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Definition · Supertopics: typography · Subtopics: flash-of-x, icon-fonts, kerning, variable-fonts, woff (non-exhaustive) · “fonts” RSS feed (per email)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
A Broken Heart (api)199
performance, emoji
How to Use Font Ligatures198
how-tos, typography, tooling, adobe, figma, microsoft, css
Fonts (htt)197
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, performance, css
Accessibility Is a Human Right, Cruelty a Human Wrong (zel)196
accessibility
Using CSS to Fix the Irradiation Illusion (arg)195
css, readability
Monotype Font Licencing Shake-Down (ame)194
licensing
Dear Designers: Stop Using System Fonts Like It’s 2005 (web)193
design, variable-fonts
Targeting Specific Characters With CSS Rules (ede)192
css, unicode
Design Can’t Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception (int)191
podcasts, interviews, design, typography
Should You Preload Fonts for Performance? (erw)190
performance, preloading
You’re Loading Fonts Wrong (and It’s Crippling Your Performance) (jon)189
performance, css, image-replacement, flash-of-x, history
The Good, the Bad, and the Unreadable (mal)188
readability, legibility, accessibility, wcag
It’s More Than Picking a Pretty Font (uxd)187
accessibility, legibility, readability, typography, wcag
Why Fonts Look Better on macOS Than on Windows (uxd)186
typography, readability, unix-like, apple, windows, microsoft, comparisons
Thin Fonts Are a Usability Nightmare—and Finally, Designers Are Waking Up (web)185
typography, usability, accessibility, design
Revisiting Fluid Type (ric+/odd)184
videos, interviews, typography, responsive-design
The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan (mwi)183
typography, history
How to Improve Webpage Speed: Tips and Best Practices182
how-tos, performance, optimization, tips-and-tricks, best-practices, redirecting, images, testing, tooling, webpagetest
Beware the Faux Bold (and How to Fix It) (ric)181
typography, css
Preload Fonts on Your Website for Better Core Web Vitals (deb)180
performance, preloading, hints, web-vitals
Fast and Smooth Third-Party Web Fonts (sco)179
embed-code, performance, css, javascript
Fabulous Font-Face Fallbacks (sto/per)178
performance, css, typography
Preloading Fonts for Web Performance With “link rel=preload” (acc/mat)177
performance, preloading, html, hints
Fonts (bra/htt)176
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
What Makes a Font Accessible? A Designer’s Guide (a11)175
guides, design, typography, accessibility
Features of Your Font You Had No Idea About (ole)174
variable-fonts, css
Quick Guide to Web Typography for Developers (ole)173
guides, typography, examples
The Ultimate Guide to Font Performance Optimization (deb)172
guides, performance, optimization
The Monospace Web171
design
WOFF File Format 2.0 (w3c)170
woff, standards
State of Text Rendering 2024169
rendering
Beyond Monospace: The Search for the Perfect Coding Font (rom+/evi)168
developer-experience
Going Beyond Pixels and (r)ems in CSS—Relative Length Units Based on Font (uti/iod)167
css, units
Animating Font Palette (man)166
css, colors, effects
Installing Google Fonts as npm Packages (ami)165
installing, tooling, dependencies, google
The Most Accessible Font164
accessibility, typography, legibility
How to Use a Color Font (man)163
how-tos, css
The 3 Secrets to Font Pairing162
typography, design
Optimizing Web Fonts161
css, performance, optimization
The New Google Fonts: Find What You’re Looking For (tob)160
google
WOFF Has Left the Building (mat)159
woff, typography, css, support
Thinking on Ways to Solve Adaptive Typography (arg/dev)158
videos, typography, css
Using Emoji on the Web (oll)157
