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

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
This Weird 1973 Typeface Just Came Back From the Dead (web)238
Keeping Type Consistent in Changing Conditions (ell)237
typography, variable-fonts
Reminder That “system-ui” Is Well Supported, When You Use It on macOS You Get San Francisco Which Is a Variable Font, Which Is Fun, and the Fallbacks Are Pretty Good (chr/fro)236
css, macos
Lessons Learned Making My Peritel Typeface (chr)235
lessons
WOFF 1.0: A Milestone on W3C’s Journey of Fonts on the Web (svg/w3c)234
woff, standards, web, w3c
Decoy Font233
ttf, ai
FIFA’s World Cup Typography Foul: UI Design Learnings (pim)232
typography, legibility
Why AI Won’t Replace Human Type Designers231
ai, typography, design, career
Font Licensing Is About to Change230
licensing, ai
“font-family” Doesn’t Fall Back the Way You Think (css)229
css, flash-of-x
Testing Font Scaling for Accessibility With Figma Variables (sma)228
accessibility, scaling, figma, variables
A Broken Heart (api)227
performance, emoji
How to Use Font Ligatures226
how-tos, typography, tooling, adobe, figma, microsoft, css
Fonts (htt)225
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, css
Accessibility Is a Human Right, Cruelty a Human Wrong (zel)224
accessibility
Using CSS to Fix the Irradiation Illusion (arg)223
css, readability
Monotype Font Licencing Shake-Down (ame)222
licensing
Dear Designers: Stop Using System Fonts Like It’s 2005 (web)221
design, variable-fonts
Targeting Specific Characters With CSS Rules (ede)220
css, unicode
Design Can’t Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception (int)219
podcasts, interviews, design, typography
Should You Preload Fonts for Performance? (erw)218
performance, preloading
You’re Loading Fonts Wrong (and It’s Crippling Your Performance) (jon)217
performance, css, image-replacement, flash-of-x, history
The Good, the Bad, and the Unreadable (mal)216
readability, legibility, accessibility, wcag
It’s More Than Picking a Pretty Font215
accessibility, legibility, readability, typography, wcag
Why Fonts Look Better on macOS Than on Windows214
typography, readability, macos, windows, comparisons
Thin Fonts Are a Usability Nightmare—and Finally, Designers Are Waking Up (web)213
typography, usability, accessibility, design
Revisiting Fluid Type (ric+/odd)212
videos, interviews, typography, responsive-design
The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan (mwi)211
typography, history
How to Improve Webpage Speed: Tips and Best Practices210
how-tos, performance, optimization, tips-and-tricks, best-practices, redirecting, images, testing, tooling, webpagetest
One Year of Using the Web With Web Fonts Disabled209
accessibility, readability
Beware the Faux Bold (and How to Fix It) (ric)208
typography, css
Preload Fonts on Your Website for Better Core Web Vitals (deb)207
performance, preloading, hints, web-vitals
Fast and Smooth Third-Party Web Fonts (sco)206
embed-code, performance, css, javascript
Fabulous Font-Face Fallbacks (sto/per)205
performance, css, typography
Preloading Fonts for Web Performance With “link rel=preload” (acc/mat)204
performance, preloading, html, hints
Fonts (bra/htt)203
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
What Makes a Font Accessible? A Designer’s Guide (a11)202
guides, design, typography, accessibility
Features of Your Font You Had No Idea About (ole)201
variable-fonts, css
Quick Guide to Web Typography for Developers (ole)200
guides, typography, examples
The Ultimate Guide to Font Performance Optimization (deb)199
guides, performance, optimization
The Monospace Web198
design
WOFF File Format 2.0 (w3c)197
woff, standards
State of Text Rendering 2024196
rendering
Beyond Monospace: The Search for the Perfect Coding Font (rom+/evi)195
developer-experience
Going Beyond Pixels and (r)ems in CSS—Relative Length Units Based on Font (uti/iod)194
css, units
Animating Font Palette (man)193
css, colors, effects
Installing Google Fonts as npm Packages (ami)192
installing, tooling, dependencies, google
