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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)230
Keeping Type Consistent in Changing Conditions (ell)229
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)228
css, unix-like, apple
Lessons Learned Making My Peritel Typeface (chr)227
lessons
WOFF 1.0: A Milestone on W3C’s Journey of Fonts on the Web (svg/w3c)226
woff, standards, web, w3c
Decoy Font225
ttf, ai
FIFA’s World Cup Typography Foul: UI Design Learnings (pim)224
typography, legibility
Why AI Won’t Replace Human Type Designers223
ai, typography, design, career
Font Licensing Is About to Change222
licensing, ai
“font-family” Doesn’t Fall Back the Way You Think (css)221
css, flash-of-x
Testing Font Scaling for Accessibility With Figma Variables (sma)220
accessibility, scaling, figma, variables
A Broken Heart (api)219
performance, emoji
How to Use Font Ligatures218
how-tos, typography, tooling, adobe, figma, microsoft, css
Fonts (htt)217
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, css
Accessibility Is a Human Right, Cruelty a Human Wrong (zel)216
accessibility
Using CSS to Fix the Irradiation Illusion (arg)215
css, readability
Monotype Font Licencing Shake-Down (ame)214
licensing
Dear Designers: Stop Using System Fonts Like It’s 2005 (web)213
design, variable-fonts
Targeting Specific Characters With CSS Rules (ede)212
css, unicode
Design Can’t Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception (int)211
podcasts, interviews, design, typography
Should You Preload Fonts for Performance? (erw)210
performance, preloading
You’re Loading Fonts Wrong (and It’s Crippling Your Performance) (jon)209
performance, css, image-replacement, flash-of-x, history
The Good, the Bad, and the Unreadable (mal)208
readability, legibility, accessibility, wcag
It’s More Than Picking a Pretty Font207
accessibility, legibility, readability, typography, wcag
Why Fonts Look Better on macOS Than on Windows206
typography, readability, unix-like, apple, windows, comparisons
Thin Fonts Are a Usability Nightmare—and Finally, Designers Are Waking Up (web)205
typography, usability, accessibility, design
Revisiting Fluid Type (ric+/odd)204
videos, interviews, typography, responsive-design
The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan (mwi)203
typography, history
How to Improve Webpage Speed: Tips and Best Practices202
how-tos, performance, optimization, tips-and-tricks, best-practices, redirecting, images, testing, tooling, webpagetest
One Year of Using the Web With Web Fonts Disabled201
accessibility, readability
Beware the Faux Bold (and How to Fix It) (ric)200
typography, css
Preload Fonts on Your Website for Better Core Web Vitals (deb)199
performance, preloading, hints, web-vitals
Fast and Smooth Third-Party Web Fonts (sco)198
embed-code, performance, css, javascript
Fabulous Font-Face Fallbacks (sto/per)197
performance, css, typography
Preloading Fonts for Web Performance With “link rel=preload” (acc/mat)196
performance, preloading, html, hints
Fonts (bra/htt)195
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
What Makes a Font Accessible? A Designer’s Guide (a11)194
guides, design, typography, accessibility
Features of Your Font You Had No Idea About (ole)193
variable-fonts, css
Quick Guide to Web Typography for Developers (ole)192
guides, typography, examples
The Ultimate Guide to Font Performance Optimization (deb)191
guides, performance, optimization
The Monospace Web190
design
WOFF File Format 2.0 (w3c)189
woff, standards
State of Text Rendering 2024188
rendering
Beyond Monospace: The Search for the Perfect Coding Font (rom+/evi)187
developer-experience
Going Beyond Pixels and (r)ems in CSS—Relative Length Units Based on Font (uti/iod)186
css, units
Animating Font Palette (man)185
css, colors, effects
Installing Google Fonts as npm Packages (ami)184
installing, tooling, dependencies, google
The Most Accessible Font183
accessibility, typography, legibility
How to Use a Color Font (man)182
how-tos, css
The 3 Secrets to Font Pairing181
typography, design
Optimizing Web Fonts180
css, performance, optimization
WOFF Has Left the Building (mat)179
woff, typography, css, support
The New Google Fonts: Find What You’re Looking For (tob)178
google
Thinking on Ways to Solve Adaptive Typography (arg)177
videos, typography, css
Using Emoji on the Web (oll)176
emoji, support, unicode
The New “@font-face” Syntax (oll)175
css
What’s Your Type? Try These Tests to Pick the Perfect Font for You (was)174
design, typography
Typography for Everyone (tob/btc)173
videos, typography
How to Use Google Fonts and “font-display”172
how-tos, google, css
Modern Font Stacks171
websites, typography
16 Little UI Design Tips That Make a Big Impact170
design, tips-and-tricks, spacing, consistency, colors, contrast, typography
Handling CSS Color Fonts With “font-palette” (sta)169
css, colors
Managing Fonts in WordPress Block Themes (css)168
wordpress, theming
