The Web Designer's Idea Book Volume 2: More of the Best Themes, Trends and Styles in Website Design by Patrick McNeil

Author:Patrick McNeil [McNeil, Patrick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: F+W Media, Inc.
Published: 2010-08-22T18:30:00+00:00

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notes from a developer

For designers new to the web, the typography limitations can be painful. Short of creating lots and lots of images for headings, there are actually some practical solutions that are pretty easy to implement.

Three solid solutions to rendering fonts outside the web-safe list are sIFR (http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/sifr), cufón (http://cufon.shoqolate.com/generate/) and Typekit (http://typekit.com/). The first two are free, and the last is commercial. I have used sIFR on numerous sites, and it's pretty simple to implement. Once set up, it renders text in the desired typeface dynamically, making it hands off once it's installed.

The real complication comes when using these tools with backgrounds that are not a solid color. This is something to pay attention to and to work closely with your developer on to ensure your design can be implemented and easily maintained. After all, the real question isn't if you can use a typeface, but rather, how much it will cost to maintain and work with. Automated solutions such as these will keep the cost low and the aesthetics high.

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