mobile, we hope)

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http://css-tricks.com/preventing-the-performance- hit-from-custom-fonts/

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Promise me there will always be something between your web font and “serif”

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Summing it all up!

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These are changing times!

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http://alistapart.com/column/font-hinting-and-the- future-of-responsive-typography

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https://www.fontfont.com/fonts/chartwell

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http://www.fonts.com/web-fonts/google

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your perfect web type match