wojciech gabryś » design http://blog.wojciechgabrys.com (development + blog) * geek stuff - girly crap = devlog! Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:30:58 +0000 en hourly 1 Revolution in web typography is almost here? http://blog.wojciechgabrys.com/2009/05/28/revolution-in-web-typography-is-almost-here/ http://blog.wojciechgabrys.com/2009/05/28/revolution-in-web-typography-is-almost-here/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 15:51:35 +0000 Wojciech Gabryś http://blog.wojciechgabrys.com/?p=127 Looks like the revolution in web typography will be here faster, than we all suspected. But will it be what people asked for?

Small Batch Inc. announced today Typekit – “The easiest way to use real fonts on your website”. From the scraps of information available today, we know, that Typekit is a platform working with type foundries, that delivers web-embeddable fonts on demand. It’s supposed to be launched this summer with free and paid plans.

With this new solution, new concerns emerge:

  • why would we have to pay for fonts, that we already own? From this point of view, the new EULA, thats enables web-embedding is a definitely better answer for webdesigners (rather than typographers).
  • why overcomplicate easy and obvious things? Instead of simple CSS definition linking external typeface, you’re forced to use JavaScript.
  • will JavaScript take advantage of browser not supporting @font-face natively? (like typeface.js, or cufon)
  • what will happen, when your Typekit subscription will expire, or this particular font will be removed from the library?
  • website vulnerability – it’s external JavaScript for gods sake! Any global/local website modifications, visitor tracking, and data hijacking by anyone, who owns Typekit (takeover anyone?)

For now, we have to be patient and follow @typekit’s updates on Twitter, or wait for theirs newsletter.

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