"otf.show" - "otf.show" is an interactive showcase of OpenType features. We hope it helps designers and developers to explore and achieve better typography on the web.
https://otf.thien.do/lnum
#WebFonts • New #link just added to #Otter.
Oh, joy! Yet another groundbreaking revelation: web fonts now need #protection from the *big bad memory wolves*! 
Meanwhile, the rest of us are left pondering: did someone just reinvent the wheel, or did the Chrome team just discover fire? 
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/memory-safety-fonts #webfonts #memorymanagement #Chromeinnovation #reinventingthewheel #technews #HackerNews #ngated
Thinking about the wasteful nature of #LLMs got me thinking about waste in my own development. While it can be convenient to use the large, enterprise-grade frameworks to deliver a minimalist website in 2025 - it's absurd.
Do I really need #laravel with #react, #jquery, #tailwind, #webFonts, #postgres to host some simple #markdown?
Do I need to re-render a bunch of static content at every hit? Does every simple article require 64 connections to the server to display?
I think not.
I want my material to be available to anyone who wants it - regardless of the device they are using or the robustness of their connection.
I want to respect users who disable #javascript for their personal protection.
I want to respect #ScreenReaders and users of assistive technology, without unnecessary complexity.
Everything we need is built into the HTML and CSS specs.
Using some of my mana inside ye olde StackOverflow to get an answer to whether a web font can be interrogated as to whether it has a particular character. Already 2 interesting answers added to an older question. #webdev #typography #webfonts https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9005580/how-to-check-if-the-font-has-a-symbol/79435970#79435970
Sparks: Revolutionizing Data Visualization with a Unique Typeface
Sparks introduces a groundbreaking typeface that allows developers to create sparklines directly in text, leveraging OpenType features for dynamic data representation. This innovative tool not only en...
https://news.lavx.hu/article/sparks-revolutionizing-data-visualization-with-a-unique-typeface
Ich hab mal ein Überblicksvideo zu Web-Fonts gemacht, was es da gibt (z.B. Variable Fonts) und wie man die performant und zugeschnitten verwenden kann (Subsetting, Preload-Hints und Format-Konvertierung):
https://youtu.be/6AxuFn0W3Ok
Type Scale Generator
by Landin.gs
The Type Scale Generator allows you to experiment with different font sizes and ratios to create a balanced type scale.
Export to CSS, SCSS, Tailwind & WordPress.
Two Typographic Tricks
by Donnie D'Amato
@donnie
#typography #webfonts #webdev
About .notdef:
the symbol (not emoji!) that is often an “X” inside a tall rectangle
by Thomas Phinney, Font Detective
@tphinney.typo.social
#Typography #WebFonts #ThomasPhinney #notdef
https://www.thomasphinney.com/2024/12/notdef-emoji-symbol-x-rectangle/
https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2024/fonts
As always, a fascinating report by @bram and Charles! The most interesting bits for me:
– Significant increase in exclusive self-hosting (desktop: from 22% in 2022 to 28%; mobile: from 28% in 2022 to 34%)
– @marksimonson’s Proxima Nova is used on 1% of websites. As the only commercial, non-icon font in the top 20, this level of popularity is extremely impressive.
Qui est avec moi pour que les fonderies mettent systématiquement l'info "Poids du fichier" dans les caractéristiques de leurs fonts ?
C'est quand même un critère important 
Stuck using Google Fonts, but you hate Google (you should)? Bunny Fonts is a drop-in replacement that’s open-source and privacy-first.
Typeset
by David Merfield @DavidMerfield
An HTML pre-processor for web typography. Typeset provides typographic features used traditionally in fine printing which remain unavailable to browser layout engines.
As I mentioned in previous toots, I updated my website to a new, lighter theme. Then I added the ability to switch themes and font stacks, so users can choose what is their preferred way to experience my site. Today I wrote a blog post about the process and techniques I used. #webcomponents #css #webfonts #indieweb #accessibility #webdesign #designengineering
https://www.rarous.net/weblog/2024/10/21/temata-zmena-uzivatelskych-preferenci-vzhledu
@sarahjamielewis This raises the whole issue of #WebFonts and #JavaScript repositories.
Google (et al) don't host these things out of charity. When you, a user, request a document from me, a publisher, you expect an exchange of data between your machine and mine. But if I've embedded into that document requests for web fonts or JS libraries from some information-scraper's repository, the scraper is getting information the user doesn't expect and hasn't consented.
So don't do this.
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Features of your font you had no idea about
by Oleg Wock @OlegWock @OlegWock
Including: #VariableAxes #Alternates #Stylisticalternates #Swashes #Numerals #Smallcaps #Contextualalternates
Quick guide to web typography for developers
by OlegWock @OlegWock X: @OlegWock
Asking for a webdev friend who's not on mastodon - do you know of open-source font libraries that are _not google_?
