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“fonts” News Archive

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Definition · Supertopics: typography · Subtopics: flash-of-x, icon-fonts, kerning, ttf, variable-fonts, woff (non-exhaustive) · “fonts” RSS feed (per email)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Decoy Font219
ttf, ai
FIFA’s World Cup Typography Foul: UI Design Learnings (pim)218
typography, legibility
Why AI Won’t Replace Human Type Designers217
ai, typography, design, career
Font Licensing Is About to Change216
licensing, ai
“font-family” Doesn’t Fall Back the Way You Think (css)215
css, flash-of-x
Testing Font Scaling for Accessibility With Figma Variables (sma)214
accessibility, scaling, figma, variables
A Broken Heart (api)213
performance, emoji
How to Use Font Ligatures212
how-tos, typography, tooling, adobe, figma, microsoft, css
Fonts (htt)211
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, css
Accessibility Is a Human Right, Cruelty a Human Wrong (zel)210
accessibility
Using CSS to Fix the Irradiation Illusion (arg)209
css, readability
Monotype Font Licencing Shake-Down (ame)208
licensing
Dear Designers: Stop Using System Fonts Like It’s 2005 (web)207
design, variable-fonts
Targeting Specific Characters With CSS Rules (ede)206
css, unicode
Design Can’t Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception (int)205
podcasts, interviews, design, typography
Should You Preload Fonts for Performance? (erw)204
performance, preloading
You’re Loading Fonts Wrong (and It’s Crippling Your Performance) (jon)203
performance, css, image-replacement, flash-of-x, history
The Good, the Bad, and the Unreadable (mal)202
readability, legibility, accessibility, wcag
It’s More Than Picking a Pretty Font201
accessibility, legibility, readability, typography, wcag
Why Fonts Look Better on macOS Than on Windows200
typography, readability, unix-like, apple, windows, microsoft, comparisons
Thin Fonts Are a Usability Nightmare—and Finally, Designers Are Waking Up (web)199
typography, usability, accessibility, design
Revisiting Fluid Type (ric+/odd)198
videos, interviews, typography, responsive-design
The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan (mwi)197
typography, history
How to Improve Webpage Speed: Tips and Best Practices196
how-tos, performance, optimization, tips-and-tricks, best-practices, redirecting, images, testing, tooling, webpagetest
One Year of Using the Web With Web Fonts Disabled195
accessibility, readability
Beware the Faux Bold (and How to Fix It) (ric)194
typography, css
Preload Fonts on Your Website for Better Core Web Vitals (deb)193
performance, preloading, hints, web-vitals
Fast and Smooth Third-Party Web Fonts (sco)192
embed-code, performance, css, javascript
Fabulous Font-Face Fallbacks (sto/per)191
performance, css, typography
Preloading Fonts for Web Performance With “link rel=preload” (acc/mat)190
performance, preloading, html, hints
Fonts (bra/htt)189
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
What Makes a Font Accessible? A Designer’s Guide (a11)188
guides, design, typography, accessibility
Features of Your Font You Had No Idea About (ole)187
variable-fonts, css
Quick Guide to Web Typography for Developers (ole)186
guides, typography, examples
The Ultimate Guide to Font Performance Optimization (deb)185
guides, performance, optimization
The Monospace Web184
design
WOFF File Format 2.0 (w3c)183
woff, standards
State of Text Rendering 2024182
rendering
Beyond Monospace: The Search for the Perfect Coding Font (rom+/evi)181
developer-experience
Going Beyond Pixels and (r)ems in CSS—Relative Length Units Based on Font (uti/iod)180
css, units
Animating Font Palette (man)179
css, colors, effects
Installing Google Fonts as npm Packages (ami)178
installing, tooling, dependencies, google
The Most Accessible Font177
accessibility, typography, legibility
How to Use a Color Font (man)176
how-tos, css
The 3 Secrets to Font Pairing175
typography, design
Optimizing Web Fonts174
css, performance, optimization
WOFF Has Left the Building (mat)173
woff, typography, css, support
