Typography on the Web

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Submitted by kenwoodworth on July 12, 2012 - 03:32

Despite the general title, this BoF will delve into a number of advanced topics including:

Amazing things happening with typography on the web:

  • Ligatures, Swashes and Subsets
  • Icon Fonts
  • Masking with text
  • Text-stroke!
  • Different services

As well as the not-so-amazing things happening with typography on the web:

  • Browser Rendering
  • Browser Support
  • Self-hosting Issues
  • New font-sizing standards for large and small displays

If you create anything that's shown on a screen, this is a BoF you can't miss.

Room: 
Athen
Time slot: 
Tuesday 14:15-15:15

Comments

I'm co-maintaining the @font-your-face module, would love to learn what's hot and what could be built into the module.

Submitted by BarisW on August 20, 2012 - 08:03