Speakers: Richard Rutter

Session

Facing up to Fonts

Browser support for the typographical aspects of CSS is gradually increasing. Things are on the up.

I will be trouncing the myth of web-safe fonts, demonstrating how to go beyond bold, detailing the technicalities of font embedding and exploring the commercial and ethical minefield therein.

The introduction of font embedding in particular is a long-awaited for site in the right direction. However it brings with it a host of complications; technical, ethical and aesthetic.

This session will explain all.

Bio

Richard Rutter is a web designer and writer living in Brighton, England. With over ten years experience in the industry he specialises in user-centred design with a particular emphasis on accessibility and web standards. Richard is co-founder and Production Director of Clearleft user experience consultants based in Brighton.

Richard massages his ego at Clagnut where he witters on about web design, mountain biking and typography.

Frustrated by too many hyphens and not enough dashes, he created the Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web, a web site with the grandiose aim of allaying the myths surrounding typography on the web and pushing a few boundaries to create websites of real typographical worth. It is a work in progress.