The New Google Fonts: Find What You’re Looking For (tob)172
google
Thinking on Ways to Solve Adaptive Typography (arg)171
videos, typography, css
Using Emoji on the Web (oll)170
emoji, support, unicode
The New “@font-face” Syntax (oll)169
css
What’s Your Type? Try These Tests to Pick the Perfect Font for You (was)168
design, typography
Typography for Everyone (tob/btc)167
videos, typography
How to Use Google Fonts and “font-display”166
how-tos, google, css
Modern Font Stacks165
websites, typography
16 Little UI Design Tips That Make a Big Impact164
design, tips-and-tricks, spacing, consistency, colors, contrast, typography
Handling CSS Color Fonts With “font-palette” (sta)163
css, colors
Managing Fonts in WordPress Block Themes (css)162
wordpress, theming
How to Password-Protect a Static HTML Page With No JS (ede)161
how-tos, security, css
Improved Font Fallbacks160
typography, graceful-degradation
How to Pick a Font (That Doesn’t Suck)159
how-tos, guides, typography
Quick Thoughts on Typeface and Font Accessibility158
accessibility, typography
The Final Google Fonts Knowledge Drop of 2022 (ell)157
google, typography
From Type to Logotype156
typography, design, branding, logos
Advanced Web Font Optimization Techniques155
typography, optimization
Hands-On Guide to Color Fonts and “@font-palette-values” (zor/css)154
videos, guides, css
This Site’s Type Is Now Variable (ell)153
typography, variable-fonts, css
Fonts (htt)152
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
First Batch of Color Fonts Arrives on Google Fonts151
google, typography, colors
Which Fonts to Use for Your Charts and Tables (lis/dat)150
information-design, tables
Front-End Internationalisation Tips (stu)149
internationalization, css, javascript
The Joy of Variable Fonts: Getting Started on the Frontend (rom+/evi)148
variable-fonts, css, introductions
Do Dyslexia Fonts Improve Accessibility?147
accessibility, dyslexia
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users II (sma)146
typography, performance
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users (sma)145
typography, performance
Customizing Color Fonts on the Web (djr/web)144
colors, customization
Best Font for Online Reading: No Single Answer (nng)143
studies, research, typography, readability
Fonts for the Web: Rationale, 1996 (svg/w3c)142
history
Childish Font Sizes (tyl/clo)141
readability, design
Fonts in Use: Variable Fonts140
typography, variable-fonts
Variable Fonts in Real Life: How to Use and Love Them (rom+/evi)139
variable-fonts, typography
Identifying Fonts: The Complete Guide138
guides, typography
Don’t Believe the Type! (gar+/deq)137
videos, accessibility, typography, readability
Minimizing Google Fonts by Only Loading It for Certain Characters (ami)136
typography, google, performance, minimalism
Why You Should Use a Developer Font135
typography, productivity
How to Avoid Layout Shifts Caused by Web Fonts (sim)134
how-tos, performance, user-experience
Google Fonts Knowledge (ell)133
google, typography
What Are Accessible Fonts?132
accessibility
What Creating a Simple Font Taught Me About Font Design131
typography
Firefox’s “bolder” Default Is a Problem for Variable Fonts (sim/css)130
css, variable-fonts, browsers, mozilla, firefox
Avoiding FOUT With Async CSS129
flash-of-x, css, asynchronicity
Times New Roman Doesn’t Have to Be Boring—Here’s Why128
typography
All You Need Is 5 Fonts127
design, typography
Optical Size, the Hidden Superpower of Variable Fonts (pix)126
css, variable-fonts, typography
Best Practices for Fonts (tun)125
best-practices, performance
Uniwidth Typefaces for Interface Design124
typography
Why You Should Self-Host Google Fonts in 2021123
google, self-hosting
Time to Say Goodbye to Google Fonts: Cache Performance122
google, caching, performance
Leveraging System Fonts on the Web (jim)121
The Monospaced System UI CSS Font Stack120
css, link-lists
Use Advanced Typography With Local Fonts (tom)119
typography, apis
Happy Birthday Web Fonts! (w3c)118
anniversaries, woff, standards
Speed Up Google Fonts (css)117
performance, google
Dark Mode and Variable Fonts (fon/css)116
dark-mode, variable-fonts, css
