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What do you all think of the @font-face font? In other threads, many people here normally dislike web fonts (for example, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1
by combatentropy 8y ago
What do you all think of the @font-face font? In other threads, many people here normally dislike web fonts (for example, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19607169 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19607169).
Usually I'm with you, except for a few fonts like Google's EB Garamond (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/EB+Garamond https://fonts.google.com/specimen/EB+Garamond) and the one used here, ET Book. I think these are better than Times New Roman or Georgia, the two serif fonts I have to choose from if I don't go with web-imported fonts.
- JoshuaRLi 8y agoMy opinion (not a web designer): don't let fonts define design, let them compliment it later on - I know sometimes I would be choosing fonts even before making the layout or content. For most sites, chances are web safe fonts are perfectly fine. If there is a specific and justified design vision, then choose wisely. Try and pull in one serif and one sans-serif font, at maximum. I've seen sites that slap on a bunch of fonts and quite frankly, it's not ideal. If possible, see if you can serve woff2, from a fast (or popularly cached) CDN.