emoji, support, unicode
The New “@ font-face” Syntax (oll)156
css
What’s Your Type? Try These Tests to Pick the Perfect Font for You (was)155
design, typography
Typography for Everyone (tob/btc)154
videos, typography
How to Use Google Fonts and “font-display”153
how-tos, google, css
16 Little UI Design Tips That Make a Big Impact152
design, tips-and-tricks, spacing, consistency, colors, contrast, typography
Modern Font Stacks151
websites, typography
Handling CSS Color Fonts With “font-palette” (sta)150
css, colors
Managing Fonts in WordPress Block Themes (css)149
wordpress, theming
How to Password-Protect a Static HTML Page With No JS (ede)148
how-tos, security, css
Improved Font Fallbacks (dev)147
typography, graceful-degradation
How to Pick a Font (That Doesn’t Suck)146
how-tos, guides, typography
Quick Thoughts on Typeface and Font Accessibility145
accessibility, typography
From Type to Logotype144
typography, design, branding, logos
The Final Google Fonts Knowledge Drop of 2022 (ell)143
google, typography
Advanced Web Font Optimization Techniques142
typography, optimization
Hands-On Guide to Color Fonts and “@ font-palette-values” (zor/css)141
videos, guides, css
This Site’s Type Is Now Variable (ell)140
typography, variable-fonts, css
Fonts (htt)139
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics
First Batch of Color Fonts Arrives on Google Fonts138
google, typography, colors
Which Fonts to Use for Your Charts and Tables137
information-design, tables
Front-End Internationalisation Tips136
internationalization, css, javascript
The Joy of Variable Fonts: Getting Started on the Frontend (rom+/evi)135
variable-fonts, css, introductions
Do Dyslexia Fonts Improve Accessibility?134
accessibility, dyslexia
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users II (sma)133
typography, performance
Measuring the Performance of Typefaces for Users (sma)132
typography, performance
Customizing Color Fonts on the Web (web)131
colors, customization
Best Font for Online Reading: No Single Answer (nng)130
studies, research, typography, readability
Fonts for the Web: Rationale, 1996 (svg/w3c)129
history
Childish Font Sizes (tyl/clo)128
readability, design
Fonts in Use: Variable Fonts127
typography, variable-fonts
Variable Fonts in Real Life: How to Use and Love Them (rom+/evi)126
variable-fonts, typography
Identifying Fonts: The Complete Guide125
guides, typography
Don’t Believe the Type! (deq)124
videos, accessibility, typography, readability
Minimizing Google Fonts by Only Loading It for Certain Characters (ami)123
typography, google, performance, minimalism
Why You Should Use a Developer Font122
typography, productivity
How to Avoid Layout Shifts Caused by Web Fonts (sim)121
how-tos, performance, user-experience
Google Fonts Knowledge (ell)120
google, typography
What Are Accessible Fonts?119
accessibility
What Creating a Simple Font Taught Me About Font Design (uxd)118
typography
Firefox’s “bolder” Default Is a Problem for Variable Fonts (sim/css)117
css, variable-fonts, browsers, mozilla, firefox
Avoiding FOUT With Async CSS116
flash-of-x, css, asynchronicity
Times New Roman Doesn’t Have to Be Boring—Here’s Why (uxd)115
typography
All You Need Is 5 Fonts (uxd)114
design, typography
Optical Size, the Hidden Superpower of Variable Fonts (pix)113
css, variable-fonts, typography
Best Practices for Fonts (tun/dev)112
best-practices, performance
Uniwidth Typefaces for Interface Design (uxd)111
typography
Why You Should Self-Host Google Fonts in 2021110
google, self-hosting
Time to Say Goodbye to Google Fonts: Cache Performance109
google, caching, performance
Leveraging System Fonts on the Web (jim)108
The Monospaced System UI CSS Font Stack107
css, link-lists
