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 [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, you’re witnessing the beginning of a revolution – “Axel” font family designed by Erik Spiekermann will be embeddable via @font-face. FontShop’s move could push other big players to update their EULAs and let us all reap benefits from the new era of web typography.
FontAvailable is a short and brilliant jQuery plugin (put together by Howard Rauscher), that allows to check if ceratin font is installed on a visitor’s computer/device. Why, you ask? So you can select an adequate method of enhancing your website/webapp typography (@font-face, sIFR, typeface.js, cufón, etc.).
$(document).ready(function() {
if($.fontAvailable('klavika')) {
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