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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#
“font-family” Doesn’t Fall Back the Way You Think (css)209
css, flash-of-x
Testing Font Scaling for Accessibility With Figma Variables (sma)208
accessibility, scaling, figma, variables
A Broken Heart (api)207
performance, emoji
How to Use Font Ligatures206
how-tos, typography, tooling, adobe, figma, microsoft, css
Fonts (htt)205
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, css
Accessibility Is a Human Right, Cruelty a Human Wrong (zel)204
accessibility
Using CSS to Fix the Irradiation Illusion (arg)203
css, readability
Monotype Font Licencing Shake-Down (ame)202
licensing
Dear Designers: Stop Using System Fonts Like It’s 2005 (web)201
design, variable-fonts
Targeting Specific Characters With CSS Rules (ede)200
css, unicode
Design Can’t Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception (int)199
podcasts, interviews, design, typography
Should You Preload Fonts for Performance? (erw)198
performance, preloading
You’re Loading Fonts Wrong (and It’s Crippling Your Performance) (jon)197
performance, css, image-replacement, flash-of-x, history
The Good, the Bad, and the Unreadable (mal)196
readability, legibility, accessibility, wcag
It’s More Than Picking a Pretty Font (uxd)195
accessibility, legibility, readability, typography, wcag
Why Fonts Look Better on macOS Than on Windows (uxd)194
typography, readability, unix-like, apple, windows, microsoft, comparisons
Thin Fonts Are a Usability Nightmare—and Finally, Designers Are Waking Up (web)193
typography, usability, accessibility, design
Revisiting Fluid Type (ric+/odd)192
videos, interviews, typography, responsive-design
The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan (mwi)191
typography, history
How to Improve Webpage Speed: Tips and Best Practices190
how-tos, performance, optimization, tips-and-tricks, best-practices, redirecting, images, testing, tooling, webpagetest
Beware the Faux Bold (and How to Fix It) (ric)189
typography, css
Preload Fonts on Your Website for Better Core Web Vitals (deb)188
performance, preloading, hints, web-vitals
Fast and Smooth Third-Party Web Fonts (sco)187
embed-code, performance, css, javascript
Fabulous Font-Face Fallbacks (sto/per)186
performance, css, typography
Preloading Fonts for Web Performance With “link rel=preload” (acc/mat)185
performance, preloading, html, hints
Fonts (bra/htt)184
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
What Makes a Font Accessible? A Designer’s Guide (a11)183
guides, design, typography, accessibility
Features of Your Font You Had No Idea About (ole)182
variable-fonts, css
Quick Guide to Web Typography for Developers (ole)181
guides, typography, examples
The Ultimate Guide to Font Performance Optimization (deb)180
guides, performance, optimization
The Monospace Web179
design
WOFF File Format 2.0 (w3c)178
woff, standards
State of Text Rendering 2024177
rendering
Beyond Monospace: The Search for the Perfect Coding Font (rom+/evi)176
developer-experience
Going Beyond Pixels and (r)ems in CSS—Relative Length Units Based on Font (uti/iod)175
css, units
Animating Font Palette (man)174
css, colors, effects
Installing Google Fonts as npm Packages (ami)173
installing, tooling, dependencies, google
The Most Accessible Font172
accessibility, typography, legibility
How to Use a Color Font (man)171
how-tos, css
The 3 Secrets to Font Pairing170
typography, design
Optimizing Web Fonts169
css, performance, optimization
The New Google Fonts: Find What You’re Looking For (tob)168
google
WOFF Has Left the Building (mat)167
woff, typography, css, support
Thinking on Ways to Solve Adaptive Typography (arg)166
videos, typography, css
Using Emoji on the Web (oll)165
emoji, support, unicode
The New “@font-face” Syntax (oll)164
css
What’s Your Type? Try These Tests to Pick the Perfect Font for You (was)163
design, typography
Typography for Everyone (tob/btc)162
videos, typography
How to Use Google Fonts and “font-display”161
how-tos, google, css
16 Little UI Design Tips That Make a Big Impact160
design, tips-and-tricks, spacing, consistency, colors, contrast, typography
Modern Font Stacks159
websites, typography
Handling CSS Color Fonts With “font-palette” (sta)158
css, colors
Managing Fonts in WordPress Block Themes (css)157
wordpress, theming
How to Password-Protect a Static HTML Page With No JS (ede)156
how-tos, security, css
Improved Font Fallbacks155
typography, graceful-degradation
How to Pick a Font (That Doesn’t Suck)154
how-tos, guides, typography
Quick Thoughts on Typeface and Font Accessibility153
accessibility, typography
From Type to Logotype152
typography, design, branding, logos
The Final Google Fonts Knowledge Drop of 2022 (ell)151
google, typography
Advanced Web Font Optimization Techniques150
typography, optimization
Hands-On Guide to Color Fonts and “@font-palette-values” (zor/css)149
videos, guides, css
