Julius Mattsson » Typography

Google and Typekit font collaboration

Julius — Thu, 20 May 2010 08:49:18 +0000

Google and Typekit have apparently worked together on a collaboration on open source fonts. In a nutshell, it appears to be the Typekit service, a javascript library called WebFont Loader and a bunch of open source fonts thrown into a mix together. Here’s Google’s and Typekit’s announcement. Note, though, that it doesn’t work on iPhone, iPad or Android as of yet. Still, I’ve got a good feeling about this.

Update: The previewer tool is also worth checking out.

Meet Curtis, the CSS font

Julius — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:45:28 +0000

Here’s something nerdy, but fun. David Desandro one day wondered if it would be possible to create a typeface using only CSS. And then he did it. It’s a nice mixture of span’s that create the inner workings of the typeface using border-radius and other goodies to perform this magic. It also looks pretty cool, in a chic kind of way. If the thought of this gives you a weird smirk on your face (like, you know, the kind of smirk I’ve got right now) I suggest you head over to his site and inspect the hell out of that code.

Update: Perhaps even cooler, how about The Opera Logo?

A Cufón alternative

Julius — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:25:20 +0000

Typeface.js is an alternative to using Cufón for text rendering.

3px font

Julius — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:26:14 +0000

This is pretty interesting, and useful, when it comes to type within small areas.

Karbon font preview

Julius — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:23:00 +0000

The preview of Kris Sowersby’s new font “Karbon” looks really promising.

Rotated HTML text

Julius — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:46:04 +0000

One of my kid dreams has come true: Rotated text, in HTML (using CSS). Wonderful.

Webtypography

Julius — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:39:33 +0000

Can’t believe I haven’t linked to this yet. Typography; for the web.

Arial vs Helvetica

Julius — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:56:37 +0000

How to spot the difference.

Font stacks

Julius — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:50:57 +0000

Richard Rutter makes some good points regarding font stacks, and also adds a nice little matrix with fonts usually installed on people’s machines.

Decorative Alphabet

Julius — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:27:44 +0000

Love the details in this Decorative alphabet by flickr user onetwentyeight.