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In Fonts and Web Typography
- Legally Get Vista Fonts from Microsoft, No License Required
- Font Families & Web-safe Fonts: The Point of Penultimate Resort
- Visual reference to 19 fonts for cross-platform web design
- Fonts for web design: further comparison of cross-platform dependability
- Aspect values and x-widths for fonts
- Reliability of “Web–safe” fonts
Fonts and Web Typography
Websites have a tendency to look similar to one another, if not in their layout then certainly in the typefaces used. Conventional wisdom has it that there is a limited selection of websafe fonts from which to choose, but creative use of available techniques allows more flexibility than is commonly thought possible.
This section contains reference information, discussion and links relating to typography on the web, with particular emphasis on how it can all be used to get out of the rut that passes for web-typography.
Legally Get Vista Fonts from Microsoft, No License Required
The six fonts of the Vista ‘C’ set, designed specifically for on screen legibility and previously unavailable legitimately without purchasing a license for Windows Vista or Office, can now be obtained legally and freely direct from microsoft… at least for those running Windows.
Font Families & Web-safe Fonts: The Point of Penultimate Resort
Fonts on websites can be a bit of a bore. The same typefaces crop up time and time again, even though CSS provides the tools with which to innovate beyond these limits. So, why not use this ability to design outside the confines of the web-safe set, and give website typography a much needed kick in the process?
Visual reference to 19 fonts for cross-platform web design
Visual reference to 19 fonts for web use, including all 9 web-safe fonts, plus samples from fonts that are more common on unix systems. A tool to aid the definition of truly web-safe font-families.
Fonts for web design: further comparison of cross-platform dependability
Compilation of the 31 most commonly found fonts from all platforms, presented in three cross-platform comparison tables in descending order of occurance for each of Windows, MacOS and unix operating systems.
Aspect values and x-widths for fonts
Aspect value of a font is a usefiul indicator of font legibility, and will be used in the CSS3 re-implementation of the font-size-adjust property, ensuring consistent x-heights for all members of a font-family…. The tables here provide aspect values for a variety of fonts found on Windows and Macintosh platforms.
