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A Call For Open Sourcing Our Fonts

Posted on 26 February, 2009 at 2:09am with 3 comments

With embedded fonts being supported by all modern browsers in one form or another (be it EOT or @font-face), it is only a matter of time until font embedding becomes commonplace on sites catering to current generation browsers. There is a large collection of blog articles discussing the obvious ramifications of embedding commercially-licensed fonts, the inevitable rise in piracy and the equally inevitable decrease in type foundry profits. I have spent a lot of time thinking about this subject and how it relates to recent copyright debacles conflicts. I would like to be optimistic that a proactive approach towards embedding licensed fonts is attainable and will be accepted by many of the major foundries. However, I do not think it will be happening anytime soon. Therefore, I think the more plausible solution for the immediate future, is to push for an embeddable, open source font collection. Read the rest of this post…

Flash Faux Font Weights

Posted on 8 February, 2007 at 12:01am with 7 comments

I am a bit of a stickler about keeping my swf files as small as possible. One of the biggest hurdles I run into for keeping swf file sizes low is the embedding of fonts. There are best practices you can follow, such as using system fonts for large amounts of copy and not embedding characters that will not be used. Still, a couple fonts and/or a couple different weights and your file size is considerably higher. It was during a project where I was having this very problem when I came up with a little trick to help lower the embed size of fonts – and it is extremely easy to do. Read the rest of this post…

Design Open Discussion – What Are Your Favorite Fonts?

Posted on 27 November, 2006 at 12:09am with 12 comments

This discussion is pretty cut and dry – name your favorite fonts and why you like them so much. Be as detailed as possible – for example, there are font families that I really enjoy, but only in certain weights. I highly encourage you to also post a link to a specimen of the font (FontShop is a good resource for font specimens). Feel free to post as many as you like – I am going to try to do something fun with the results, so get as many people involved in this as you can. In addition for those of you who do not know, the more people that you get involved by commenting, the more I donate to a good cause.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts. I will be keeping this post open for a couple weeks to get as many responses as possible. Honestly, I would like to get over 50 people’s responses to this question. Post earlier and post often!

Update: I have posted this discussion again this week in the hope that more folks respond – obviously, I feel far short of the amount of comments I was hoping to get. Please, if you have not yet put in your two cents, take the short time to do so.

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