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>fonts can help readability Yes, this is true. But it seems that many custom fonts are not designed for being rendered in a browser. Recently, I have seen pag
by infinity 14y ago
>fonts can help readability
Yes, this is true. But it seems that many custom fonts are not designed for being rendered in a browser.
Recently, I have seen pages using fonts which look blurred, fuzzy or have a weird shape. These fonts are used for the main content (copy text). There must be people who notice that this is hard to read, but nobody seems to say anything. Some days ago I was told that "it looks expensive".
I am also affected by occasional browser and OS freezing due to webfonts. The freezing may last for an eternity (subjective) and is accompanied by an intense feeling that I have lost control. A user experience can't be worse.
- bjustin 14y agoIt could be that the fonts you saw render better on one platform or another. Windows and OS X render text differently enough that it happens sometimes.
- crucialfelix 14y agoOften times there is a modern web friendly replacement. I've got an idiot designer who specified Grotseque MT designed in 1926. It breaks up, doesn't scale well over pixels. Even the photoshop mockups looked jittery. I've swapped it for Adelle Sans. He wouldn't even have noticed, they are close enough.