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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#
Keeping Type Consistent in Changing Conditions (ell)228
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)227
css, unix-like, apple
Lessons Learned Making My Peritel Typeface (chr)226
lessons
WOFF 1.0: A Milestone on W3C’s Journey of Fonts on the Web (svg/w3c)225
woff, standards, web, w3c
Decoy Font224
ttf, ai
FIFA’s World Cup Typography Foul: UI Design Learnings (pim)223
typography, legibility
Why AI Won’t Replace Human Type Designers222
ai, typography, design, career
Font Licensing Is About to Change221
licensing, ai
“font-family” Doesn’t Fall Back the Way You Think (css)220
css, flash-of-x
Testing Font Scaling for Accessibility With Figma Variables (sma)219
accessibility, scaling, figma, variables
A Broken Heart (api)218
performance, emoji
How to Use Font Ligatures217
how-tos, typography, tooling, adobe, figma, microsoft, css
Fonts (htt)216
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, css
Accessibility Is a Human Right, Cruelty a Human Wrong (zel)215
accessibility
Using CSS to Fix the Irradiation Illusion (arg)214
css, readability
Monotype Font Licencing Shake-Down (ame)213
licensing
Dear Designers: Stop Using System Fonts Like It’s 2005 (web)212
design, variable-fonts
Targeting Specific Characters With CSS Rules (ede)211
css, unicode
Design Can’t Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception (int)210
podcasts, interviews, design, typography
Should You Preload Fonts for Performance? (erw)209
performance, preloading
You’re Loading Fonts Wrong (and It’s Crippling Your Performance) (jon)208
performance, css, image-replacement, flash-of-x, history
The Good, the Bad, and the Unreadable (mal)207
readability, legibility, accessibility, wcag
It’s More Than Picking a Pretty Font206
accessibility, legibility, readability, typography, wcag
Why Fonts Look Better on macOS Than on Windows205
typography, readability, unix-like, apple, windows, comparisons
Thin Fonts Are a Usability Nightmare—and Finally, Designers Are Waking Up (web)204
typography, usability, accessibility, design
Revisiting Fluid Type (ric+/odd)203
videos, interviews, typography, responsive-design
The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan (mwi)202
typography, history
How to Improve Webpage Speed: Tips and Best Practices201
how-tos, performance, optimization, tips-and-tricks, best-practices, redirecting, images, testing, tooling, webpagetest
One Year of Using the Web With Web Fonts Disabled200
accessibility, readability
Beware the Faux Bold (and How to Fix It) (ric)199
typography, css
Preload Fonts on Your Website for Better Core Web Vitals (deb)198
performance, preloading, hints, web-vitals
Fast and Smooth Third-Party Web Fonts (sco)197
embed-code, performance, css, javascript
Fabulous Font-Face Fallbacks (sto/per)196
performance, css, typography
Preloading Fonts for Web Performance With “link rel=preload” (acc/mat)195
performance, preloading, html, hints
Fonts (bra/htt)194
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
What Makes a Font Accessible? A Designer’s Guide (a11)193
guides, design, typography, accessibility
Features of Your Font You Had No Idea About (ole)192
variable-fonts, css
Quick Guide to Web Typography for Developers (ole)191
guides, typography, examples
The Ultimate Guide to Font Performance Optimization (deb)190
guides, performance, optimization
The Monospace Web189
design
WOFF File Format 2.0 (w3c)188
woff, standards
State of Text Rendering 2024187
rendering
Beyond Monospace: The Search for the Perfect Coding Font (rom+/evi)186
developer-experience
Going Beyond Pixels and (r)ems in CSS—Relative Length Units Based on Font (uti/iod)185
css, units
Animating Font Palette (man)184
css, colors, effects
Installing Google Fonts as npm Packages (ami)183
installing, tooling, dependencies, google
The Most Accessible Font182
accessibility, typography, legibility
How to Use a Color Font (man)181
how-tos, css
The 3 Secrets to Font Pairing180
typography, design
Optimizing Web Fonts179
css, performance, optimization
WOFF Has Left the Building (mat)178
woff, typography, css, support
The New Google Fonts: Find What You’re Looking For (tob)177
google
Thinking on Ways to Solve Adaptive Typography (arg)176
videos, typography, css
Using Emoji on the Web (oll)175
emoji, support, unicode
The New “@font-face” Syntax (oll)174
css
What’s Your Type? Try These Tests to Pick the Perfect Font for You (was)173
design, typography
Typography for Everyone (tob/btc)172
videos, typography
How to Use Google Fonts and “font-display”171
how-tos, google, css
Modern Font Stacks170
websites, typography
16 Little UI Design Tips That Make a Big Impact169
design, tips-and-tricks, spacing, consistency, colors, contrast, typography
Handling CSS Color Fonts With “font-palette” (sta)168
css, colors
Managing Fonts in WordPress Block Themes (css)167
wordpress, theming