Use Advanced Typography With Local Fonts (tom/dev)106
typography, apis
Happy Birthday Web Fonts! (w3c)105
anniversaries, woff, standards
Speed Up Google Fonts (css)104
performance, google
Dark Mode and Variable Fonts (fon/css)103
dark-mode, variable-fonts, css
Improving Perceived Performance With the CSS “font-display” Property (the)102
performance, css
Should You Self-Host Google Fonts? (tun)101
google, self-hosting, performance
How to Convert Variable TTF Font Files to WOFF2 (hen)100
how-tos, variable-fonts, woff, typography, conversion
Interactivity and Animation With Variable Fonts (man/24w)99
variable-fonts, animations, javascript, css
Dynamic Typography With Variable Fonts (btc)98
videos, typography, variable-fonts
Optimizing Google Fonts Performance (sma)97
google, performance, optimization
The Scoville Scale of Web Font Loading Opinions (zac/btc)96
videos, performance
The Serif Tax (chr/css)95
performance
Typography for Developers (css)94
typography, legibility, readability, css, link-lists
CSS Fonts 3 Is a W3C Recommendation (svg/w3c)93
css, standards
Variable Fonts: What They Are, and How to Use Them92
how-tos, variable-fonts, performance
Icon Fonts vs. SVGs—Which One Should You Use in 2018?91
icon-fonts, svg, images
Weird Things Variable Fonts Can Do (chr/css)90
variable-fonts
Three Techniques for Performant Custom Font Usage (oll/css)89
performance, techniques, flash-of-x
Web Fonts Working Group Announces WOFF 2.0 File Format88
w3c, woff, standards
Understanding Web Fonts and Getting the Most Out of Them (thi/css)87
woff, css, typography, variable-fonts
Introduction to Variable Fonts on the Web (dav+/dev)86
introductions, variable-fonts, css
FOIT vs. FOUT, a Side by Side Comparison (zac)85
user-experience, flash-of-x, comparisons
Using Webfonts (ali)84
css
CSS “font-display”: The Future of Font Rendering on the Web83
css, typography
If You Really Dislike FOUT, “font-display: optional” Might Be Your Jam (chr/css)82
flash-of-x, css
Optimizing Web Fonts for Performance: The State of the Art81
performance, optimization
Get Started With Variable Fonts (ric)80
introductions, variable-fonts
Free Fonts With Personality and Style (sma)79
link-lists
Align SVG Icons to Text and Say Goodbye to Font Icons78
svg, images, icons, icon-fonts, css, design, alignment
Experimenting With Color Fonts (fon/css)77
colors, experiments
Webfonts on the Prairie (ali)76
metrics
A New Responsive Font Format for the Web (fon/css)75
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Seriously, Don’t Use Icon Fonts (tyl/clo)74
icon-fonts, html, quality
Loading Web Fonts With the Web Font Loader (fon/css)73
flash-of-x, performance, user-experience
4 Expert Tips for Getting the Most Out of Google Fonts72
google, tips-and-tricks
Using Web Fonts the Best Way (in 2015) (hel)71
performance
Type Is Visible Language (esp/btc)70
videos, typography
The Mitt Romney Web Font Problem (zac)69
flash-of-x, user-experience, css, javascript
Monotype Is Introducing an HTML5-Based Web Font Platform68
html
Variable Fonts for Responsive Design (nic/ali)67
variable-fonts, responsive-design
Programming Fonts66
websites, programming, comparisons
The Good, the Bad, and the Great Examples of Web Typography (sma)65
typography, examples
3 Principles for Perfect Typeface Pairing64
typography, principles
Minimising Font Downloads (jaf)63
css, performance, optimization, support, browsers
The Latest in Web Font Trends (ali)62
trends
Thought Process of a Front End Problem (chr/css)61
processes, debugging, opera, browsers
What Are Icon Fonts?60
icon-fonts
Preventing the Performance Hit From Custom Fonts (chr/css)59
performance, ajax, jquery, lazy-loading
Font Hinting and the Future of Responsive Typography (nic/ali)58
typography, responsive-design
