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How to Use Any Font on the Web As a designer, typography is a very important aspect to my work. Now as far as print design, implementing any form of type isn’t a problem, but when it comes to the web then there’s only a certain amount of fonts you can use, right? WRONG. In the last couple of years, there has been some growth in using other typefaces on the web. CSS allows developers to use a property called @font-face to define a new typeface and these fonts are 100% SEO friendly.

Handpicked Typefaces Archive Discover Typographica’s “Our Favorite Typefaces of 2013” This early morning (local Belgian time) the news finally came in – Typographica announced it published their annual Our Favorite Typefaces. A fine gathering of type users and type creators each selected a typeface released in the past year and reviewed it. Free up half a day and take the time to read through it [...] Read more ttf2eot on the web! Use this tool to convert a TrueType (TTF) font file into an OpenType (EOT) font file, for use with Internet Explorer for embedded fonts. After using this tool, you will be able to embed fonts on your web pages that can be seen on Internet Explorer 4 and higher, and all current modern web browsers that support embedded fonts via CSS3 (Firefox 3.5 and higher are among such browsers). See the Restrictions that are in place for this web application. There are some known issues with the ttf2eot binary this application uses and certain TTF files won't work on IE when converted to EOT.

3D Text CSS – November 15, 2011 Posted in: Retired Two months ago Mozilla launched a campaign called Webify Me. The campaign was rooted in the idea that although there is one Web that we use, we all have different interactions with it, which makes the Web both unique and personal for each individual. Webify Me is a site that builds a fun, visual manifestation of the user’s personal Web. Users answered a series of fun questions on how they use the Web. Font guide for webmasters undefined Until font downloading technology is perfected, Web designers must normally restrict themselves to fonts that are available on most users’ computer systems. So which fonts are installed on everyone’s computers? Your best bets are the ones that come with the Internet Explorer (MSIE) browser and the Windows and Macintosh operating systems. For the last few years, the MSIE fonts have been installed on every new Windows and Macintosh PC, so they are your best “cross-platform” bet. [More details below]

Introducing Typekit When we started Small Batch Inc. last year, our goal was to explore what’s now possible on the web. That exploration has taken many shapes: bringing together a community at The Start Conference, working with our friends at Twitter for a few months, and digging deep into data with Wikirank. Now we’re focusing on an entirely new idea, and we’d like to share that with you. 50 List of Free Online Photo Editing Tools Editing an image is very popular these days due to the innovation of graphic software programs that will allow us to create computer arts from scratch. However, we could also enhance, add some cool effects and customize the look of our images easily without having the need of these soft wares through the online photo editors. An online photo editor tool allows us to edit and manipulate a photo in the Web Browser. This is more advantageous compared to the softwares for editing an image as this could not consume much of the memory of your desktop and the processing is done faster by the server.

Rich Typography On The Web: Techniques and Tools « Smashing Magazine Advertisement Let’s face it: Web-safe fonts are very limiting. Maybe a dozen fonts are out there that are widely enough adopted to be considered “Web safe,” and those ones aren’t exactly spectacular for much other than body type. Sure, Georgia, Arial or Times New Roman work just fine for the bulk of the text on your website, but what if you want something different for, let’s say, headings? Free Renaissance Calligraphy Script Fonts and Typefaces Here is a collection of free and shareware fonts for use on your own Renaissance or history pages, design projects, and documents. These are all fonts I regularly use at Luminarium, some calligraphic fonts, some typefaces. Some are demo fonts, some with full character sets — all are gorgeous. Enjoy! Aquiline Two by Manfred Klein.

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