Comments on: What grinds my gears #3

By: Radu Chelariu

Radu Chelariu — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:19:35 +0000

@Curtiss – I’ve known about Typekit for some time now and I think it’s a nice solution to a possibly expensive problem.
Essentially they’re just a host, albeit a very, very…very! secure host, for typefaces. This way, you don’t have to buy the font you need. Just use their service and watch the costs go down.
Personally, I’m a big Public Domain advocate and I try to use as many PD fonts as possible. Check out http://openfontlibrary.org – it’s my favorite place to go hunt for new, truly free and embeddable fonts.
Alternatively, you can try http://www.fontsquirrel.com – they host commercial free fonts, though not all are embed-free.

By: Curtiss

Curtiss — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:13:05 +0000

I’m assuming you have seen this? Not sure what they use. http://typekit.com

By: radu

radu — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:26:14 +0000

I agree with your point neogrey and this is really what this rant is about: the fact that the font revolution that CSS3 and all the sIFRs and Cufons hold will not just make it easier, more flexible and more fun for real designers to work and portray their ideas but also for people that “think” they’re good at this job to screw up zeh interwebs! I fear the days when Papyrus and Copperplate will overrun the web like the damn Apocalypse (the fictional event, not the village, though I’d like to visit it sometime).

By: neogrey

neogrey — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:23:08 +0000

Well, I cannot agree 100% with the rant about using cufon, sifr or the others. Design has to be free of limitations, so if you really know what you’re doing and you’re a designer and not just someone with “mad-PS-skillz”, that’s fine. I would use cufon for setting the H1 with something different than Arial, that’s all – and I would restrain myself from Papyrus, I promise

By: radu

radu — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:43:53 +0000

) Thanks for your comments Matt. Speed-typing and computer Dyslexia go hand in hand!

By: PeaceMatt

PeaceMatt — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:33:36 +0000

Ahh! As a designer I can winge with the best of them about fonts… but also like most I am Dyslexic and can not spell. (Arial)

By: PeaceMatt

PeaceMatt — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:24:25 +0000

me too scrolling down to that 2nd bubble …. i will download and get the ending to this atrocity later..
I think we have a whole raft of commonly bad fonts that grinds the gears of designers. Ariel! Yawn a rama!

By: Mastema

Mastema — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:05:10 +0000

By FSM, that comic is atrocious. Made it through the first bubble; no more.