http://blog.kernest.com Bringing Web Fonts Closer Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:17:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm very pleased to announce all fonts delivered by Kernest are now compressed. For Internet Explorer - the fonts have been compressed by Richard Fink's great new EOTFast tool. EOTFast takes advantage of Microsoft's Windows GDI Font API to compress the font data within the EOT wrapper. Prior to ... http://blog.kernest.com/archive/kernest-hosted-fonts-now-even-more-gzippy-er I just received confirmation that my 'Ban Helvetica: The Brave New World of Web Fonts' presentation has been accepted into MinneWebCon on April 12, 2010 at the University of Minnesota. I'll be covering; optimizing fonts for web use, browser compatibility, licensing, and answering your questions. Registration is a very reasonable $200. http://blog.kernest.com/archive/presenting-web-fonts-minnewebcon-april-12-2010 I'm happy to report the bug that made the web font package downloading unreliable has been fixed. My apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused. http://blog.kernest.com/archive/bug-fix-in-web-font-package-downloads I'll be demo-ing Kernest to Minneapolis' Refresh MN web design group at 7pm on Monday February 1, 2010 - at the refactr offices on 11 4th St NE, Minneapolis (above the Bulldog NE) http://blog.kernest.com/archive/refreshmn-kernest-demo-feb-1-2010-7pm David Crossland (Cantarell font family, Open Font Library) and I dive into font licensing - specifically open font licensing - and the cultural benefits of open licensing. First Crack #125. Open Font Licensing with David Crossland http://blog.kernest.com/archive/discussing-open-font-licensing-with-david-crossland I just finished freshening up all the fonts in Kernest and confirming they started the new year off right - working in Safari, Chrome, Firefox, IE. If a font isn't rendering as expected - either send me a message or tag it with the word 'remedy' and I'll investigate. Also, I've ... http://blog.kernest.com/archive/happy-new-year-new-nav-new-similar-fonts-and-new-recommended-css Ever since Kernest.com launched, web designers have been asking for better ways to incorporate web fonts early in their design process - to more quickly determine if a font will work for their project. As part of that, we've been adding more font previewing options within Kernest.com; this includes easily changing ... http://blog.kernest.com/archive/kernest-is-now-offering-web-font-packages-for-download Great question. The Free fonts within Kernest can be used at no charge. All Web Native fonts fonts are free. In addition they have the characteristics I identified in Web Fonts - Identifying a New Species that make them better for web use than fonts without the Web Native designation. ... http://blog.kernest.com/archive/whats-the-difference-between-free-and-web-native-fonts Here's a quick snapshot of the most popular fonts in Kernest.com's first 5 months of service: Top 20 Added Fonts Chunk Droid Serif Junction Droid Sans Kaffeesatz Light Droid Sans Bold Droid Serif Italic Droid Serif Bold Liberation Serif Regular Vegur-B Liberation Sans Regular M+ 1p Light M+ 1p Thin Graublau Sans Web Bold Kaffeesatz Bold Fat Finger Vollkorn-Brotschrift Liberation Sans Bold Italic Liberation Serif Bold Liberation Sans Bold Top 20 Used ... http://blog.kernest.com/archive/top-20-web-fonts-in-kernest I recorded a podcast with Ben Weiner discussing the open font library, web fonts, and font licensing. First Crack #124. Open Fonts with Ben Weiner http://blog.kernest.com/archive/discussing-open-fonts-with-ben-weiner