klenwell press » Typography http://klenwell.com/press A Developer's Broadsheet Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:51:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 Google Fonts API http://klenwell.com/press/2010/05/google-fonts-api/ http://klenwell.com/press/2010/05/google-fonts-api/#comments Sat, 22 May 2010 18:12:11 +0000 klenwell http://klenwell.com/press/?p=184 Four or five years ago, this would have been a dream come true. This really is a revolutionary innovation for web designers. Nowadays, I’m more intrigued by the Google Prediction API. Still I couldn’t resist playing around with the new Fonts API and I put together this usage page on my wiki:

Google Fonts API

I have to look at it in Google Chrome to see the effects. Also, don’t forget my old CSS font families page:

Favorite CSS Font Families

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At the same, the internet has worked to simplify the subject for me, as the restrictions imposed by cross-platform consideration has effectively succeeded in establishing a limited canon of digital fonts. Just as well. Too many choices can overwhelm. Creativity is sometimes enhanced by a limited palette. And fine things can be achieved with Arial.

Still, I keep my eye out for effective typographical effects and font grouping and it is a subject I will continue to explore on this blog.

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