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ET Book, the font used on the page, is free and open-source: https://edwardtufte.github.io/et-book/ https://edwardtufte.github.io/et-book/ Modern browsers als
by slater 5y ago
ET Book, the font used on the page, is free and open-source:
https://edwardtufte.github.io/et-book/ https://edwardtufte.github.io/et-book/
Modern browsers also have preferences to switch off web fonts.
- divbzero 5y agoThe main downside of custom web fonts isn’t the licensing but having to download those fonts to render the page. There are ways to optimize font loading [1] but it can still lead to delay in rendering or font swaps. It looks like ET-Tufte has already considered and tried to mitigate this downside. [2] [1]: https://web.dev/optimize-webfont-loading/ https://web.dev/optimize-webfont-loading/ [2]: https://et-jekyll.netlify.app/et-jekyll-theme/#performance https://et-jekyll.netlify.app/et-jekyll-theme/#performance
- mrunseen 5y agoLicensing is a issue[0] in commercial fonts, though. [0]https://twitter.com/typographica/status/1395769805542547461?s=20 https://twitter.com/typographica/status/1395769805542547461?...