Type is hard enough without all the strange terms
Tuesday September 2, 2008
Typography is challenging for Web designers because it can be difficult to manage without using images. After all, if you find the perfect font and I don't have it on my computer, I'll still see your page in something generic like Times New Roman. In April, the W3C announced they'd be looking more closely into Web typography, so maybe this won't always be such a nightmare. But one thing that you can learn now to prepare is what all the jargon means. And while I have a basic typography glossary on my site, Joshua Clanton has written a much more complete Web Designers Typographic Glossary that I really like.
Comments
I don’t understand the copyright issues. Does anyone?
http://nwalsh.com/comp.fonts/FAQ/cf_13.htm “…First, the short answer in the USA: Typefaces are not copyrightable; bitmapped fonts are not copyrightable, but scalable fonts are copyrightable.”
Like if you suggest a font on a web page or embed a font in a pdf document, should you play it safe and use an open source font like LinuxLibertine? Obviously few people do on web pages.
Here’s a link to a to some simple guidelines for understanding font licensing.
http://www.fontwise.com/goldenrules.asp