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Revolution in web typography is almost here?

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 [...]

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View Blip.pl avatars in hi-res

Blip.pl is more or less a Polish equivalent of Twitter. If you upload a photo as an avatar, it will be resized, but the original hi-res image is still stored on the server. To view it, just drag hi-res avatar into your bookmarks bar, and click it while visiting other users’ dashboards.

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Checking font availability with jQuery

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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