The Most Accessible Font191
accessibility, typography, legibility
How to Use a Color Font (man)190
how-tos, css
The 3 Secrets to Font Pairing189
typography, design
Optimizing Web Fonts188
css, performance, optimization
WOFF Has Left the Building (mat)187
woff, typography, css, support
The New Google Fonts: Find What You’re Looking For (tob)186
google
Thinking on Ways to Solve Adaptive Typography (arg)185
videos, typography, css
Using Emoji on the Web (oll)184
emoji, support, unicode
The New “@font-face” Syntax (oll)183
css
What’s Your Type? Try These Tests to Pick the Perfect Font for You (was)182
design, typography
Typography for Everyone (tob/btc)181
videos, typography
How to Use Google Fonts and “font-display”180
how-tos, google, css
Modern Font Stacks179
websites, typography
16 Little UI Design Tips That Make a Big Impact178
design, tips-and-tricks, spacing, consistency, colors, contrast, typography
Handling CSS Color Fonts With “font-palette” (sta)177
css, colors
Managing Fonts in WordPress Block Themes (css)176
wordpress, theming
How to Password-Protect a Static HTML Page With No JS (ede)175
how-tos, security, css
Improved Font Fallbacks174
typography, graceful-degradation
How to Pick a Font (That Doesn’t Suck)173
how-tos, guides, typography
Quick Thoughts on Typeface and Font Accessibility172
accessibility, typography
The Final Google Fonts Knowledge Drop of 2022 (ell)171
google, typography
From Type to Logotype170
typography, design, branding, logos
Advanced Web Font Optimization Techniques169
typography, optimization
Hands-On Guide to Color Fonts and “@font-palette-values” (zor/css)168
videos, guides, css
This Site’s Type Is Now Variable (ell)167
typography, variable-fonts, css
Fonts (htt)166
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
First Batch of Color Fonts Arrives on Google Fonts165
google, typography, colors
Which Fonts to Use for Your Charts and Tables (lis/dat)164
information-design, tables
Front-End Internationalisation Tips (stu)163
internationalization, css, javascript
The Joy of Variable Fonts: Getting Started on the Frontend (rom+/evi)162
variable-fonts, css, introductions
Do Dyslexia Fonts Improve Accessibility?161
accessibility, dyslexia
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users II (sma)160
typography, performance
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users (sma)159
typography, performance
Customizing Color Fonts on the Web (djr/web)158
colors, customization
Best Font for Online Reading: No Single Answer (nng)157
studies, research, typography, readability
Fonts for the Web: Rationale, 1996 (svg/w3c)156
history
Childish Font Sizes (tyl/clo)155
readability, design
Fonts in Use: Variable Fonts154
typography, variable-fonts
Variable Fonts in Real Life: How to Use and Love Them (rom+/evi)153
variable-fonts, typography
Identifying Fonts: The Complete Guide152
guides, typography
Don’t Believe the Type! (gar+/deq)151
videos, accessibility, typography, readability
Minimizing Google Fonts by Only Loading It for Certain Characters (ami)150
typography, google, performance, minimalism
Why You Should Use a Developer Font149
typography, productivity
How to Avoid Layout Shifts Caused by Web Fonts (sim)148
how-tos, performance, user-experience
Google Fonts Knowledge (ell)147
google, typography
What Are Accessible Fonts?146
accessibility
What Creating a Simple Font Taught Me About Font Design145
typography
Firefox’s “bolder” Default Is a Problem for Variable Fonts (sim/css)144
css, variable-fonts, browsers, firefox
Avoiding FOUT With Async CSS (jay)143
flash-of-x, css, asynchrony
Times New Roman Doesn’t Have to Be Boring—Here’s Why142
typography
All You Need Is 5 Fonts141
design, typography
Optical Size, the Hidden Superpower of Variable Fonts (pix)140
css, variable-fonts, typography
Best Practices for Fonts (tun)139
best-practices, performance
Uniwidth Typefaces for Interface Design138
typography
Why You Should Self-Host Google Fonts in 2021137
google, self-hosting
Time to Say Goodbye to Google Fonts: Cache Performance136
google, caching, performance
Leveraging System Fonts on the Web (jim)135
