Web Typography: A (brief) review
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Typography is what language looks
like. Ellen Lupton

what is
web type?

beyond the
default fonts

image replacement

Cufón

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sIFR

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@font-face

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Typekit

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rendering issues

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reference

books The Elements of Typographic
Style Robert Bringhurst Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works Erik Spiekermann & E.M. Ginger The Non-Designer’s Type Book Robin Williams Designing with Type: The Essential Guide to Typography James Craig Thinking With Type: A Critical Guide Ellen Lupton Web Standards Creativity Multiple Authors

links The Elements of Typographic
Style Applied to the Web http://webtypography.net/ Setting Type on the Web to a Baseline Grid http://www.alistapart.com/articles/settingtypeontheweb 5 Simple Steps to Better Typography http://markboulton.co.uk/articles/detail/five_simple_ » steps_to_better_typography/ CSS with Vertical Rhythm http://drewish.com/tools/vertical-rhythm Compose to a Vertical Rhythm http://24ways.org/2006/compose-to-a-vertical-rhythm CSS @ Ten http://www.alistapart.com/articles/cssatten

links Revised Image Replacement http://www.mezzoblue.com/tests/revised-image-replacement/
sIFR (scaleable Inman Flash Replacement) http://novemberborn.net/sifr Cufón http://wiki.github.com/sorccu/cufon/ Typekit http://typekit.com/ The League of Moveable Type http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/ Font Squirrel http://fontsquirrel.com/

links Web Fonts Test Suite
http://jontangerine.com/silo/typography/web-fonts/ Converting OTF or TTF to EOT http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/screencast-converting-ttf2eot Become a Font Embedding Master http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/becoming-a-font-embedding-master Type Does Not Look Exactly The Same in Every Browser http://forabeautifulweb.com/blog/about/ » type_does_not_look_exactly_the_same_in_every_browser/ Nice Web Type http://nicewebtype.com/ I Love Typography http://ilovetypography.com/

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