This Site’s Type Is Now Variable (ell)148
typography, variable-fonts, css
Fonts (htt)147
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
First Batch of Color Fonts Arrives on Google Fonts146
google, typography, colors
Which Fonts to Use for Your Charts and Tables145
information-design, tables
Front-End Internationalisation Tips144
internationalization, css, javascript
The Joy of Variable Fonts: Getting Started on the Frontend (rom+/evi)143
variable-fonts, css, introductions
Do Dyslexia Fonts Improve Accessibility?142
accessibility, dyslexia
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users II (sma)141
typography, performance
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users (sma)140
typography, performance
Customizing Color Fonts on the Web (web)139
colors, customization
Best Font for Online Reading: No Single Answer (nng)138
studies, research, typography, readability
Fonts for the Web: Rationale, 1996 (svg/w3c)137
history
Childish Font Sizes (tyl/clo)136
readability, design
Fonts in Use: Variable Fonts135
typography, variable-fonts
Variable Fonts in Real Life: How to Use and Love Them (rom+/evi)134
variable-fonts, typography
Identifying Fonts: The Complete Guide133
guides, typography
Don’t Believe the Type! (deq)132
videos, accessibility, typography, readability
Minimizing Google Fonts by Only Loading It for Certain Characters (ami)131
typography, google, performance, minimalism
Why You Should Use a Developer Font130
typography, productivity
How to Avoid Layout Shifts Caused by Web Fonts (sim)129
how-tos, performance, user-experience
Google Fonts Knowledge (ell)128
google, typography
What Are Accessible Fonts?127
accessibility
What Creating a Simple Font Taught Me About Font Design (uxd)126
typography
Firefox’s “bolder” Default Is a Problem for Variable Fonts (sim/css)125
css, variable-fonts, browsers, mozilla, firefox
Avoiding FOUT With Async CSS124
flash-of-x, css, asynchronicity
Times New Roman Doesn’t Have to Be Boring—Here’s Why (uxd)123
typography
All You Need Is 5 Fonts (uxd)122
design, typography
Optical Size, the Hidden Superpower of Variable Fonts (pix)121
css, variable-fonts, typography
Best Practices for Fonts (tun)120
best-practices, performance
Uniwidth Typefaces for Interface Design (uxd)119
typography
Why You Should Self-Host Google Fonts in 2021118
google, self-hosting
Time to Say Goodbye to Google Fonts: Cache Performance117
google, caching, performance
Leveraging System Fonts on the Web (jim)116
The Monospaced System UI CSS Font Stack115
css, link-lists
Use Advanced Typography With Local Fonts (tom)114
typography, apis
Happy Birthday Web Fonts! (w3c)113
anniversaries, woff, standards
Speed Up Google Fonts (css)112
performance, google
Dark Mode and Variable Fonts (fon/css)111
dark-mode, variable-fonts, css
Improving Perceived Performance With the CSS “font-display” Property (the)110
performance, css
Should You Self-Host Google Fonts? (tun)109
google, self-hosting, performance
How to Convert Variable TTF Font Files to WOFF2 (hen)108
how-tos, variable-fonts, ttf, woff, typography, conversion
Interactivity and Animation With Variable Fonts (man/24w)107
variable-fonts, animations, javascript, css
Dynamic Typography With Variable Fonts (btc)106
videos, typography, variable-fonts
Optimizing Google Fonts Performance (sma)105
google, performance, optimization
The Scoville Scale of Web Font Loading Opinions (zac/btc)104
videos, performance
Google Fonts Is Adding “font-display” (zac)103
google, css
The Serif Tax (chr/css)102
performance, ttf
Typography for Developers (css)101
typography, legibility, readability, css, link-lists
Get All Font Sizes in Use on a Web Page (zac)100
css, console, javascript
CSS Fonts 3 Is a W3C Recommendation (svg/w3c)99
css, standards
Variable Fonts: What They Are, and How to Use Them98
how-tos, variable-fonts, performance
Icon Fonts vs. SVGs—Which One Should You Use in 2018?97
icon-fonts, svg, images
Weird Things Variable Fonts Can Do (chr/css)96
variable-fonts
Three Techniques for Performant Custom Font Usage (oll/css)95
performance, techniques, flash-of-x
Web Fonts Working Group Announces WOFF 2.0 File Format94
w3c, woff, standards
Understanding Web Fonts and Getting the Most Out of Them (thi/css)93
ttf, woff, css, typography, variable-fonts
Introduction to Variable Fonts on the Web (dav+)92
introductions, variable-fonts, css
FOIT vs. FOUT, a Side by Side Comparison (zac)91
user-experience, flash-of-x, comparisons
Using Webfonts (ali)90
css
CSS “font-display”: The Future of Font Rendering on the Web89
css, typography
If You Really Dislike FOUT, “font-display: optional” Might Be Your Jam (chr/css)88
flash-of-x, css
Optimizing Web Fonts for Performance: The State of the Art87
performance, optimization
Get Started With Variable Fonts (ric)86
introductions, variable-fonts
Free Fonts With Personality and Style (sma)85
link-lists
Align SVG Icons to Text and Say Goodbye to Font Icons (pro)84
