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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)212
typography, legibility
“font-family” Doesn’t Fall Back the Way You Think (css)211
css, flash-of-x
Testing Font Scaling for Accessibility With Figma Variables (sma)210
accessibility, scaling, figma, variables
A Broken Heart (api)209
performance, emoji
How to Use Font Ligatures208
how-tos, typography, tooling, adobe, figma, microsoft, css
Fonts (htt)207
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, css
Accessibility Is a Human Right, Cruelty a Human Wrong (zel)206
accessibility
Using CSS to Fix the Irradiation Illusion (arg)205
css, readability
Monotype Font Licencing Shake-Down (ame)204
licensing
Dear Designers: Stop Using System Fonts Like It’s 2005 (web)203
design, variable-fonts
Targeting Specific Characters With CSS Rules (ede)202
css, unicode
Design Can’t Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception (int)201
podcasts, interviews, design, typography
Should You Preload Fonts for Performance? (erw)200
performance, preloading
You’re Loading Fonts Wrong (and It’s Crippling Your Performance) (jon)199
performance, css, image-replacement, flash-of-x, history
The Good, the Bad, and the Unreadable (mal)198
readability, legibility, accessibility, wcag
It’s More Than Picking a Pretty Font197
accessibility, legibility, readability, typography, wcag
Why Fonts Look Better on macOS Than on Windows196
typography, readability, unix-like, apple, windows, microsoft, comparisons
Thin Fonts Are a Usability Nightmare—and Finally, Designers Are Waking Up (web)195
typography, usability, accessibility, design
Revisiting Fluid Type (ric+/odd)194
videos, interviews, typography, responsive-design
The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan (mwi)193
typography, history
How to Improve Webpage Speed: Tips and Best Practices192
how-tos, performance, optimization, tips-and-tricks, best-practices, redirecting, images, testing, tooling, webpagetest
Beware the Faux Bold (and How to Fix It) (ric)191
typography, css
Preload Fonts on Your Website for Better Core Web Vitals (deb)190
performance, preloading, hints, web-vitals
Fast and Smooth Third-Party Web Fonts (sco)189
embed-code, performance, css, javascript
Fabulous Font-Face Fallbacks (sto/per)188
performance, css, typography
Preloading Fonts for Web Performance With “link rel=preload” (acc/mat)187
performance, preloading, html, hints
Fonts (bra/htt)186
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
What Makes a Font Accessible? A Designer’s Guide (a11)185
guides, design, typography, accessibility
Features of Your Font You Had No Idea About (ole)184
variable-fonts, css
Quick Guide to Web Typography for Developers (ole)183
guides, typography, examples
The Ultimate Guide to Font Performance Optimization (deb)182
guides, performance, optimization
The Monospace Web181
design
WOFF File Format 2.0 (w3c)180
woff, standards
State of Text Rendering 2024179
rendering
Beyond Monospace: The Search for the Perfect Coding Font (rom+/evi)178
developer-experience
Going Beyond Pixels and (r)ems in CSS—Relative Length Units Based on Font (uti/iod)177
css, units
Animating Font Palette (man)176
css, colors, effects
Installing Google Fonts as npm Packages (ami)175
installing, tooling, dependencies, google
The Most Accessible Font174
accessibility, typography, legibility
How to Use a Color Font (man)173
how-tos, css
The 3 Secrets to Font Pairing172
typography, design
Optimizing Web Fonts171
css, performance, optimization
The New Google Fonts: Find What You’re Looking For (tob)170
google
WOFF Has Left the Building (mat)169
woff, typography, css, support
Thinking on Ways to Solve Adaptive Typography (arg)168
videos, typography, css
Using Emoji on the Web (oll)167
emoji, support, unicode
The New “@font-face” Syntax (oll)166
css
What’s Your Type? Try These Tests to Pick the Perfect Font for You (was)165
design, typography
Typography for Everyone (tob/btc)164
videos, typography
How to Use Google Fonts and “font-display”163
how-tos, google, css
16 Little UI Design Tips That Make a Big Impact162
design, tips-and-tricks, spacing, consistency, colors, contrast, typography
Modern Font Stacks161
websites, typography
Handling CSS Color Fonts With “font-palette” (sta)160
css, colors
Managing Fonts in WordPress Block Themes (css)159
wordpress, theming
How to Password-Protect a Static HTML Page With No JS (ede)158
how-tos, security, css
Improved Font Fallbacks157
typography, graceful-degradation
How to Pick a Font (That Doesn’t Suck)156
how-tos, guides, typography
Quick Thoughts on Typeface and Font Accessibility155
accessibility, typography
From Type to Logotype154
typography, design, branding, logos
The Final Google Fonts Knowledge Drop of 2022 (ell)153
google, typography
Advanced Web Font Optimization Techniques152
typography, optimization
Hands-On Guide to Color Fonts and “@font-palette-values” (zor/css)151
