Typekit
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Did I say it was impossible to design a beautiful website using common web fonts? No. I just don't like being so constricted.
Imagine if you were designing a wedding invite that was going to be letterpressed, and polymer plates hadn't been invented yet. You'd be stuck using one of a handful of typefaces. Sure, you could create something beautiful with Baskerville and Franklin Gothic, but it's certainly nice to have more options.
I think it's silly and incredibly limiting for designers to restrict their careers to a mere 4–5 typefaces. I think everyone eventually finds a handful of favorites, but it would be absurd of me to say I could solve any design problem in the world with Helvetica, Avenir, Minion, or Bodoni.
- and pretty crappy ones at that. at least vignelli chose good typefaces with his restrictions.jaylarson
- Exactly. I like Georgia, and Verdana is OK for what it was designed to do...Scotch_Roman
- But I hate projects that relegate the designer to using Arial or Times.Scotch_Roman