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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#
FIFA’s World Cup Typography Foul: UI Design Learnings (pim)211
typography, legibility
“font-family” Doesn’t Fall Back the Way You Think (css)210
css, flash-of-x
Testing Font Scaling for Accessibility With Figma Variables (sma)209
accessibility, scaling, figma, variables
A Broken Heart (api)208
performance, emoji
How to Use Font Ligatures207
how-tos, typography, tooling, adobe, figma, microsoft, css
Fonts (htt)206
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, css
Accessibility Is a Human Right, Cruelty a Human Wrong (zel)205
accessibility
Using CSS to Fix the Irradiation Illusion (arg)204
css, readability
Monotype Font Licencing Shake-Down (ame)203
licensing
Dear Designers: Stop Using System Fonts Like It’s 2005 (web)202
design, variable-fonts
Targeting Specific Characters With CSS Rules (ede)201
css, unicode
Design Can’t Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception (int)200
podcasts, interviews, design, typography
Should You Preload Fonts for Performance? (erw)199
performance, preloading
You’re Loading Fonts Wrong (and It’s Crippling Your Performance) (jon)198
performance, css, image-replacement, flash-of-x, history
The Good, the Bad, and the Unreadable (mal)197
readability, legibility, accessibility, wcag
It’s More Than Picking a Pretty Font196
accessibility, legibility, readability, typography, wcag
Why Fonts Look Better on macOS Than on Windows195
typography, readability, unix-like, apple, windows, microsoft, comparisons
Thin Fonts Are a Usability Nightmare—and Finally, Designers Are Waking Up (web)194
typography, usability, accessibility, design
Revisiting Fluid Type (ric+/odd)193
videos, interviews, typography, responsive-design
The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan (mwi)192
typography, history
How to Improve Webpage Speed: Tips and Best Practices191
how-tos, performance, optimization, tips-and-tricks, best-practices, redirecting, images, testing, tooling, webpagetest
Beware the Faux Bold (and How to Fix It) (ric)190
typography, css
Preload Fonts on Your Website for Better Core Web Vitals (deb)189
performance, preloading, hints, web-vitals
Fast and Smooth Third-Party Web Fonts (sco)188
embed-code, performance, css, javascript
Fabulous Font-Face Fallbacks (sto/per)187
performance, css, typography
Preloading Fonts for Web Performance With “link rel=preload” (acc/mat)186
performance, preloading, html, hints
Fonts (bra/htt)185
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
What Makes a Font Accessible? A Designer’s Guide (a11)184
guides, design, typography, accessibility
Features of Your Font You Had No Idea About (ole)183
variable-fonts, css
Quick Guide to Web Typography for Developers (ole)182
guides, typography, examples
The Ultimate Guide to Font Performance Optimization (deb)181
guides, performance, optimization
The Monospace Web180
design
WOFF File Format 2.0 (w3c)179
woff, standards
State of Text Rendering 2024178
rendering
Beyond Monospace: The Search for the Perfect Coding Font (rom+/evi)177
developer-experience
Going Beyond Pixels and (r)ems in CSS—Relative Length Units Based on Font (uti/iod)176
css, units
Animating Font Palette (man)175
css, colors, effects
Installing Google Fonts as npm Packages (ami)174
installing, tooling, dependencies, google
The Most Accessible Font173
accessibility, typography, legibility
How to Use a Color Font (man)172
how-tos, css
The 3 Secrets to Font Pairing171
typography, design
Optimizing Web Fonts170
css, performance, optimization
The New Google Fonts: Find What You’re Looking For (tob)169
google
WOFF Has Left the Building (mat)168
woff, typography, css, support
Thinking on Ways to Solve Adaptive Typography (arg)167
videos, typography, css
Using Emoji on the Web (oll)166
emoji, support, unicode
The New “@font-face” Syntax (oll)165
css
What’s Your Type? Try These Tests to Pick the Perfect Font for You (was)164
design, typography
Typography for Everyone (tob/btc)163
videos, typography
How to Use Google Fonts and “font-display”162
how-tos, google, css
16 Little UI Design Tips That Make a Big Impact161
design, tips-and-tricks, spacing, consistency, colors, contrast, typography
Modern Font Stacks160
websites, typography
Handling CSS Color Fonts With “font-palette” (sta)159
css, colors
Managing Fonts in WordPress Block Themes (css)158
wordpress, theming
How to Password-Protect a Static HTML Page With No JS (ede)157
how-tos, security, css
Improved Font Fallbacks156
typography, graceful-degradation
How to Pick a Font (That Doesn’t Suck)155
how-tos, guides, typography
Quick Thoughts on Typeface and Font Accessibility154
accessibility, typography
From Type to Logotype153
typography, design, branding, logos
The Final Google Fonts Knowledge Drop of 2022 (ell)152
google, typography
Advanced Web Font Optimization Techniques151
typography, optimization
