Any reason not to use Typekit.com?
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- djhiro
I'm designing a website and they're looking for interesting type.
Is there any reason not to use typekit.com?
Does anyone have examples of nicely designed sites using typekit fonts?
- kalkal0
It all looks horribly aliased on windows.
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- truthBoz
- doesn't everythingdoesnotexist
- not exactly true. depends what you are using and at what size.chalk
- monNom0
^ some text size/font combinations lead to completely illegible text.
Using some MS proprietary css filters on your page can switch cleartype rendering off, making the legibility problem even worse.
Poor/weird font hinting sometimes changes the character of a typeface. If you've got approval on design proofs from Photoshop, your type in the live website may be way off.
IMO cufon gives more accurate results for critical applications, though it does not zoom well (typekit/@font-face does).
- mg330
I found Cufon to be super easy to use, especially if it's with Wordpress. Not sure how to implement on a site from scratch. I used SIFR before and had font embed issues. Cufon was flawless for the fonts I wanted on my blog that I just redesigned.
- Boz0
just use google web fonts
- doesnotexist0
font. squirrel.
- Jaline0
It mainly look bad in Windows XP or lower. Windows 7 has some kind of clear type, I believe.
- jkidwell0
How fonts render in the web browser on Windows is determined by a combination of:
1. the quality of the font
2. the operating system settingsI'd recommend reading this post to learn more:
http://blog.webink.com/webink/fo…
- Salarrue0
How about Cufon?
http://cufon.shoqolate.com/gener…
- utopian0
Everything in Windows® looks like and smells horse shite...