Good Web Fonts – Fonts for designer

PT Sans Regular

November 18, 2024October 7, 2024Admin

Designed by Alexandra Korolkova, Olga Umpeleva and Vladimir Yefimov. Released by ParaType in 2009. PT Sans is a modern humanist sans serif font. Imperfect bowls, slightly tapered spurs, a tear-drop shaped counterform on the g, and a soft foot terminal on the l all make PT Sans feel slightly more hand-written than manufactured. It has […]

Myndraine

November 11, 2024October 7, 2024Admin

A sans serif font by Christopher Miller, I categorize Myndraine as a “handwriting” font, because it feels more handwritten than most other fonts. Finding a casual, personal, not-too-quirky font like Myndraine is not easy. So while there are some issues — minor letterspacing problems on Windows XP (Safari 5, IE8, IE7) at 12px and smaller, […]

Minion Pro

November 4, 2024October 7, 2024Admin

An old style font by Robert Slimbach, Minion Pro was originally designed for print. It is part of the Adobe Originals series. Minion Pro feels “old” and pen-formed. It has a smaller x-height than Georgia, small closed counters on the letters a and e, and relatively small apertures. Thus it needs to be set larger […]

Meta Web Pro

October 28, 2024October 7, 2024Admin

A humanist sans serif font designed by Erik Spiekermann and published by FontShop. Meta was originally a print font designed for small text. The same elements that helps Meta stay readable at small sizes in print helps Meta Web Pro stay readable on screen: open apertures, a generous x-height, generous closed counterforms, and slightly loose […]

Meta Serif Web Pro

October 21, 2024October 7, 2024Admin

A serif font designed by Erik Spiekermann, Christian Schwartz, and Kris Sowersby. Published by FontShop. Meta Serif (for print) was originally designed as a companion font to Meta. Meta Serif Web Pro is not merely a print font repackaged for web use—it has been carefully hinted and looks great on screen. I classify Meta Serif […]

Merriweather

October 14, 2024October 7, 2024Admin

A serif font by Eben Sorkin. I categorize Merriweather as an “Other Serif” font, because it does not fall neatly into any of the general historic categories commonly used to describe serif type. Merriweather gracefully mixes-and-matches various historic approaches to font design. Head serifs and some terminals feel pen-formed, while foot serifs are reminiscent of […]

Just My Type

October 7, 2024October 7, 2024Admin

If you’re looking for new ideas for pairing web fonts, check out Just My Type by Dan Eden. The site recommends font pairs using fonts from TypeKit’s collection. I cannot guarantee that all web fonts shown are perfect (I don’t know if they’ve all been tested cross browser for instance), but the pairings will certainly […]

Calluna Regular

October 6, 2024September 16, 2024Admin

A font that almost made it. A Venetian serif font by Jos Buivenga (exljbris.com), Calluna has a smaller x-height than Georgia, and works best at a generous font-size. Calluna feels like an “old” font; it has pen-formed serifs and terminals. The rising crossbar of the lowercase e is reminiscent of early Renaissance (Venetian/Humanist) letterforms. Unfortunately, […]

Droid Serif

September 30, 2024September 16, 2024Admin

Designed by Steve Matteson, Type Director of Ascender Corp. Droid Serif is a transitional font; it feels more “idealized” than “written.” It has a slightly condensed, “square-feeling” bowl, contrast between thick and thin strokes, a vertical stress, and terminals and serifs that don’t look pen-formed. It has a significantly larger x-height than Georgia. According to […]

Droid Sans

September 23, 2024September 16, 2024Admin

Designed by Steve Matteson, Type Director of Ascender Corp. Droid Sans is a humanist sans serif font. Ascender describes it as having “an upright stress, open forms and a neutral, yet friendly appearance.” Its open aperatures, slightly tapered spurs, and a double-decker g all make Droid Sans feel slightly more hand-written than manufactured. It has […]