Improving Perceived Performance With the CSS “font-display” Property (the)115
performance, css
Should You Self-Host Google Fonts? (tun)114
google, self-hosting, performance
How to Convert Variable TTF Font Files to WOFF2 (hen)113
how-tos, variable-fonts, ttf, woff, typography, conversion
Interactivity and Animation With Variable Fonts (man/24w)112
variable-fonts, animations, javascript, css
Dynamic Typography With Variable Fonts (btc)111
videos, typography, variable-fonts
Optimizing Google Fonts Performance (sma)110
google, performance, optimization
The Scoville Scale of Web Font Loading Opinions (zac/btc)109
videos, performance
Google Fonts Is Adding “font-display” (zac)108
google, css
The Serif Tax (chr/css)107
performance, ttf
Typography for Developers (css)106
typography, legibility, readability, css, link-lists
Get All Font Sizes in Use on a Web Page (zac)105
css, console, javascript
CSS Fonts 3 Is a W3C Recommendation (svg/w3c)104
css, standards
Variable Fonts: What They Are, and How to Use Them103
how-tos, variable-fonts, performance
Icon Fonts vs. SVGs—Which One Should You Use in 2018?102
icon-fonts, svg, images
Weird Things Variable Fonts Can Do (chr/css)101
variable-fonts
Three Techniques for Performant Custom Font Usage (oll/css)100
performance, techniques, flash-of-x
Web Fonts Working Group Announces WOFF 2.0 File Format99
w3c, woff, standards
Understanding Web Fonts and Getting the Most Out of Them (thi/css)98
ttf, woff, css, typography, variable-fonts
Introduction to Variable Fonts on the Web (dav+)97
introductions, variable-fonts, css
FOIT vs. FOUT, a Side by Side Comparison (zac)96
user-experience, flash-of-x, comparisons
Using Webfonts (ali)95
css
CSS “font-display”: The Future of Font Rendering on the Web94
css, typography
If You Really Dislike FOUT, “font-display: optional” Might Be Your Jam (chr/css)93
flash-of-x, css
Optimizing Web Fonts for Performance: The State of the Art92
performance, optimization
Get Started With Variable Fonts (ric)91
introductions, variable-fonts
Free Fonts With Personality and Style (sma)90
link-lists
Align SVG Icons to Text and Say Goodbye to Font Icons (pro)89
svg, images, icons, icon-fonts, css, design, alignment
Experimenting With Color Fonts (fon/css)88
colors, experiments
Webfonts on the Prairie (ali)87
metrics
Critical Web Fonts (zac)86
css, flash-of-x, critical-path, performance, metrics
A New Responsive Font Format for the Web (fon/css)85
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Seriously, Don’t Use Icon Fonts (tyl/clo)84
icon-fonts, html, quality
Loading Web Fonts With the Web Font Loader (fon/css)83
flash-of-x, performance, user-experience
4 Expert Tips for Getting the Most Out of Google Fonts82
google, tips-and-tricks
Using Web Fonts the Best Way (in 2015) (hel)81
performance
Type Is Visible Language (esp/btc)80
videos, typography
The Mitt Romney Web Font Problem (zac)79
flash-of-x, user-experience, css, javascript
Monotype Is Introducing an HTML5-Based Web Font Platform78
html
Variable Fonts for Responsive Design (nic/ali)77
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Flash of Faux Text—Still More on Font Loading (zac)76
flash-of-x, ttf, woff, css, javascript
Programming Fonts75
websites, programming, comparisons
The Good, the Bad, and the Great Examples of Web Typography (sma)74
typography, examples
3 Principles for Perfect Typeface Pairing73
typography, principles
Minimising Font Downloads (jaf)72
css, performance, optimization, support, browsers
The Latest in Web Font Trends (ali)71
trends
Thought Process of a Front End Problem (chr/css)70
processes, debugging, opera, browsers
What Are Icon Fonts?69
icon-fonts
Preventing the Performance Hit From Custom Fonts (chr/css)68
performance, ajax, jquery, lazy-loading
Font Hinting and the Future of Responsive Typography (nic/ali)67
typography, responsive-design
A Critical Approach to Typefaces (sma)66
typography
5 Use Cases for Icon Fonts (css)65
icon-fonts, examples, css
WOFF File Format 1.0 (typ+/w3c)64
woff, standards
Why Won’t Helvetica Go Away? (sma)63
typography, history
HTML for Icon Font Usage (chr/css)62
