Tag: font

The New Bulletproof @Font-Face Syntax

Since the beginning of the ‘webfont revolution’ we’ve relied on somewhat hacky @font-face declarations to get webfonts loading cross-browser. Could there be a better way? One that’s clear and compatible with future browsers?
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-webkit-font-smoothing

I’m not a big fan of the default text rendering in WebKit, in my opinion, it’s too heavy. There used to be a workaround where setting text-shadow would make the text thinner, but updating to Snow Leopard rendered that useless. Then someone found another hack using -webkit-text-stroke that seemed to work nicely, but it wasn’t […]
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CSS Font Shorthand Property Cheat Sheet

In the past I’ve displayed some serious animosity towards the CSS font shorthand property. I still don’t agree with ever using font shorthand, I do think it’s important that CSS developers understand how it works. I’ve prepared a printable cheat sheet that you can download and hang next to your computer, which will come in […]
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Curtis CSS Typeface

Curtis is the name I’ve given for a family of geometric sans-serif fonts currently in development. Other incarnations exist as Fontstructions: Curtis Heavy and Curtis Pixel 14. This version takes form in CSS. All shapes are rendered by the browser, using a combination of background color, border width, border radius, and a heavily reliance on […]
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@font-face and 15 Free Fonts You Can Use Today

Fonts are a huge part of design (as we all know). Text on the web needs to be much more dynamic than in any other media. We have solutions like Cufón, sIFR, etc. but perhaps one of the better options is using @font-face in CSS. We’ll take a quick look at using @font-face in CSS […]
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CSS Font-Sizing: a Definitive Guide

Font sizing in CSS sounds as though it should be easy. Until you try it. Many developers use the force; they tinker with the font-size property until it looks right only to find it’s different in another browser. A little understanding can go a long way…
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16 Web Safe Fonts To Use With CSS

A list of web safe fonts that you can use with CSS stylesheets. “Web Safe” fonts mean that they will be extremely common on most versions of Windows, Mac, Linux etc, so they will be viewable by more or less everyone. Along with each font is a preview image of what it looks like, and […]
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Create letterpress type using only CSS

The letterpress effect is one of the 2009 trends and is present in a lot of websites. It simply works because it adds a touch of “tactile” to the overall design and at the same time looks good with gradients, shadows, etc. Let’s see a quick way to add this effect to our sites using […]
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