2010 Font Wars
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Font Wars
Discussion led by Tristan Harward and Nicholas Silva
This discussion took many turns, from which styles of fonts are appropriate on different mediums, to the technology behind fonts on the web.
Which Fonts?
Use:
- Helvetica (and Helvetica Neue)
- Verdana (sometimes)
- Lucida Grande
- Palatino / Georgia
- Garamond (more formal)
Don't Use:
- Comic Sans
- Papyrus
- Verdana (a controversial font...)
Font Resources
Books
- The Elements of Typographic Style - A book for those interested in more background on Typography and font design and usage.
- Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works - An entertaining, informative and educational tour through the most basic unit of communication--type.
Film
- Helvetica - A fascinating documentary film on typography, graphic design and global visual culture.
Web
- Font Squirrel - A great resource for free, hand-picked, high-quality, commercial-use fonts.
- TypeKit - A free and commercial service for delivering and managing web fonts
- FontDeck - A site coming soon promising to deliver on the dream of custom web fonts.
- Overview of @font-face - the CSS font specification for the future (actually it's been around for years...).
- Typeface.js - A Javascript library to embed custom fonts in your web pages.
- Cufón - A great web app for generating font files of various kinds and compatibilities for use on the web.
- Fontshop's FontStruct - Make your own fonts using this web app right in the browser.
- WhatTheFont - Don't know what font that is? Ask here!
- MyFonts Type Blog - Really great insights on fonts and typography. (also see MyFonts.com, a great site for finding free and commercial fonts.