videos, guides, css
This Site’s Type Is Now Variable (ell)150
typography, variable-fonts, css
Fonts (htt)149
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
First Batch of Color Fonts Arrives on Google Fonts148
google, typography, colors
Which Fonts to Use for Your Charts and Tables147
information-design, tables
Front-End Internationalisation Tips146
internationalization, css, javascript
The Joy of Variable Fonts: Getting Started on the Frontend (rom+/evi)145
variable-fonts, css, introductions
Do Dyslexia Fonts Improve Accessibility?144
accessibility, dyslexia
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users II (sma)143
typography, performance
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users (sma)142
typography, performance
Customizing Color Fonts on the Web (djr/web)141
colors, customization
Best Font for Online Reading: No Single Answer (nng)140
studies, research, typography, readability
Fonts for the Web: Rationale, 1996 (svg/w3c)139
history
Childish Font Sizes (tyl/clo)138
readability, design
Fonts in Use: Variable Fonts137
typography, variable-fonts
Variable Fonts in Real Life: How to Use and Love Them (rom+/evi)136
variable-fonts, typography
Identifying Fonts: The Complete Guide135
guides, typography
Don’t Believe the Type! (gar+/deq)134
videos, accessibility, typography, readability
Minimizing Google Fonts by Only Loading It for Certain Characters (ami)133
typography, google, performance, minimalism
Why You Should Use a Developer Font132
typography, productivity
How to Avoid Layout Shifts Caused by Web Fonts (sim)131
how-tos, performance, user-experience
Google Fonts Knowledge (ell)130
google, typography
What Are Accessible Fonts?129
accessibility
What Creating a Simple Font Taught Me About Font Design128
typography
Firefox’s “bolder” Default Is a Problem for Variable Fonts (sim/css)127
css, variable-fonts, browsers, mozilla, firefox
Avoiding FOUT With Async CSS126
flash-of-x, css, asynchronicity
Times New Roman Doesn’t Have to Be Boring—Here’s Why125
typography
All You Need Is 5 Fonts124
design, typography
Optical Size, the Hidden Superpower of Variable Fonts (pix)123
css, variable-fonts, typography
Best Practices for Fonts (tun)122
best-practices, performance
Uniwidth Typefaces for Interface Design121
typography
Why You Should Self-Host Google Fonts in 2021120
google, self-hosting
Time to Say Goodbye to Google Fonts: Cache Performance119
google, caching, performance
Leveraging System Fonts on the Web (jim)118
The Monospaced System UI CSS Font Stack117
css, link-lists
Use Advanced Typography With Local Fonts (tom)116
typography, apis
Happy Birthday Web Fonts! (w3c)115
anniversaries, woff, standards
Speed Up Google Fonts (css)114
performance, google
Dark Mode and Variable Fonts (fon/css)113
dark-mode, variable-fonts, css
Improving Perceived Performance With the CSS “font-display” Property (the)112
performance, css
Should You Self-Host Google Fonts? (tun)111
google, self-hosting, performance
How to Convert Variable TTF Font Files to WOFF2 (hen)110
how-tos, variable-fonts, ttf, woff, typography, conversion
Interactivity and Animation With Variable Fonts (man/24w)109
variable-fonts, animations, javascript, css
Dynamic Typography With Variable Fonts (btc)108
videos, typography, variable-fonts
Optimizing Google Fonts Performance (sma)107
google, performance, optimization
The Scoville Scale of Web Font Loading Opinions (zac/btc)106
videos, performance
Google Fonts Is Adding “font-display” (zac)105
google, css
The Serif Tax (chr/css)104
performance, ttf
Typography for Developers (css)103
typography, legibility, readability, css, link-lists
Get All Font Sizes in Use on a Web Page (zac)102
css, console, javascript
CSS Fonts 3 Is a W3C Recommendation (svg/w3c)101
css, standards
Variable Fonts: What They Are, and How to Use Them100
how-tos, variable-fonts, performance
Icon Fonts vs. SVGs—Which One Should You Use in 2018?99
icon-fonts, svg, images
Weird Things Variable Fonts Can Do (chr/css)98
variable-fonts
Three Techniques for Performant Custom Font Usage (oll/css)97
performance, techniques, flash-of-x
Web Fonts Working Group Announces WOFF 2.0 File Format96
w3c, woff, standards
Understanding Web Fonts and Getting the Most Out of Them (thi/css)95
ttf, woff, css, typography, variable-fonts
Introduction to Variable Fonts on the Web (dav+)94
introductions, variable-fonts, css
FOIT vs. FOUT, a Side by Side Comparison (zac)93
user-experience, flash-of-x, comparisons
Using Webfonts (ali)92
css
CSS “font-display”: The Future of Font Rendering on the Web91
css, typography
If You Really Dislike FOUT, “font-display: optional” Might Be Your Jam (chr/css)90
flash-of-x, css
Optimizing Web Fonts for Performance: The State of the Art89
performance, optimization
Get Started With Variable Fonts (ric)88
introductions, variable-fonts
Free Fonts With Personality and Style (sma)87
link-lists
Align SVG Icons to Text and Say Goodbye to Font Icons (pro)86