How to Password-Protect a Static HTML Page With No JS (ede)166
how-tos, security, css
Improved Font Fallbacks165
typography, graceful-degradation
How to Pick a Font (That Doesn’t Suck)164
how-tos, guides, typography
Quick Thoughts on Typeface and Font Accessibility163
accessibility, typography
The Final Google Fonts Knowledge Drop of 2022 (ell)162
google, typography
From Type to Logotype161
typography, design, branding, logos
Advanced Web Font Optimization Techniques160
typography, optimization
Hands-On Guide to Color Fonts and “@font-palette-values” (zor/css)159
videos, guides, css
This Site’s Type Is Now Variable (ell)158
typography, variable-fonts, css
Fonts (htt)157
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
First Batch of Color Fonts Arrives on Google Fonts156
google, typography, colors
Which Fonts to Use for Your Charts and Tables (lis/dat)155
information-design, tables
Front-End Internationalisation Tips (stu)154
internationalization, css, javascript
The Joy of Variable Fonts: Getting Started on the Frontend (rom+/evi)153
variable-fonts, css, introductions
Do Dyslexia Fonts Improve Accessibility?152
accessibility, dyslexia
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users II (sma)151
typography, performance
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users (sma)150
typography, performance
Customizing Color Fonts on the Web (djr/web)149
colors, customization
Best Font for Online Reading: No Single Answer (nng)148
studies, research, typography, readability
Fonts for the Web: Rationale, 1996 (svg/w3c)147
history
Childish Font Sizes (tyl/clo)146
readability, design
Fonts in Use: Variable Fonts145
typography, variable-fonts
Variable Fonts in Real Life: How to Use and Love Them (rom+/evi)144
variable-fonts, typography
Identifying Fonts: The Complete Guide143
guides, typography
Don’t Believe the Type! (gar+/deq)142
videos, accessibility, typography, readability
Minimizing Google Fonts by Only Loading It for Certain Characters (ami)141
typography, google, performance, minimalism
Why You Should Use a Developer Font140
typography, productivity
How to Avoid Layout Shifts Caused by Web Fonts (sim)139
how-tos, performance, user-experience
Google Fonts Knowledge (ell)138
google, typography
What Are Accessible Fonts?137
accessibility
What Creating a Simple Font Taught Me About Font Design136
typography
Firefox’s “bolder” Default Is a Problem for Variable Fonts (sim/css)135
css, variable-fonts, browsers, firefox
Avoiding FOUT With Async CSS134
flash-of-x, css, asynchronicity
Times New Roman Doesn’t Have to Be Boring—Here’s Why133
typography
All You Need Is 5 Fonts132
design, typography
Optical Size, the Hidden Superpower of Variable Fonts (pix)131
css, variable-fonts, typography
Best Practices for Fonts (tun)130
best-practices, performance
Uniwidth Typefaces for Interface Design129
typography
Why You Should Self-Host Google Fonts in 2021128
google, self-hosting
Time to Say Goodbye to Google Fonts: Cache Performance127
google, caching, performance
Leveraging System Fonts on the Web (jim)126
The Monospaced System UI CSS Font Stack125
css, link-lists
Use Advanced Typography With Local Fonts (tom)124
typography, apis
Happy Birthday Web Fonts! (w3c)123
anniversaries, woff, standards
Speed Up Google Fonts (css)122
performance, google
Dark Mode and Variable Fonts (fon/css)121
dark-mode, variable-fonts, css
Improving Perceived Performance With the CSS “font-display” Property (the)120
performance, css
Should You Self-Host Google Fonts? (tun)119
google, self-hosting, performance
How to Convert Variable TTF Font Files to WOFF2 (hen)118
how-tos, variable-fonts, ttf, woff, typography, conversion
Interactivity and Animation With Variable Fonts (man/24w)117
variable-fonts, animations, javascript, css
Dynamic Typography With Variable Fonts (btc)116
videos, typography, variable-fonts
Optimizing Google Fonts Performance (sma)115
google, performance, optimization
The Scoville Scale of Web Font Loading Opinions (zac/btc)114
videos, performance
Google Fonts Is Adding “font-display” (zac)113
google, css
The Serif Tax (chr/css)112
performance, ttf
Typography for Developers (css)111
typography, legibility, readability, css, link-lists
Get All Font Sizes in Use on a Web Page (zac)110
css, console, javascript
CSS Fonts 3 Is a W3C Recommendation (svg/w3c)109
css, standards
Variable Fonts: What They Are, and How to Use Them108
how-tos, variable-fonts, performance
Icon Fonts vs. SVGs—Which One Should You Use in 2018?107
icon-fonts, svg, images
Weird Things Variable Fonts Can Do (chr/css)106
variable-fonts
Three Techniques for Performant Custom Font Usage (oll/css)105
performance, techniques, flash-of-x
Web Fonts Working Group Announces WOFF 2.0 File Format104
w3c, woff, standards
Understanding Web Fonts and Getting the Most Out of Them (thi/css)103
ttf, woff, css, typography, variable-fonts
Introduction to Variable Fonts on the Web (dav+)102
introductions, variable-fonts, css
FOIT vs. FOUT, a Side by Side Comparison (zac)101
