Web Fonts

21.Jul.2009

Several developments are happening in the typography world. After the @font-face adoption on the latest browsers and the increasing popularity of alternatives like sFIR or cufón, web designers are looking for fonts they can safely (legally) use online.

If you haven’t read a type foundry EULA, I can tell you that they’re not simple or clear (an example). And while the typography market has been a specific group of illuminated designers, new possibilities arise with online text. There’s a change here for a bigger and wider market.

In the meanwhile, type foundries are still waiting for a safe solution to sell fonts for online use. An interesting recent solution is renting fonts, like an online payed service. This is the approach of Typekit and Fontdeck.

However, since I’m no expert on this matter, I point to my usually typography source for further explanation on web fonts.

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1 Comment

Another one's coming to play too: http://www.typotheque.com/webfonts/multilingual_sample
José Carlos josé carlos / 22.Jul.2009 at 01:35pm

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