Hands-On Guide to Color Fonts and “@font-palette-values” (zor/css)150
videos, guides, css
This Site’s Type Is Now Variable (ell)149
typography, variable-fonts, css
Fonts (htt)148
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
First Batch of Color Fonts Arrives on Google Fonts147
google, typography, colors
Which Fonts to Use for Your Charts and Tables146
information-design, tables
Front-End Internationalisation Tips145
internationalization, css, javascript
The Joy of Variable Fonts: Getting Started on the Frontend (rom+/evi)144
variable-fonts, css, introductions
Do Dyslexia Fonts Improve Accessibility?143
accessibility, dyslexia
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users II (sma)142
typography, performance
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users (sma)141
typography, performance
Customizing Color Fonts on the Web (djr/web)140
colors, customization
Best Font for Online Reading: No Single Answer (nng)139
studies, research, typography, readability
Fonts for the Web: Rationale, 1996 (svg/w3c)138
history
Childish Font Sizes (tyl/clo)137
readability, design
Fonts in Use: Variable Fonts136
typography, variable-fonts
Variable Fonts in Real Life: How to Use and Love Them (rom+/evi)135
variable-fonts, typography
Identifying Fonts: The Complete Guide134
guides, typography
Don’t Believe the Type! (gar+/deq)133
videos, accessibility, typography, readability
Minimizing Google Fonts by Only Loading It for Certain Characters (ami)132
typography, google, performance, minimalism
Why You Should Use a Developer Font131
typography, productivity
How to Avoid Layout Shifts Caused by Web Fonts (sim)130
how-tos, performance, user-experience
Google Fonts Knowledge (ell)129
google, typography
What Are Accessible Fonts?128
accessibility
What Creating a Simple Font Taught Me About Font Design127
typography
Firefox’s “bolder” Default Is a Problem for Variable Fonts (sim/css)126
css, variable-fonts, browsers, mozilla, firefox
Avoiding FOUT With Async CSS125
flash-of-x, css, asynchronicity
Times New Roman Doesn’t Have to Be Boring—Here’s Why124
typography
All You Need Is 5 Fonts123
design, typography
Optical Size, the Hidden Superpower of Variable Fonts (pix)122
css, variable-fonts, typography
Best Practices for Fonts (tun)121
best-practices, performance
Uniwidth Typefaces for Interface Design120
typography
Why You Should Self-Host Google Fonts in 2021119
google, self-hosting
Time to Say Goodbye to Google Fonts: Cache Performance118
google, caching, performance
Leveraging System Fonts on the Web (jim)117
The Monospaced System UI CSS Font Stack116
css, link-lists
Use Advanced Typography With Local Fonts (tom)115
typography, apis
Happy Birthday Web Fonts! (w3c)114
anniversaries, woff, standards
Speed Up Google Fonts (css)113
performance, google
Dark Mode and Variable Fonts (fon/css)112
dark-mode, variable-fonts, css
Improving Perceived Performance With the CSS “font-display” Property (the)111
performance, css
Should You Self-Host Google Fonts? (tun)110
google, self-hosting, performance
How to Convert Variable TTF Font Files to WOFF2 (hen)109
how-tos, variable-fonts, ttf, woff, typography, conversion
Interactivity and Animation With Variable Fonts (man/24w)108
variable-fonts, animations, javascript, css
Dynamic Typography With Variable Fonts (btc)107
videos, typography, variable-fonts
Optimizing Google Fonts Performance (sma)106
google, performance, optimization
The Scoville Scale of Web Font Loading Opinions (zac/btc)105
videos, performance
Google Fonts Is Adding “font-display” (zac)104
google, css
The Serif Tax (chr/css)103
performance, ttf
Typography for Developers (css)102
typography, legibility, readability, css, link-lists
Get All Font Sizes in Use on a Web Page (zac)101
css, console, javascript
CSS Fonts 3 Is a W3C Recommendation (svg/w3c)100
css, standards
Variable Fonts: What They Are, and How to Use Them99
how-tos, variable-fonts, performance
Icon Fonts vs. SVGs—Which One Should You Use in 2018?98
icon-fonts, svg, images
Weird Things Variable Fonts Can Do (chr/css)97
variable-fonts
Three Techniques for Performant Custom Font Usage (oll/css)96
performance, techniques, flash-of-x
Web Fonts Working Group Announces WOFF 2.0 File Format95
w3c, woff, standards
Understanding Web Fonts and Getting the Most Out of Them (thi/css)94
ttf, woff, css, typography, variable-fonts
Introduction to Variable Fonts on the Web (dav+)93
introductions, variable-fonts, css
FOIT vs. FOUT, a Side by Side Comparison (zac)92
user-experience, flash-of-x, comparisons
Using Webfonts (ali)91
css
CSS “font-display”: The Future of Font Rendering on the Web90
css, typography
If You Really Dislike FOUT, “font-display: optional” Might Be Your Jam (chr/css)89
flash-of-x, css
Optimizing Web Fonts for Performance: The State of the Art88
performance, optimization
Get Started With Variable Fonts (ric)87
introductions, variable-fonts
Free Fonts With Personality and Style (sma)86
