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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