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Sneak Peek: @font-face in Opera 10

Posted on 04. Jun, 2009 by Ralf Herrmann.

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The team of Opera was actually one of the first ones which worked on an @font-face implementation for linked TrueType/OpenType fonts. But this feature never made it in any of the final released. In Opera 10 it should finally happen and you can try it yourself with the public beta. Here is a short test [...]

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Webfonts tweets

Posted on 03. Jun, 2009 by Ralf Herrmann.

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Now you can also follow me on twitter. I will use this account mainly for comments and discussions about webfonts.
http://twitter.com/opentype
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Beautiful webfonts demo

Posted on 25. Mai, 2009 by Ralf Herrmann.

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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.
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Commercial font vendors starting to allow @font-face embedding

Posted on 20. Mai, 2009 by Ralf Herrmann.

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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 [...]

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Wood letter printing in Brazil

Posted on 18. Mai, 2009 by Ralf Herrmann.

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Grafica Fidalga, a printing press in São Paulo, Brazil, makes posters on a 1929 German letterpress using hand-carved wooden letters.
(via praeganz.de)
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Google Chrome with webfonts support?

Posted on 16. Apr, 2009 by Ralf Herrmann.

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There has been some confusion about the support of @font-face in Google Chrome. The above screenshot was taken with a beta version that had support for @font-face, but the support disappeared again in later beta versions. As it turns out, support for @font-face is build into Chrome (since it is build on WebKit) but it [...]

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Traffic Sign Typefaces: Switzerland

Posted on 09. Apr, 2009 by Ralf Herrmann.

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The old Swiss traffic sign font is called SNV (“Schweizerische Normen-Vereinigung”). It is a very geometric typeface with obvious legibility problems.
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Play the font game

Posted on 23. Mrz, 2009 by Ralf Herrmann.

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Do you know your VAG from your Bembo? Play the font game …
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The Periodic Table of Typefaces

Posted on 10. Mrz, 2009 by Ralf Herrmann.

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The Periodic Table of Typefaces presents 100 of the most popular, influential and notorious typefaces today.
The selection is based on several font rankings including our Top 100 fonts from FontShop Germany where I was part of the jury.
via L’Aureola
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Traffic Sign Typefaces: Italy

Posted on 09. Feb, 2009 by Ralf Herrmann.

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The main typeface used in Italy is called Alfabeto Normale and is a bolder version of the British Transport alphabet. From its use in Spain it is also known as Carreta Conventional or CCRIGE and it is available as Traffic Type Spain from URW++.
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