A Critical Approach to Typefaces (sma)57
typography
5 Use Cases for Icon Fonts (css)56
icon-fonts, examples, css
WOFF File Format 1.0 (typ+/w3c)55
woff, standards
Why Won’t Helvetica Go Away? (sma)54
typography, history
HTML for Icon Font Usage (chr/css)53
html, icon-fonts, semantics
A Closer Look at Font Rendering (sma)52
rendering, typography
Custom Fonts in Emails (chr/css)51
email
Creating Custom Font Stacks With “unicode-range” (dre/24w)50
css, unicode
The “@ font-face” Rule and Useful Web Font Tricks (ope/sma)49
css, tips-and-tricks
A Solution to Stop Font Face Fonts Looking Bold on Mac Browsers48
css, browsers, apple, unix-like
The Future of Web Fonts Is Sooner Than It Used to Be47
woff, design
Web Could Be Stylized by New W3C Font Platform46
web, woff, w3c
Quick Guide to Implement Webfonts via “@ font-face” (pau/dev)45
guides, css
Frontend SPOF44
performance, html, javascript, css
Google Fonts Is Born—Can I Get a Hallelujah!? (mis)43
google, typography
2010: Web Fonts Are Here and Ready to Use (bra/aja)42
google, foss
On Web Typography (jas/ali)41
typography, legibility, readability
Web Open Font Format for Firefox 3.6 (moz)40
woff, firefox, mozilla, browsers
“@ font-face” Is Cool… but Does It Scale? (oct/aja)39
css, performance
More “@ font-face” Fun (zol)38
css
“@ font-face” in Depth (zol)37
css
IKEA and the Font Fiasco36
typography, case-studies
Friends Don’t Let Friends Use Comic Sans35
design
Font Embedding Now (dav)34
css
Web Fonts: Do Something Positive! (sen)33
Fuck the Foundries (div)32
typography
8 Definitive Web Font Stacks31
typography
Efficiently Serving Custom Web Fonts (wes)30
conditional-comments, apache, internet-explorer, microsoft, browsers
Font MIME Types (ann)29
mime-types
The Coming Battle Over Web Fonts28
Web Typography: Tell Me What You Want (jas)27
w3c, typography, css
Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces? (ale)26
legibility, typography, studies, research
The Principles of Beautiful Typography (jas)25
principles, typography, readability, legibility
Fonts in Your Face (jon)24
css, safari, opera
Interview With Håkon Wium Lie (pet)23
interviews, css, licensing
Font Rendering Differences: Firefox vs. IE vs. Safari (chr/css)22
css, rendering, firefox, mozilla, internet-explorer, microsoft, safari, apple, browsers, comparisons
80 Beautiful Typefaces for Professional Design (sma)21
design
JavaScript/CSS Font Detector (dal/aja)20
javascript, css, tooling
Better Font Management (dig)19
tooling, link-lists
Study of Free/Shareware Web Fonts18
studies, research
Top 5 Web Design Mistakes (nza)17
design, images, javascript, colors, mistakes
sJIR: scalable Jens Image Replacement16
image-replacement, techniques, javascript
Origins of Verdana/Tahoma (dav)15
typography
A Comparison of Popular Online Fonts: Which Size and Type Is Best?14
legibility, comparisons, studies, research
About the Hiragino Fonts With CSS (hsi)13
unix-like, css
Icon Font, SVG, PDF, and PNG Generator12
tools, exploration, images, code-generation, icon-fonts, svg, pdf, png
Font Capability Checker (pix)11
tools, exploration, typography
Font Comparer10
tools, exploration, typography, comparisons
Font Determiner9
tools, exploration, typography
Font Family Support Checker (zac)8
tools, exploration, typography, support
Font Pairing Generator7
tools, exploration, typography, comparisons
Font Style Matcher6
tools, exploration, typography, css
Font Tester5
tools, exploration, typography
Web Font Generator4
tools, exploration, typography
Google Web Fonts Helper3
tools, exploration, code-generation, google, typography
Fallback Font Generator (scr)2
tools, exploration, typography, code-generation
Text-to-Unicode Range Generator (sto)1
tools, exploration, typography, code-generation, css