svg, images, icons, icon-fonts, css, design, alignment
Experimenting With Color Fonts (fon/css)85
colors, experiments
Webfonts on the Prairie (ali)84
metrics
Critical Web Fonts (zac)83
css, flash-of-x, critical-path, performance, metrics
A New Responsive Font Format for the Web (fon/css)82
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Seriously, Don’t Use Icon Fonts (tyl/clo)81
icon-fonts, html, quality
Loading Web Fonts With the Web Font Loader (fon/css)80
flash-of-x, performance, user-experience
4 Expert Tips for Getting the Most Out of Google Fonts79
google, tips-and-tricks
Using Web Fonts the Best Way (in 2015) (hel)78
performance
Type Is Visible Language (esp/btc)77
videos, typography
The Mitt Romney Web Font Problem (zac)76
flash-of-x, user-experience, css, javascript
Monotype Is Introducing an HTML5-Based Web Font Platform75
html
Variable Fonts for Responsive Design (nic/ali)74
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Flash of Faux Text—Still More on Font Loading (zac)73
flash-of-x, ttf, woff, css, javascript
Programming Fonts72
websites, programming, comparisons
The Good, the Bad, and the Great Examples of Web Typography (sma)71
typography, examples
3 Principles for Perfect Typeface Pairing70
typography, principles
Minimising Font Downloads (jaf)69
css, performance, optimization, support, browsers
The Latest in Web Font Trends (ali)68
trends
Thought Process of a Front End Problem (chr/css)67
processes, debugging, opera, browsers
What Are Icon Fonts?66
icon-fonts
Preventing the Performance Hit From Custom Fonts (chr/css)65
performance, ajax, jquery, lazy-loading
Font Hinting and the Future of Responsive Typography (nic/ali)64
typography, responsive-design
A Critical Approach to Typefaces (sma)63
typography
5 Use Cases for Icon Fonts (css)62
icon-fonts, examples, css
WOFF File Format 1.0 (typ+/w3c)61
woff, standards
Why Won’t Helvetica Go Away? (sma)60
typography, history
HTML for Icon Font Usage (chr/css)59
html, icon-fonts, semantics
A Closer Look at Font Rendering (sma)58
rendering, typography
Custom Fonts in Emails (chr/css)57
email
Creating Custom Font Stacks With “unicode-range” (dre/24w)56
css, unicode
The “@font-face” Rule and Useful Web Font Tricks (ope/sma)55
css, tips-and-tricks
Converting “@font-face” Fonts Quickly in Any OS (zol)54
conversion, css
A Solution to Stop Font Face Fonts Looking Bold on Mac Browsers53
css, browsers, apple, unix-like
The Future of Web Fonts Is Sooner Than It Used to Be52
woff, design
Web Could Be Stylized by New W3C Font Platform51
web, woff, w3c
Quick Guide to Implement Webfonts via “@font-face” (pau)50
guides, css
Frontend SPOF49
performance, html, javascript, css
Google Fonts Is Born—Can I Get a Hallelujah!? (mis)48
google, typography
2010: Web Fonts Are Here and Ready to Use (bra/aja)47
google, foss
How to Detect Font-Smoothing Using JavaScript (zol)46
how-tos, javascript
On Web Typography (jas/ali)45
typography, legibility, readability
Web Open Font Format for Firefox 3.6 (moz)44
woff, firefox, mozilla, browsers
“@font-face” Is Cool… but Does It Scale? (oct/aja)43
css, performance
More “@font-face” Fun (zol)42
css
Can Typekit Bring Fonts to the Web?41
typography
“@font-face” in Depth (zol)40
css
IKEA and the Font Fiasco39
typography, case-studies
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Comic Sans38
design
Font Embedding Now (dav)37
css
Web Fonts: Do Something Positive! (sen)36
Fuck the Foundries (div)35
typography
8 Definitive Web Font Stacks34
typography
Efficiently Serving Custom Web Fonts (wes)33
conditional-comments, apache, internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers
Font MIME Types (ann)32
mime-types
The Coming Battle Over Web Fonts31
Web Typography: Tell Me What You Want (jas)30
w3c, typography, css
Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces? (ale)29
legibility, typography, studies, research
The Principles of Beautiful Typography (jas)28
principles, typography, readability, legibility
Fonts in Your Face (jon)27
css, safari, opera
Interview With Håkon Wium Lie (pet)26
interviews, css, licensing
Font Rendering Differences: Firefox vs. IE vs. Safari (chr/css)25
css, rendering, firefox, mozilla, internet-explorer, microsoft, safari, apple, browsers, comparisons
80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design (sma)24
design
JavaScript/CSS Font Detector (dal/aja)23
javascript, css, tooling
Better Font Management (dig)22
tooling, link-lists
The Unfortunate Death of Helvetica21
Study of Free/Shareware Web Fonts20
studies, research
Top 5 Web Design Mistakes (nza)19
design, images, javascript, colors, mistakes
sJIR: scalable Jens Image Replacement18
image-replacement, techniques, javascript
Understanding Web Typography—an Introduction17
introductions, typography, html
Origins of Verdana/Tahoma (dav)16
typography
Fonts—Web-Friendly and Free15
microsoft
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