Web Typography: Quit Bitchin’ and Get Your Glyph On
Richard Rutter - Clearleft Ltd
Ian Coyle - iancoyle.com
Samantha Warren - Viget Labs
Jonathan Tan - OmniTI Inc
Elliot Jay Stocks
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- panel catalyst - AEA: A Not So Sweet Tale of Digital Type
Why do web designers bitch about typography?
- Frustration with limited palette
- Variations in rendering btwn operating systems
What are the best ways to currently implement web typography?
- Use what’s available. Vista actually has some decent typefaces
- http://questionablecharacters.com
- Start with the core fonts and see where you can get. Don’t just jump straight to SIFR
How will we be able to implement web typography in the future?
- font-face, still need conditional comments for IE
Will font-linking be the death nell or a renaissance for typographers?
- Yes and no. Maybe. No clear answer.
- My opinion? Open-source could be a great thing for web typography.
- If you have to you can restrict access to linked fonts with .htaccess
Tips
- Go read: http://webtypography.net
- Pick a regular font and run with it, make it look good
- Check out CSS3 fonts module
- Check out Open Type
Tags: sxswi, sxswi 2009, typography, web, web design, web typography