Will Webfonts open up new design opportunities? (webdragon.com.au)

1 points by webdragon 16y ago ↗ HN

Traditionally fonts on websites, especially for headings and article text, have been strictly limited to options like Arial, Verdana and Times New Roman. Overnight, Google announced its new Webfonts toolkit, which makes it easier than ever to include a whole variety of fonts within websites, in a way that is compatible with browsers as old as Internet Explorer 6.

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andymoe 16y ago ↗

I worry it will open up new design opportunities in the same way that the blink tag did...

webdragon 16y ago ↗

There's certainly a lot of room for abuse, especially by designers who want to cram magazine formatting into web paradigms, but at least it's more accessible than techniques like Flash text replacement.