Typography - Getting The Hang Of Typography

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Pros
Extremely easy setup for designers and developers, allowing integration
within minutes. Integration with Google Font API and blogging platforms
including WordPress, Posterous and Typepad. The full font library is
available via most plans for a single low price, allowing customers to try
different fonts on one site as well as use different fonts on multiple
projects. Now offering Adobe fonts. Enterprise customers can self-host
using their own CDN. The service allows you to host custom fonts. The
simple free plan doesn՚t expire.


Cons
Implementation requires JavaScript (although on the Typekit blog they list
some reasons that JavaScript-based implementation has its advantages).
Fonts are not available for desktop use.


Pricing
Free trial account includes the use of 2 fonts on 1 Web site. Paid plans start
at $24.99 per year (2 sites, 5 fonts per site). The more popular plans allow
unlimited font usage on unlimited domains.


Fee Schedule
Annual subscription


Our Experience with Typekit


Setting up TypeKit is fairly straightforward. You just set the domains you
want to use (the free trial site includes one domain and up to two fonts)
and then build your kit by adding fonts. A little JavaScript inserted into the
header pulls in all the necessary CSS information. You can also reference
the fonts in your own CSS, and use wild cards when adding to your list of
allowed domains (e.g. *.domain.com will work on sub.domain.com).

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