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Sean McBride
May 08, 2013
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Realizing the Expressive Potential of Fonts on the Web
My presentation about web fonts, Typekit, and design given at Adobe MAX in LA on May 8, 2013.
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May 08, 2013
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realizing the expressive potential of FONTS ON THE WEB
#AdobeMAX #webfonts @smcbride
SEAN McBRIDE Product Developer User Experience Web Developer
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Let’s look at some GREAT WORK
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http://lostworldsfairs.com/moon/ http://narrowdesign.com/ http://diehlgroup.com/ http://www.lbvd.com/ http://impressapenguin.com/ http://evening-edition.com/ http://shapeofdesignbook.com/introduction.html http://www.offscreenmag.com/ http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html http://www.newyorker.com/
But it wasn’t ALWAYS this way...
600 years of typography
thousands of fonts
1993: no fonts
2008: 18 fonts
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Is there a BETTER way?
@font-face { font-family: 'Awesome Font'; src: url('awesome-font.woff'); }
@font-face { font-family: 'Awesome Font'; src: url('awesome-font.woff'); font-weight: 400; font-style:
normal; }
@font-face { font-family: 'Awesome Font'; src: url('awesome-font.woff'); } h1 {
font-family: 'Awesome Font', 'Georgia', serif; }
Works in modern browsers!
GREAT! End of story?
No
How is type on the web DIFFERENT than type in
print?
Licensing Desktop Web
Formats Ag EOT Ag SVG Ag OTF/TTF Ag WOFF
EOT SVG OTF/TTF WOFF IE 5 – IE 9 IE
9 – Chrome 0.3 Chrome 4 Chrome 5 – Firefox 3.5 Firefox 3.5 Firefox 3.6 – Opera 9 Opera 10 Opera 11.01 – Safari 3.1 Safari 3.1 Safari 5.1 – iOS 1 iOS 4.2 iOS 5 – 3.1 2.2 Chrome
@font-face { font-family: 'Awesome Font'; src: url('awesome-font.woff'); }
@font-face { font-family: 'Awesome Font'; src: url('awesome-font.eot'); /* IE 5-8
*/ src: local('☺'), /* sneaky trick for IE */ url('awesome-font.woff') format('woff'), /* FF 3.6+, Chrome 5+, IE9 */ url('awesome-font.ttf') format('truetype'), /* Opera, Safari, iOS4.2+ */ url('awesome-font.svg#font') format('svg'); /* iOS <4.1 */ }
@font-face { font-family: 'Awesome Font'; src: url('awesome-font.eot'); /* IE9 Compat
Modes */ src: url('awesome-font.eot?iefix') format('eot'), /* IE6-IE8 */ url('awesome-font.woff') format('woff'), /* Modern Browsers */ url('awesome-font.ttf') format('truetype'), /* Safari, Android, iOS */ url('awesome-font.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); /* Legacy iOS */ }
@font-face { font-family: 'MyFontFamily'; src: url('myfont-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), url('myfont-webfont.woff') format('woff'), url('myfont-webfont.ttf')
format('truetype'), url('myfont-webfont.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); }
Rendering
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CoreText DirectWrite GDI + ClearType GDI + Standard
Page Size ??? Kb
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Fallback fonts Aa Aa
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Hosted web font SERVICES help to make it easier
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@font-face { font-family: 'MyFontFamily'; src: url('myfont-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), url('myfont-webfont.woff') format('woff'), url('myfont-webfont.ttf')
format('truetype'), url('myfont-webfont.svg#svgFontName') format('svg'); } http://use.typekit.net/abc1def.js http://use.edgefonts.net/droid-sans.js
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But, challenges remain.
On the web, we build LIVING THINGS instead of static
artifacts
The web brings new RULES & POSSIBILITIES that we must
respond to
Ideas Forms
Jonathan Hoefler Pivot: AIGA Design Conference 15 October 2011
Idea DESIGN SYSTEM Form
The NY Times DESIGN SYSTEM DESIGN SYSTEM
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Original Idea DESIGN SYSTEM Original Form DESIGN SYSTEM New Form
Original Idea DESIGN SYSTEM Magazine Spread DESIGN SYSTEM ?
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Web font demo
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[email protected]
@smcbride
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