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Presented during TypeCon 2011: Surge in New Orleans by Scott Boms (Butter Label/LL&S), Luke Dorny (Newsvine/Butter Label/LL&S) nad Brian Warren (Happy Cog/Butter Label/LL&S).
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WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD
WHERE ARE (WEB) DESIGNERSGOING WITH WEB FONTS?
TYPECON 2011: SURGE
WHO ARETHESE GUYS?
BRIANWARRENHAPPY COG/BUTTER LABEL
LUKEDORNYNEWSVINE/BUTTER LABEL
SCOTTBOMSLL&S/BUTTER LABEL
THE PAST
500+YEARS OF PRINT
15YEARS of CSS TYPE
10YEARS of HACKS
2YEARS of WEB FONTS
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TYPE ON THE WEB
We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards into the future.” MARSHALL McLUHAN
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This photograph is copyright © Henri Dauman/The Estate of Marshall McLuhan and may not be used without permission.
SURVEY The complete results are available at http://bit.ly/wfsr2011
A BIT ABOUT THE SURVEY
13QUESTIONS
5DAYS
235RESPONSES
A BIT ABOUT THE SURVEY
94%of web designers are using web fonts
6%
94%
YES NO
HOW DESIGNERS ARE CHOOSING TYPEOptimized for Small Sizes
Fallback Font Availability
Range of Weights and Styles
Number of Glyphs
Language Support
Availability of Special Characters
Pairings from Same Web Font Service
Appropriateness for the Project
0 50 100 150 200
91%want better quality web fonts rather than just more of them
9%
91%
QUALITY QUANTITY
66%prefer hosted web font services such as Typekit,FontDeck, WebType, etc.
34%
66%
HOSTED SELF-HOSTED
84%sometimes or always talk to clients about using web fonts
47%
16%
37%
YES NO SOMETIMES
WHERE WE’RE
GOING
Web designers simply want the same control print has enjoyed for decades
BY EXAMPLE
SAGINAW by ?
BASKERVILLE by Monotype
MOD REGULAR by Font Fabric
HERO LIGHT by Svetoslav Simov
BREE by TypeTogether
Skolar by TypeTogether
LIQUORSTORE by Chank Co.
COQUETTE by Mark Simonson
HELLENIC WIDE by Veer
PROXIMA NOVA by Mark Simonson
01. RENDERING
PLATFORMS & VIEWPORTS
02. LITTLE DETAILS
We’re rediscovering typography.” JON TAN
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03. IDENTIFICATION & PAIRING
04. WORKFLOW & INTEGRATION
What would be most helpful to you as a designer to make web fonts better?”
SURVEY QUESTION:
“
It’d be really great to have some way to design in Photoshop/Illustrator with a font I have a web license for.”
ACTUAL ANSWER:
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Original concept by Elliot Jay Stocks
05. POLYFILLS
Polyfills close the gaps created by browsers that support more advanced features of the HTML and CSS specs
06. BEYOND THE BROWSER
The future of the web is the future of typography.”
N I C K S H E R M A N
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THANK YOU@scottboms @mrwarren @luxuryluke
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