How to Password-Protect a Static HTML Page With No JS (ede)167
how-tos, security, css
Improved Font Fallbacks166
typography, graceful-degradation
How to Pick a Font (That Doesn’t Suck)165
how-tos, guides, typography
Quick Thoughts on Typeface and Font Accessibility164
accessibility, typography
The Final Google Fonts Knowledge Drop of 2022 (ell)163
google, typography
From Type to Logotype162
typography, design, branding, logos
Advanced Web Font Optimization Techniques161
typography, optimization
Hands-On Guide to Color Fonts and “@font-palette-values” (zor/css)160
videos, guides, css
This Site’s Type Is Now Variable (ell)159
typography, variable-fonts, css
Fonts (htt)158
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
First Batch of Color Fonts Arrives on Google Fonts157
google, typography, colors
Which Fonts to Use for Your Charts and Tables (lis/dat)156
information-design, tables
Front-End Internationalisation Tips (stu)155
internationalization, css, javascript
The Joy of Variable Fonts: Getting Started on the Frontend (rom+/evi)154
variable-fonts, css, introductions
Do Dyslexia Fonts Improve Accessibility?153
accessibility, dyslexia
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users II (sma)152
typography, performance
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users (sma)151
typography, performance
Customizing Color Fonts on the Web (djr/web)150
colors, customization
Best Font for Online Reading: No Single Answer (nng)149
studies, research, typography, readability
Fonts for the Web: Rationale, 1996 (svg/w3c)148
history
Childish Font Sizes (tyl/clo)147
readability, design
Fonts in Use: Variable Fonts146
typography, variable-fonts
Variable Fonts in Real Life: How to Use and Love Them (rom+/evi)145
variable-fonts, typography
Identifying Fonts: The Complete Guide144
guides, typography
Don’t Believe the Type! (gar+/deq)143
videos, accessibility, typography, readability
Minimizing Google Fonts by Only Loading It for Certain Characters (ami)142
typography, google, performance, minimalism
Why You Should Use a Developer Font141
typography, productivity
How to Avoid Layout Shifts Caused by Web Fonts (sim)140
how-tos, performance, user-experience
Google Fonts Knowledge (ell)139
google, typography
What Are Accessible Fonts?138
accessibility
What Creating a Simple Font Taught Me About Font Design137
typography
Firefox’s “bolder” Default Is a Problem for Variable Fonts (sim/css)136
css, variable-fonts, browsers, firefox
Avoiding FOUT With Async CSS (jay)135
flash-of-x, css, asynchrony
Times New Roman Doesn’t Have to Be Boring—Here’s Why134
typography
All You Need Is 5 Fonts133
design, typography
Optical Size, the Hidden Superpower of Variable Fonts (pix)132
css, variable-fonts, typography
Best Practices for Fonts (tun)131
best-practices, performance
Uniwidth Typefaces for Interface Design130
typography
Why You Should Self-Host Google Fonts in 2021129
google, self-hosting
Time to Say Goodbye to Google Fonts: Cache Performance128
google, caching, performance
Leveraging System Fonts on the Web (jim)127
The Monospaced System UI CSS Font Stack126
css, link-lists
Use Advanced Typography With Local Fonts (tom)125
typography, apis
Happy Birthday Web Fonts! (w3c)124
anniversaries, woff, standards
Speed Up Google Fonts (css)123
performance, google
Dark Mode and Variable Fonts (fon/css)122
dark-mode, variable-fonts, css
Improving Perceived Performance With the CSS “font-display” Property (the)121
performance, css
Should You Self-Host Google Fonts? (tun)120
google, self-hosting, performance
How to Convert Variable TTF Font Files to WOFF2 (hen)119
how-tos, variable-fonts, ttf, woff, typography, conversion
Interactivity and Animation With Variable Fonts (man/24w)118
variable-fonts, animations, javascript, css
Dynamic Typography With Variable Fonts (btc)117
videos, typography, variable-fonts
Optimizing Google Fonts Performance (sma)116
google, performance, optimization
The Scoville Scale of Web Font Loading Opinions (zac/btc)115
videos, performance
Google Fonts Is Adding “font-display” (zac)114
google, css
The Serif Tax (chr/css)113
performance, ttf
Typography for Developers (css)112
typography, legibility, readability, css, link-lists
Get All Font Sizes in Use on a Web Page (zac)111
css, console, javascript
CSS Fonts 3 Is a W3C Recommendation (svg/w3c)110
css, standards
Variable Fonts: What They Are, and How to Use Them109
how-tos, variable-fonts, performance
Icon Fonts vs. SVGs—Which One Should You Use in 2018?108
icon-fonts, svg, images
Weird Things Variable Fonts Can Do (chr/css)107
variable-fonts
Three Techniques for Performant Custom Font Usage (oll/css)106
performance, techniques, flash-of-x
Web Fonts Working Group Announces WOFF 2.0 File Format105
w3c, woff, standards
Understanding Web Fonts and Getting the Most Out of Them (thi/css)104
ttf, woff, css, typography, variable-fonts
Introduction to Variable Fonts on the Web (dav+)103
introductions, variable-fonts, css
FOIT vs. FOUT, a Side by Side Comparison (zac)102
