Web Typography – Work-arounds, Tips

and Tricks

Ralf Hermann

The possibilities of using custom fonts on web pages developed much
quicker over the past two years than anybody expected. Today web
designers still have to struggle with a clutter of font formats in order to
provide for cross-browser support of a given font. However, this problem
will subside as soon as the web Open Font Format (WOFF) is established as
the standard web font format.

Typographic variety beyond the monotony of system fonts.

Another obstacle is the prevalence of Windows computers with deactivated
subpixel rendering — either by default on Windows XP or on purpose by
their users. Compared to system fonts most web fonts are displayed at a