user-experience, flash-of-x, comparisons
Using Webfonts (ali)100
css
CSS “font-display”: The Future of Font Rendering on the Web99
css, typography
If You Really Dislike FOUT, “font-display: optional” Might Be Your Jam (chr/css)98
flash-of-x, css
Optimizing Web Fonts for Performance: The State of the Art97
performance, optimization
Get Started With Variable Fonts (ric)96
introductions, variable-fonts
Free Fonts With Personality and Style (sma)95
link-lists
Align SVG Icons to Text and Say Goodbye to Font Icons (pro)94
svg, images, icons, icon-fonts, css, design, alignment
Experimenting With Color Fonts (fon/css)93
colors, experiments
Webfonts on the Prairie (ali)92
metrics
Critical Web Fonts (zac)91
css, flash-of-x, critical-path, performance, metrics
A New Responsive Font Format for the Web (fon/css)90
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Seriously, Don’t Use Icon Fonts (tyl/clo)89
icon-fonts, html, quality
Loading Web Fonts With the Web Font Loader (fon/css)88
flash-of-x, performance, user-experience
4 Expert Tips for Getting the Most Out of Google Fonts87
google, tips-and-tricks
Using Web Fonts the Best Way (in 2015) (hel)86
performance
Type Is Visible Language (esp/btc)85
videos, typography
The Mitt Romney Web Font Problem (zac)84
flash-of-x, user-experience, css, javascript
Monotype Is Introducing an HTML5-Based Web Font Platform83
html
Variable Fonts for Responsive Design (nic/ali)82
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Flash of Faux Text—Still More on Font Loading (zac)81
flash-of-x, ttf, woff, css, javascript
Programming Fonts80
websites, programming, comparisons
The Good, the Bad, and the Great Examples of Web Typography (sma)79
typography, examples
3 Principles for Perfect Typeface Pairing78
typography, principles
Minimising Font Downloads (jaf)77
css, performance, optimization, support, browsers
The Latest in Web Font Trends (ali)76
trends
Thought Process of a Front End Problem (chr/css)75
processes, debugging, opera, browsers
What Are Icon Fonts?74
icon-fonts
Preventing the Performance Hit From Custom Fonts (chr/css)73
performance, ajax, jquery, lazy-loading
Font Hinting and the Future of Responsive Typography (nic/ali)72
typography, responsive-design
A Critical Approach to Typefaces (sma)71
typography
5 Use Cases for Icon Fonts (css)70
icon-fonts, examples, css
WOFF File Format 1.0 (typ+/w3c)69
woff, standards
Why Won’t Helvetica Go Away? (sma)68
typography, history
HTML for Icon Font Usage (chr/css)67
html, icon-fonts, semantics
A Closer Look at Font Rendering (sma)66
rendering, typography
Custom Fonts in Emails (chr/css)65
email
Creating Custom Font Stacks With “unicode-range” (dre/24w)64
css, unicode
The “@font-face” Rule and Useful Web Font Tricks (ope/sma)63
css, tips-and-tricks
Converting “@font-face” Fonts Quickly in Any OS (zol)62
conversion, css
A Solution to Stop Font Face Fonts Looking Bold on Mac Browsers61
css, browsers, apple, unix-like
The Future of Web Fonts Is Sooner Than It Used to Be60
woff, design
Web Could Be Stylized by New W3C Font Platform59
web, woff, w3c
Quick Guide to Implement Webfonts via “@font-face” (pau)58
guides, css
Frontend SPOF57
performance, html, javascript, css
Google Fonts Is Born—Can I Get a Hallelujah!? (mis)56
google, typography
2010: Web Fonts Are Here and Ready to Use (bra/aja)55
google, foss
How to Detect Font-Smoothing Using JavaScript (zol)54
how-tos, javascript
On Web Typography (jas/ali)53
typography, legibility, readability
Web Open Font Format for Firefox 3.6 (moz)52
woff, firefox, browsers
“@font-face” Is Cool… but Does It Scale? (oct/aja)51
css, performance
More “@font-face” Fun (zol)50
css
Can Typekit Bring Fonts to the Web?49
typography
“@font-face” in Depth (zol)48
css
IKEA and the Font Fiasco47
typography, case-studies
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Comic Sans46
design
Font Embedding Now (dav)45
css
Web Fonts: Do Something Positive! (sen)44
Fuck the Foundries (div)43
typography
8 Definitive Web Font Stacks42
typography
Efficiently Serving Custom Web Fonts (wes)41
conditional-comments, apache, internet-explorer, browsers
Font MIME Types (ann)40
mime-types
The Coming Battle Over Web Fonts39
Web Typography: Tell Me What You Want (jas)38
w3c, typography, css
Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces? (ale)37
legibility, typography, studies, research
The Principles of Beautiful Typography (jas)36
principles, typography, readability, legibility
Fonts in Your Face (jon)35
css, safari, opera
Interview With Håkon Wium Lie (pet)34
interviews, css, licensing
Font Rendering Differences: Firefox vs. IE vs. Safari (chr/css)33
css, rendering, firefox, internet-explorer, safari, browsers, comparisons
80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design (sma)32
design
JavaScript/CSS Font Detector (dal/aja)31
javascript, css, tooling
Better Font Management (dig)30
tooling, link-lists
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