html, icon-fonts, semantics
A Closer Look at Font Rendering (sma)61
rendering, typography
Custom Fonts in Emails (chr/css)60
email
Creating Custom Font Stacks With “unicode-range” (dre/24w)59
css, unicode
The “@font-face” Rule and Useful Web Font Tricks (ope/sma)58
css, tips-and-tricks
Converting “@font-face” Fonts Quickly in Any OS (zol)57
conversion, css
A Solution to Stop Font Face Fonts Looking Bold on Mac Browsers56
css, browsers, apple, unix-like
The Future of Web Fonts Is Sooner Than It Used to Be55
woff, design
Web Could Be Stylized by New W3C Font Platform54
web, woff, w3c
Quick Guide to Implement Webfonts via “@font-face” (pau)53
guides, css
Frontend SPOF52
performance, html, javascript, css
Google Fonts Is Born—Can I Get a Hallelujah!? (mis)51
google, typography
2010: Web Fonts Are Here and Ready to Use (bra/aja)50
google, foss
How to Detect Font-Smoothing Using JavaScript (zol)49
how-tos, javascript
On Web Typography (jas/ali)48
typography, legibility, readability
Web Open Font Format for Firefox 3.6 (moz)47
woff, firefox, mozilla, browsers
“@font-face” Is Cool… but Does It Scale? (oct/aja)46
css, performance
More “@font-face” Fun (zol)45
css
Can Typekit Bring Fonts to the Web?44
typography
“@font-face” in Depth (zol)43
css
IKEA and the Font Fiasco42
typography, case-studies
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Comic Sans41
design
Font Embedding Now (dav)40
css
Web Fonts: Do Something Positive! (sen)39
Fuck the Foundries (div)38
typography
8 Definitive Web Font Stacks37
typography
Efficiently Serving Custom Web Fonts (wes)36
conditional-comments, apache, internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers
Font MIME Types (ann)35
mime-types
The Coming Battle Over Web Fonts34
Web Typography: Tell Me What You Want (jas)33
w3c, typography, css
Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces? (ale)32
legibility, typography, studies, research
The Principles of Beautiful Typography (jas)31
principles, typography, readability, legibility
Fonts in Your Face (jon)30
css, safari, opera
Interview With Håkon Wium Lie (pet)29
interviews, css, licensing
Font Rendering Differences: Firefox vs. IE vs. Safari (chr/css)28
css, rendering, firefox, mozilla, internet-explorer, microsoft, safari, apple, browsers, comparisons
80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design (sma)27
design
JavaScript/CSS Font Detector (dal/aja)26
javascript, css, tooling
Better Font Management (dig)25
tooling, link-lists
The Unfortunate Death of Helvetica24
Study of Free/Shareware Web Fonts23
studies, research
Top 5 Web Design Mistakes (nza)22
design, images, javascript, colors, mistakes
sJIR: scalable Jens Image Replacement21
image-replacement, techniques, javascript
A Comparison of Two Computer Fonts: Serif Versus Ornate Sans Serif20
typography, readability, legibility, comparisons
Understanding Web Typography—an Introduction19
introductions, typography, html
Origins of Verdana/Tahoma (dav)18
typography
Fonts—Web-Friendly and Free17
microsoft
Use Relative Font Sizes16
units
A Comparison of Popular Online Fonts: Which Size and Type Is Best?15
legibility, comparisons, studies, research
About the Hiragino Fonts With CSS (hsi)14
unix-like, css
Usability 101: Using Relative Font Sizes13
introductions, units, css, usability, accessibility
Icon Font, SVG, PDF, and PNG Generator12
tools, exploration, images, code-generation, icon-fonts, svg, pdf, png
Font Capability Checker (pix)11
tools, exploration, typography
Font Comparer10
tools, exploration, typography, comparisons
Font Determiner9
tools, exploration, typography
Font Family Support Checker (zac)8
tools, exploration, typography, support
Font Pairing Generator7
tools, exploration, typography, comparisons
Font Style Matcher6
tools, exploration, typography, css
Font Tester5
tools, exploration, typography
Web Font Generator4
tools, exploration, typography
Google Web Fonts Helper3
tools, exploration, code-generation, google, typography
Fallback Font Generator (scr)2
tools, exploration, typography, code-generation
Text-to-Unicode Range Generator (sto)1
tools, exploration, typography, code-generation, css