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• Origins of the alphabet

  Stunningly designed and well-researched narrative on the origins of the Latin alphabet

  Aug 10 2010 at 12:08 PM EDT

  Topics: Typography, Language

• Chinese movable type

  An overview of how movable type was used commercially up until the past few decades

  Jul 3 2010 at 10:19 AM EDT

  Topic: Typography

• optimizeLegibility extension

  Jim Ray creates a simple Safari extension to improve how type is rendered on page

  Jul 1 2010 at 10:40 AM EDT

  Topics: Browsers, Typography

• Proportional leading, fluid line length

  Using msnbc.com's new design to talk about a way to improve typography

  Jun 30 2010 at 11:58 AM EDT

  Topics: CSS, Typography

• Notes on typography

  Seventy years ago, Vanity Fair announced it has toned down its experiment with Modernism

  Jun 20 2010 at 8:10 PM EDT

  Topics: Typography, Style & Usage

• Hyphenation online

  A seemingly easy way to justify, and nicely hyphenate, text online

  Jun 10 2010 at 8:30 PM EDT

  Topics: Typography, CSS

• The last typewriter repairmen

  Photo essay on about a waning trade, some good lessons to be found in the index typewriter, too

  Jun 1 2010 at 10:50 PM EDT

  Topics: Typography, Usability

• Typeface

  Overview of an interesting documentary about the Hamilton wood type factory and the legacy of letterpress

  May 26 2010 at 1:00 PM EDT

  Topic: Typography

• font-face rendering

  Nice flow chart showing how and why different browsers and operating systems display type

  May 20 2010 at 1:25 PM EDT

  Topics: Typography, CSS

• Typekit releases its type loader

  Now any site can deliver custom fonts to its audience using the same fallback techniques as Typekit

  May 19 2010 at 2:08 PM EDT

  Topics: Typography, CSS

• Google does Web fonts

  Google introduces a new API to embed a narrow selection of Web-friendly fonts

  May 19 2010 at 1:31 PM EDT

  Topics: Typography, CSS

• Typekit design gallery

  Collection of sites showcasing type-heavy design using Typekit's fonts

  May 17 2010 at 1:57 AM EDT

  Topics: Typography, Web Design

• The New Typography

  MoMA's online collection of for its exhibit on the groundbreaking information design movement

  May 17 2010 at 1:54 AM EDT

  Topics: Typography, Design

• Where Microsoft beats Apple

  Joe Clark aims his immeasurable knowledge of type straight at the company loved by designers

  Apr 14 2010 at 9:56 AM EDT

  Topics: Typography, Computers

• Fonts on the iPhone and iPad

  A list of the 22 and 44 fonts natively installed on each respective device

  Apr 13 2010 at 10:58 AM EDT

  Topics: Mobile, Typography

• Rent or own typefaces

  Good discussion in the comment thread about the best ways to distribute fonts on the Web

  Mar 23 2010 at 8:34 PM EDT

  Topics: Web Standards, Typography

• A CSS typeface named Curtis

  Built of spans, the design is reminiscent of a bold, Art Deco-style display face

  Mar 17 2010 at 12:26 PM EDT

  Topics: Typography, CSS

• The art, science and technology of reading

  Presentation deflates many myths about reading onscreen

  Mar 16 2010 at 11:52 AM EDT

  Topics: Typography, Web Design

• Buy a font, use it online

  This crazy concept is now possible with Typekit and almost any FontShop typeface

  Feb 24 2010 at 11:40 AM EST

  Topics: Typography, Web Design

• Typekit supports WOFF

  The Web Open Font Format will be used to deliver fonts to Firefox 3.6

  Jan 21 2010 at 11:10 PM EST

  Topics: CSS, Typography

• Web Font Specimen

  Build your own reference library for Web typefaces

  Nov 19 2009 at 2:23 PM EST

  Topics: Typography, Web Design

• Ligature, Loop & Stem

  Limited edition typography products beautifully designed

  Nov 17 2009 at 2:14 PM EST

  Topic: Typography

• Impressive CSS typography controls

  Mozilla is exploring some new rules to expose type-specific features in CSS

  Oct 21 2009 at 8:42 PM EDT

  Topics: CSS, Typography

• Typotheque Web Font Service

  Type foundry unveils a well-rounded collection of Web fonts for use with @font-face

  Oct 20 2009 at 2:32 PM EDT

  Topics: Typography, CSS

• Boing Boing readers and @font-face

  Webmonkey explains why the reaction to Boing Boing's redesign may have been more severe than it could have been

  Oct 10 2009 at 11:23 AM EDT

  Topics: CSS, Typography

• Font embedding 101

  How to get nice type on Web pages with only some pain

  Oct 8 2009 at 1:54 PM EDT

  Topics: CSS, Typography

• Nice Web Type

  Some stunning examples of what's possible with real type on the web

  Jul 24 2009 at 3:53 PM EDT

  Topics: Typography, CSS

• Web-friendly fonts, take 2

  An XML-based licensing standard (.webfont) has been proposed as a way to embed typefaces

  Jul 17 2009 at 12:30 PM EDT

  Topics: Typography, Web Standards

• Web-friendly OpenType fonts

  The Font Bureau proposes a way to legally distribute fonts for Web use

  Jul 17 2009 at 12:47 AM EDT

  Topics: Typography, Web Standards

• Improving "Missing cat" posters

  A brilliant guerrilla typography project to beautify the streets

  Jul 14 2009 at 11:47 AM EDT

  Topics: Typography, Design