svg, images, icons, icon-fonts, css, design, alignment
Experimenting With Color Fonts (fon/css)83
colors, experiments
Webfonts on the Prairie (ali)82
metrics
Critical Web Fonts (zac)81
css, flash-of-x, critical-path, performance, metrics
A New Responsive Font Format for the Web (fon/css)80
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Seriously, Don’t Use Icon Fonts (tyl/clo)79
icon-fonts, html, quality
Loading Web Fonts With the Web Font Loader (fon/css)78
flash-of-x, performance, user-experience
4 Expert Tips for Getting the Most Out of Google Fonts77
google, tips-and-tricks
Using Web Fonts the Best Way (in 2015) (hel)76
performance
Type Is Visible Language (esp/btc)75
videos, typography
The Mitt Romney Web Font Problem (zac)74
flash-of-x, user-experience, css, javascript
Monotype Is Introducing an HTML5-Based Web Font Platform73
html
Variable Fonts for Responsive Design (nic/ali)72
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Flash of Faux Text—Still More on Font Loading (zac)71
flash-of-x, ttf, woff, css, javascript
Programming Fonts70
websites, programming, comparisons
The Good, the Bad, and the Great Examples of Web Typography (sma)69
typography, examples
3 Principles for Perfect Typeface Pairing68
typography, principles
Minimising Font Downloads (jaf)67
css, performance, optimization, support, browsers
The Latest in Web Font Trends (ali)66
trends
Thought Process of a Front End Problem (chr/css)65
processes, debugging, opera, browsers
What Are Icon Fonts?64
icon-fonts
Preventing the Performance Hit From Custom Fonts (chr/css)63
performance, ajax, jquery, lazy-loading
Font Hinting and the Future of Responsive Typography (nic/ali)62
typography, responsive-design
A Critical Approach to Typefaces (sma)61
typography
5 Use Cases for Icon Fonts (css)60
icon-fonts, examples, css
WOFF File Format 1.0 (typ+/w3c)59
woff, standards
Why Won’t Helvetica Go Away? (sma)58
typography, history
HTML for Icon Font Usage (chr/css)57
html, icon-fonts, semantics
A Closer Look at Font Rendering (sma)56
rendering, typography
Custom Fonts in Emails (chr/css)55
email
Creating Custom Font Stacks With “unicode-range” (dre/24w)54
css, unicode
The “@font-face” Rule and Useful Web Font Tricks (ope/sma)53
css, tips-and-tricks
Converting “@font-face” Fonts Quickly in Any OS (zol)52
conversion, css
A Solution to Stop Font Face Fonts Looking Bold on Mac Browsers51
css, browsers, apple, unix-like
The Future of Web Fonts Is Sooner Than It Used to Be50
woff, design
Web Could Be Stylized by New W3C Font Platform49
web, woff, w3c
Quick Guide to Implement Webfonts via “@font-face” (pau)48
guides, css
Frontend SPOF47
performance, html, javascript, css
Google Fonts Is Born—Can I Get a Hallelujah!? (mis)46
google, typography
2010: Web Fonts Are Here and Ready to Use (bra/aja)45
google, foss
How to Detect Font-Smoothing Using JavaScript (zol)44
how-tos, javascript
On Web Typography (jas/ali)43
typography, legibility, readability
Web Open Font Format for Firefox 3.6 (moz)42
woff, firefox, mozilla, browsers
“@font-face” Is Cool… but Does It Scale? (oct/aja)41
css, performance
More “@font-face” Fun (zol)40
css
Can Typekit Bring Fonts to the Web?39
typography
“@font-face” in Depth (zol)38
css
IKEA and the Font Fiasco37
typography, case-studies
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Comic Sans36
design
Font Embedding Now (dav)35
css
Web Fonts: Do Something Positive! (sen)34
Fuck the Foundries (div)33
typography
8 Definitive Web Font Stacks32
typography
Efficiently Serving Custom Web Fonts (wes)31
conditional-comments, apache, internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers
Font MIME Types (ann)30
mime-types
The Coming Battle Over Web Fonts29
Web Typography: Tell Me What You Want (jas)28
w3c, typography, css
Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces? (ale)27
legibility, typography, studies, research
The Principles of Beautiful Typography (jas)26
principles, typography, readability, legibility
Fonts in Your Face (jon)25
css, safari, opera
Interview With Håkon Wium Lie (pet)24
interviews, css, licensing
Font Rendering Differences: Firefox vs. IE vs. Safari (chr/css)23
css, rendering, firefox, mozilla, internet-explorer, microsoft, safari, apple, browsers, comparisons
80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design (sma)22
design
JavaScript/CSS Font Detector (dal/aja)21
javascript, css, tooling
Better Font Management (dig)20
tooling, link-lists
The Unfortunate Death of Helvetica19
Study of Free/Shareware Web Fonts18
studies, research
Top 5 Web Design Mistakes (nza)17
design, images, javascript, colors, mistakes
sJIR: scalable Jens Image Replacement16
image-replacement, techniques, javascript
Origins of Verdana/Tahoma (dav)15
typography
A Comparison of Popular Online Fonts: Which Size and Type Is Best?14
legibility, comparisons, studies, research
About the Hiragino Fonts With CSS (hsi)13
unix-like, css
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