The Monospaced System UI CSS Font Stack134
css, link-lists
Use Advanced Typography With Local Fonts (tom)133
typography, apis
Happy Birthday Web Fonts! (w3c)132
anniversaries, woff, standards
Speed Up Google Fonts (css)131
performance, google
Dark Mode and Variable Fonts (fon/css)130
dark-mode, variable-fonts, css
Improving Perceived Performance With the CSS “font-display” Property (the)129
performance, css
Should You Self-Host Google Fonts? (tun)128
google, self-hosting, performance
How to Convert Variable TTF Font Files to WOFF2 (hen)127
how-tos, variable-fonts, ttf, woff, typography, conversion
Interactivity and Animation With Variable Fonts (man/24w)126
variable-fonts, animations, javascript, css
Dynamic Typography With Variable Fonts (btc)125
videos, typography, variable-fonts
Optimizing Google Fonts Performance (sma)124
google, performance, optimization
The Scoville Scale of Web Font Loading Opinions (zac/btc)123
videos, performance
Google Fonts Is Adding “font-display” (zac)122
google, css
The Serif Tax (chr/css)121
performance, ttf
Typography for Developers (css)120
typography, legibility, readability, css, link-lists
Get All Font Sizes in Use on a Web Page (zac)119
css, console, javascript
CSS Fonts 3 Is a W3C Recommendation (svg/w3c)118
css, standards
Variable Fonts: What They Are, and How to Use Them117
how-tos, variable-fonts, performance
Icon Fonts vs. SVGs—Which One Should You Use in 2018?116
icon-fonts, svg, images
Weird Things Variable Fonts Can Do (chr/css)115
variable-fonts
Three Techniques for Performant Custom Font Usage (oll/css)114
performance, techniques, flash-of-x
Web Fonts Working Group Announces WOFF 2.0 File Format113
w3c, woff, standards
Understanding Web Fonts and Getting the Most Out of Them (thi/css)112
ttf, woff, css, typography, variable-fonts
Introduction to Variable Fonts on the Web (dav+)111
introductions, variable-fonts, css
FOIT vs. FOUT, a Side by Side Comparison (zac)110
user-experience, flash-of-x, comparisons
Using Webfonts (ali)109
css
CSS “font-display”: The Future of Font Rendering on the Web108
css, typography
If You Really Dislike FOUT, “font-display: optional” Might Be Your Jam (chr/css)107
flash-of-x, css
Optimizing Web Fonts for Performance: The State of the Art106
performance, optimization
Get Started With Variable Fonts (ric)105
introductions, variable-fonts
Free Fonts With Personality and Style (sma)104
link-lists
Align SVG Icons to Text and Say Goodbye to Font Icons (pro)103
svg, images, icons, icon-fonts, css, design, alignment
Experimenting With Color Fonts (fon/css)102
colors, experiments
Webfonts on the Prairie (ali)101
metrics
Critical Web Fonts (zac)100
css, flash-of-x, critical-path, performance, metrics
A New Responsive Font Format for the Web (fon/css)99
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Seriously, Don’t Use Icon Fonts (tyl/clo)98
icon-fonts, html, quality
Loading Web Fonts With the Web Font Loader (fon/css)97
flash-of-x, performance, user-experience
4 Expert Tips for Getting the Most Out of Google Fonts96
google, tips-and-tricks
Using Web Fonts the Best Way (in 2015) (hel)95
performance
Type Is Visible Language (esp/btc)94
videos, typography
The Mitt Romney Web Font Problem (zac)93
flash-of-x, user-experience, css, javascript
Monotype Is Introducing an HTML5-Based Web Font Platform92
html
Variable Fonts for Responsive Design (nic/ali)91
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Flash of Faux Text—Still More on Font Loading (zac)90
flash-of-x, ttf, woff, css, javascript
Programming Fonts89
websites, programming, comparisons
The Good, the Bad, and the Great Examples of Web Typography (sma)88
typography, examples
3 Principles for Perfect Typeface Pairing87
typography, principles
Minimising Font Downloads (jaf)86
css, performance, optimization, support, browsers
The Latest in Web Font Trends (ali)85
trends
Thought Process of a Front End Problem (chr/css)84
processes, debugging, opera, browsers
What Are Icon Fonts?83
icon-fonts
Preventing the Performance Hit From Custom Fonts (chr/css)82
performance, ajax, jquery, lazy-loading
