Fonts and Typography
A List Apart: On Web Typography
Nov 19, 2009CommentsBeing a web designer will soon require a deeper understanding of typography and how typefaces work. As we move in this direction, our options may be limited at first, but the pool of choices will steadily grow. This great article by Jason Santa Maria will give you a newfound knowledge and respect for Web Typography.
Choose ItReal Web Type in Real Web Context
Nov 18, 2009CommentsWeb Font Specimen is a handy (free) resource web designers and typographers can use to see how typefaces will look on the web. Web Font Specimen is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Let’s quickly go over what Web Font Specimen looks like and how to use it.
Choose It20 Do’s and Don’ts of Effective Web Typography
Nov 17, 2009CommentsThis choice goes over 20 do’s and don’ts of effective web typography. It’s an important part of designing for the web, yet it’s often overlooked (even by me previously). Below are the 20 do’s and don’ts and in the comments section, you’re free to let us know of any of the items we might have missed.
Choose ItSearch Over 13,000 High Quality Freeware Fonts
Nov 12, 2009CommentsA unique font can help your document stand out and attract attention. A perfectly suited font can help to make a design attractive and successful. Finding these high quality fonts is a task made easier with SearchFreeFonts.com. New SearchFreeFonts.com collection contains over 13,000 free fonts.
Choose It35+ Funky Cartoon Fonts for Logos and Headers
Nov 11, 2009CommentsCartoon fonts are one type of font that rarely get much praise. The problem with them is that by definition, they’re gimmicks. They are never the most legible fonts, I’d never recommend using one for content, and quite often, they just look foolish. So with that in mind, here are 37 of the best free cartoon fonts we could find.
Choose ItThe Best Free Fonts of 2009
Nov 10, 2009Comments2009 was a big year for typography. We saw more web designs with a focus on type, and there were some pretty amazing fonts released. Here are some of the best free fonts from this past year. A few of the fonts below were released at the end of 2008, but since they didn’t see much action until this year, I included them in the list.
Choose It40 Beautiful uses of Typography in Web Design
Nov 1, 2009CommentsWe all (designers) are aware of the changing trends in web design industry and have something new and creative to see every day. We know the importance of Typography in web and print designs, so today we are here with a round-up of 40 beautiful web designs showing creative use of typography.
Choose It25+ Experimental Typography Showcases
Oct 28, 2009CommentsWe all know it – “A picture is worth a thousand words“. This is certainly true in most cases but clever use of typography can also turn words into pictures and then interesting things start to happen. Sit back and enjoy the Experimental Typography I discovered on Flickr today.
Choose ItFont Dragr for Drag and Drop CSS3 Font Testing
Oct 26, 2009CommentsFont dragr is an experimental web app that uses HTML5 & CSS3 to create a useful standalone web based application for testing custom fonts. It allows you, in Firefox 3.6+, to drag and drop font files from your file system into the drop area. The browser will then create a data URL encoded copy to use in the page and render the content in the dropped font.
Choose It8 Fonts You Probably Don’t Use in CSS, but should
Oct 24, 2009CommentsCSS has brought us many capabilities in terms of typography and the web, but we always seem to be limited to the same 4-5 typefaces over and over again. I am shocked at how rarely I see anyone taking advantage of the other type options available, so here is a quick and dirty list of fonts you should and could use in your designs and stylesheets.
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