- Color Aesthetics
- Choosing Color Themes
- Applying Color Relationships to Web Design
- Color Gallery
- Typography Aesthetics
- Type 101
- Verdana & Georgia
- Font Size Differences Between Macs & PCs
- Fonts for Delivery as Web Graphics
- Basic Styles of Typefaces
- What Is a Font Family?
- Aliasing or Anti-Aliasing
- Body Copy
- Using Fireworks for Type Design
- HTML for Placing Text Graphics
- What About Flash?
- Aesthetics of Layout
- The Aesthetics of Animation
Fonts for Delivery as Web Graphics
When designing headline type or special type elements such as navigation buttons or small amounts of body copy, it's acceptable to use graphic formats (GIF or JPEG) to publish images of type. Therefore, it's possible to use any font you want, because your end users don't have to own or install the typeface to view the content on their computers.
Therefore, in relation to producing headline text, it's possible to obtain for free or purchase as many fonts as you desire. This section will share some good resources for finding fonts on the Webboth for free and for a fee.
Great Resources for Online Fonts
There are tens of thousands of PostScript and TrueType fonts available to personal computer users. It's a great benefit to be able to view and order fonts onlineespecially during those late nights when you're designing something that's due the next day and you need a specific font you don't yet own. If you're looking for new fonts, check out the following URLs. Some of these font developers distribute their wares for free, and some do not. Regardless, all of these sites are worth visiting.
Fontastic
http://rover.wiesbaden.netsurf.de/~kikita
Nekkton
http://www.donbarnett.com
Fonthead Designs
http://www.fonthead.com
Emigre Fonts
http://www.emigre.com
Letraset
http://www.letraset.com
Chank Diesel
http://www.chank.com
Just van Rossum and Erik van Blokland
http://www.letterror.com
House Industries
http://www.houseind.com
Handwriting Fonts
http://www.execpc.com/~adw
Daniel Will-Harris' Personal Favorites
http://www.will-harris.com/faces98
Adobe's Type Browser
http://www.adobe.com/type
Figure 2.65 There are thousands of fonts available on the Web. Here are just a few: http://www.chank.com, http://rover.wiesbaden.netsurf.de/~kikita/, http://www.letterror.com, http://www.will-harris.com, http://www.emigre.com, and http://www.letraset.com.