link-lists
Align SVG Icons to Text and Say Goodbye to Font Icons (pro)85
svg, images, icons, icon-fonts, css, design, alignment
Experimenting With Color Fonts (fon/css)84
colors, experiments
Webfonts on the Prairie (ali)83
metrics
Critical Web Fonts (zac)82
css, flash-of-x, critical-path, performance, metrics
A New Responsive Font Format for the Web (fon/css)81
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Seriously, Don’t Use Icon Fonts (tyl/clo)80
icon-fonts, html, quality
Loading Web Fonts With the Web Font Loader (fon/css)79
flash-of-x, performance, user-experience
4 Expert Tips for Getting the Most Out of Google Fonts78
google, tips-and-tricks
Using Web Fonts the Best Way (in 2015) (hel)77
performance
Type Is Visible Language (esp/btc)76
videos, typography
The Mitt Romney Web Font Problem (zac)75
flash-of-x, user-experience, css, javascript
Monotype Is Introducing an HTML5-Based Web Font Platform74
html
Variable Fonts for Responsive Design (nic/ali)73
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Flash of Faux Text—Still More on Font Loading (zac)72
flash-of-x, ttf, woff, css, javascript
Programming Fonts71
websites, programming, comparisons
The Good, the Bad, and the Great Examples of Web Typography (sma)70
typography, examples
3 Principles for Perfect Typeface Pairing69
typography, principles
Minimising Font Downloads (jaf)68
css, performance, optimization, support, browsers
The Latest in Web Font Trends (ali)67
trends
Thought Process of a Front End Problem (chr/css)66
processes, debugging, opera, browsers
What Are Icon Fonts?65
icon-fonts
Preventing the Performance Hit From Custom Fonts (chr/css)64
performance, ajax, jquery, lazy-loading
Font Hinting and the Future of Responsive Typography (nic/ali)63
typography, responsive-design
A Critical Approach to Typefaces (sma)62
typography
5 Use Cases for Icon Fonts (css)61
icon-fonts, examples, css
WOFF File Format 1.0 (typ+/w3c)60
woff, standards
Why Won’t Helvetica Go Away? (sma)59
typography, history
HTML for Icon Font Usage (chr/css)58
html, icon-fonts, semantics
A Closer Look at Font Rendering (sma)57
rendering, typography
Custom Fonts in Emails (chr/css)56
email
Creating Custom Font Stacks With “unicode-range” (dre/24w)55
css, unicode
The “@font-face” Rule and Useful Web Font Tricks (ope/sma)54
css, tips-and-tricks
Converting “@font-face” Fonts Quickly in Any OS (zol)53
conversion, css
A Solution to Stop Font Face Fonts Looking Bold on Mac Browsers52
css, browsers, apple, unix-like
The Future of Web Fonts Is Sooner Than It Used to Be51
woff, design
Web Could Be Stylized by New W3C Font Platform50
web, woff, w3c
Quick Guide to Implement Webfonts via “@font-face” (pau)49
guides, css
Frontend SPOF48
performance, html, javascript, css
Google Fonts Is Born—Can I Get a Hallelujah!? (mis)47
google, typography
2010: Web Fonts Are Here and Ready to Use (bra/aja)46
google, foss
How to Detect Font-Smoothing Using JavaScript (zol)45
how-tos, javascript
On Web Typography (jas/ali)44
typography, legibility, readability
Web Open Font Format for Firefox 3.6 (moz)43
woff, firefox, mozilla, browsers
“@font-face” Is Cool… but Does It Scale? (oct/aja)42
css, performance
More “@font-face” Fun (zol)41
css
Can Typekit Bring Fonts to the Web?40
typography
“@font-face” in Depth (zol)39
css
IKEA and the Font Fiasco38
typography, case-studies
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Comic Sans37
design
Font Embedding Now (dav)36
css
Web Fonts: Do Something Positive! (sen)35
Fuck the Foundries (div)34
typography
8 Definitive Web Font Stacks33
typography
Efficiently Serving Custom Web Fonts (wes)32
conditional-comments, apache, internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers
Font MIME Types (ann)31
mime-types
The Coming Battle Over Web Fonts30
Web Typography: Tell Me What You Want (jas)29
w3c, typography, css
Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces? (ale)28
legibility, typography, studies, research
The Principles of Beautiful Typography (jas)27
principles, typography, readability, legibility
Fonts in Your Face (jon)26
css, safari, opera
Interview With Håkon Wium Lie (pet)25
interviews, css, licensing
Font Rendering Differences: Firefox vs. IE vs. Safari (chr/css)24
css, rendering, firefox, mozilla, internet-explorer, microsoft, safari, apple, browsers, comparisons
80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design (sma)23
design
JavaScript/CSS Font Detector (dal/aja)22
javascript, css, tooling
Better Font Management (dig)21
tooling, link-lists
The Unfortunate Death of Helvetica20
Study of Free/Shareware Web Fonts19
studies, research
Top 5 Web Design Mistakes (nza)18
design, images, javascript, colors, mistakes
sJIR: scalable Jens Image Replacement17
image-replacement, techniques, javascript
Understanding Web Typography—an Introduction16
introductions, typography, html
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