Font Hinting and the Future of Responsive Typography (nic/ali)81
typography, responsive-design
A Critical Approach to Typefaces (sma)80
typography
5 Use Cases for Icon Fonts (css)79
icon-fonts, examples, css
WOFF File Format 1.0 (typ+/w3c)78
woff, standards
Why Won’t Helvetica Go Away? (sma)77
typography, history
HTML for Icon Font Usage (chr/css)76
html, icon-fonts, semantics
A Closer Look at Font Rendering (sma)75
rendering, typography
Custom Fonts in Emails (chr/css)74
email
Creating Custom Font Stacks With “unicode-range” (dre/24w)73
css, unicode
The “@font-face” Rule and Useful Web Font Tricks (ope/sma)72
css, tips-and-tricks
Converting “@font-face” Fonts Quickly in Any OS (zol)71
conversion, css
A Solution to Stop Font Face Fonts Looking Bold on Mac Browsers70
css, browsers, apple, unix-like
The Future of Web Fonts Is Sooner Than It Used to Be69
woff, design
Web Could Be Stylized by New W3C Font Platform68
web, woff, w3c
Quick Guide to Implement Webfonts via “@font-face” (pau)67
guides, css
Frontend SPOF66
performance, html, javascript, css
Google Fonts Is Born—Can I Get a Hallelujah!? (mis)65
google, typography
2010: Web Fonts Are Here and Ready to Use (bra/aja)64
google, foss
How to Detect Font-Smoothing Using JavaScript (zol)63
how-tos, javascript
On Web Typography (jas/ali)62
typography, legibility, readability
Web Open Font Format for Firefox 3.6 (moz)61
woff, firefox, browsers
“@font-face” Is Cool… but Does It Scale? (oct/aja)60
css, performance
More “@font-face” Fun (zol)59
css
Can Typekit Bring Fonts to the Web?58
typography
“@font-face” in Depth (zol)57
css
IKEA and the Font Fiasco56
typography, case-studies
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Comic Sans55
design
Font Embedding Now (dav)54
css
Web Fonts: Do Something Positive! (sen)53
Fuck the Foundries (div)52
typography
8 Definitive Web Font Stacks51
typography
Efficiently Serving Custom Web Fonts (wes)50
conditional-comments, apache, internet-explorer, browsers
Font MIME Types (ann)49
mime-types
The Coming Battle Over Web Fonts48
Web Typography: Tell Me What You Want (jas)47
w3c, typography, css
Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces? (ale)46
legibility, typography, studies, research
Increase Your Font Stacks With Font Matrix45
css, concepts
The Principles of Beautiful Typography (jas)44
principles, typography, readability, legibility
The Resurrection of Downloadable Web Fonts43
css
Fonts in Your Face (jon)42
css, safari, opera
Interview With Håkon Wium Lie (pet)41
interviews, css, licensing
Font Rendering Differences: Firefox vs. IE vs. Safari (chr/css)40
css, rendering, firefox, internet-explorer, safari, browsers, comparisons
CSS @ Ten: The Next Big Thing (ali)39
css, anniversaries, standards
80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design (sma)38
design
Inherit Expression for IE? (mey)37
internet-explorer, browsers, css, resets
JavaScript/CSS Font Detector (dal/aja)36
javascript, css, tooling
Better Font Management (dig)35
tooling, link-lists
Problems With Font Rendering on Macs (ric)34
rendering, unix-like, apple, ttf
Safari Better Than Firefox? (zel)33
safari, firefox, browsers, comparisons
More About Web Fonts: Basics and a Few Surprises32
fundamentals, css
Best Fonts for the Web31
Great Fonts for Web 2.030
web-2.0
The Unfortunate Death of Helvetica29
Study of Free/Shareware Web Fonts28
studies, research
Top 5 Web Design Mistakes (nza)27
design, images, javascript, colors, mistakes
Debunking Myths About ClearType Fonts26
myths
sJIR: scalable Jens Image Replacement25
image-replacement, techniques, javascript
The New Typography (ric)24
typography, css
Font Size: No Happy Medium (dav)23
css, units, legibility
A Comparison of Two Computer Fonts: Serif Versus Ornate Sans Serif22
typography, readability, legibility, comparisons
Care With Font Size (w3c)21
css, units, legibility
Understanding Web Typography—an Introduction20
introductions, typography, html
Origins of Verdana/Tahoma (dav)19
typography
Code Style Font Sampler18
css
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