Finding free web fonts can be difficult when you're designing on a budget but thankfully there are a whole host of options available online. There are lots of things to consider when picking out your ...

Elaborate typography has been slow to emerge on the Web. Now the underlying technology is in place, and Google is trying to help supply fonts as well. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Text on computers has always been complex, but the popularity of the Internet has exposed millions of people to the problems posed by editable fonts. “Why can’t my Web designer use my favorite font ...

Google's Web fonts now are available through Monotype's SkyFonts technology, which lets people download fonts from the Web and use them on their computers. Stephen Shankland Former Principal Writer ...

The nascent Web Open Font Format (WOFF) is getting a boost this week thanks to some new initiatives being kicked off by the W3C, the web's governing body. The W3C recently created a working group to ...

These are a category of fonts that have a small line attached to the end of a stroke in a letter or symbol. Examples include Times New Roman, Georgia and Cambria. This is a category without serifs.

If there’s a topic that’s bound to get designers riled up into a fiery debate, it’s the issue of choosing the best font for reading to use on the screen. For most of the web’s life, designers haven’t ...

Fonts seem innocent when on the computer. Most of the time, we do not even pay attention to the fonts on web pages except when they are too hard on the eyes. But untrusted fonts on web pages may be ...