While webfont services are getting a lot of attention these days, there is still the “old way” of licensing fonts with a one-time license fee. But usually such licenses don’t cover the use of fonts on websites via @font-face. Now Fontspring has opened its store—a font reseller which offers fonts for regular desktop use, but all [...]
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Why webfont services are the future of fonts on the web
2009/07/29
The debate about webfonts just reached its peak at a panel discussion on this year’s TypeCon conference. (You can listen to the 2 hours audio at Typographica and read summaries at i love typography and NiceWebType.) The discussion left a lot of people puzzled about how the future of fonts on the web might look like. Here [...]
The Potential of Web Typography
2009/06/30
Firefox 3.5 with support for webfonts is out. This demo page by Ian Lynam & Craig Mod shows how commercial webfonts can enrich a website. The demo page uses subsetted versions of fonts from the Dutch foundry Underware and “is intended to show what will be possible once foundries revise their EULAs allowing for high-quality [...]
Webfonts tweets
2009/06/03
Now you can also follow me on twitter. I will use this account mainly for comments and discussions about webfonts. http://twitter.com/opentype
Beautiful webfonts demo
2009/05/25
Tim Brown from nicewebtype.com designed a beatiful webfonts demo page using Graublau Sans Web. If you use a browser capable of linking TrueType/OpenType fonts try the demo page – otherwise take a look at the screenshot.
Commercial font vendors starting to allow @font-face embedding
2009/05/20
When Apple introduced its @font-face support in Safari 3.1 in March 2008 it caused heated debates in the type industry, because in order to embed a TrueType or OpenType font in a website, the fonts need to be uploaded to a public server, free for everyone to be downloaded. But the users keep requesting the use of commercial [...]
10 Great Free Fonts for @font-face embedding
2008/08/05
Safari and Internet Explorer already support it*. Firefox and Opera will get it soon: Downloadable webfonts. Here is a collection of 10 great headline fonts you can embed in you website free of charge …



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