user-experience, flash-of-x, comparisons
Using Webfonts (ali)101
css
CSS “font-display”: The Future of Font Rendering on the Web100
css, typography
If You Really Dislike FOUT, “font-display: optional” Might Be Your Jam (chr/css)99
flash-of-x, css
Optimizing Web Fonts for Performance: The State of the Art98
performance, optimization
Get Started With Variable Fonts (ric)97
introductions, variable-fonts
Free Fonts With Personality and Style (sma)96
link-lists
Align SVG Icons to Text and Say Goodbye to Font Icons (pro)95
svg, images, icons, icon-fonts, css, design, alignment
Experimenting With Color Fonts (fon/css)94
colors, experiments
Webfonts on the Prairie (ali)93
metrics
Critical Web Fonts (zac)92
css, flash-of-x, critical-path, performance, metrics
A New Responsive Font Format for the Web (fon/css)91
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Seriously, Don’t Use Icon Fonts (tyl/clo)90
icon-fonts, html, quality
Loading Web Fonts With the Web Font Loader (fon/css)89
flash-of-x, performance, user-experience
4 Expert Tips for Getting the Most Out of Google Fonts88
google, tips-and-tricks
Using Web Fonts the Best Way (in 2015) (hel)87
performance
Type Is Visible Language (esp/btc)86
videos, typography
The Mitt Romney Web Font Problem (zac)85
flash-of-x, user-experience, css, javascript
Monotype Is Introducing an HTML5-Based Web Font Platform84
html
Variable Fonts for Responsive Design (nic/ali)83
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Flash of Faux Text—Still More on Font Loading (zac)82
flash-of-x, ttf, woff, css, javascript
Programming Fonts81
websites, programming, comparisons
The Good, the Bad, and the Great Examples of Web Typography (sma)80
typography, examples
3 Principles for Perfect Typeface Pairing79
typography, principles
Minimising Font Downloads (jaf)78
css, performance, optimization, support, browsers
The Latest in Web Font Trends (ali)77
trends
Thought Process of a Front End Problem (chr/css)76
processes, debugging, opera, browsers
What Are Icon Fonts?75
icon-fonts
Preventing the Performance Hit From Custom Fonts (chr/css)74
performance, ajax, jquery, lazy-loading
Font Hinting and the Future of Responsive Typography (nic/ali)73
typography, responsive-design
A Critical Approach to Typefaces (sma)72
typography
5 Use Cases for Icon Fonts (css)71
icon-fonts, examples, css
WOFF File Format 1.0 (typ+/w3c)70
woff, standards
Why Won’t Helvetica Go Away? (sma)69
typography, history
HTML for Icon Font Usage (chr/css)68
html, icon-fonts, semantics
A Closer Look at Font Rendering (sma)67
rendering, typography
Custom Fonts in Emails (chr/css)66
email
Creating Custom Font Stacks With “unicode-range” (dre/24w)65
css, unicode
The “@font-face” Rule and Useful Web Font Tricks (ope/sma)64
css, tips-and-tricks
Converting “@font-face” Fonts Quickly in Any OS (zol)63
conversion, css
A Solution to Stop Font Face Fonts Looking Bold on Mac Browsers62
css, browsers, apple, unix-like
The Future of Web Fonts Is Sooner Than It Used to Be61
woff, design
Web Could Be Stylized by New W3C Font Platform60
web, woff, w3c
Quick Guide to Implement Webfonts via “@font-face” (pau)59
guides, css
Frontend SPOF58
performance, html, javascript, css
Google Fonts Is Born—Can I Get a Hallelujah!? (mis)57
google, typography
2010: Web Fonts Are Here and Ready to Use (bra/aja)56
google, foss
How to Detect Font-Smoothing Using JavaScript (zol)55
how-tos, javascript
On Web Typography (jas/ali)54
typography, legibility, readability
Web Open Font Format for Firefox 3.6 (moz)53
woff, firefox, browsers
“@font-face” Is Cool… but Does It Scale? (oct/aja)52
css, performance
More “@font-face” Fun (zol)51
css
Can Typekit Bring Fonts to the Web?50
typography
“@font-face” in Depth (zol)49
css
IKEA and the Font Fiasco48
typography, case-studies
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Comic Sans47
design
Font Embedding Now (dav)46
css
Web Fonts: Do Something Positive! (sen)45
Fuck the Foundries (div)44
typography
8 Definitive Web Font Stacks43
typography
Efficiently Serving Custom Web Fonts (wes)42
conditional-comments, apache, internet-explorer, browsers
Font MIME Types (ann)41
mime-types
The Coming Battle Over Web Fonts40
Web Typography: Tell Me What You Want (jas)39
w3c, typography, css
Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces? (ale)38
legibility, typography, studies, research
The Principles of Beautiful Typography (jas)37
principles, typography, readability, legibility
Fonts in Your Face (jon)36
css, safari, opera
Interview With Håkon Wium Lie (pet)35
interviews, css, licensing
Font Rendering Differences: Firefox vs. IE vs. Safari (chr/css)34
css, rendering, firefox, internet-explorer, safari, browsers, comparisons
80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design (sma)33
design
JavaScript/CSS Font Detector (dal/aja)32
javascript, css, tooling
Better Font Management (dig)31
tooling, link-lists
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