Real Fonts on the Web ~
For the sake of completion, the A List Apart (which Pilgrim mockingly puts in air quotes) article that spurred Mark Pilgrim’s outrage.
Man, this rapid linking to related resources sees me turning into Gruber slowly…
Open Font Library ~
Seems like a potentially useful resource for when font embedding really takes off.
(Via aforementioned article by Mark Pilgrim.)
Mark Pilgrim on Font Foundries ~
Great article — though a bit more rant-y than is his usual style — from the inimitable Mark on what’s the problem with font embedding, and what we can do to get around the issue. (The article is titled ‘Fuck the Foundries’, so you take a wild guess as to what his suggestion is.)
Typeface Inspired by Comic Books Has Become a Font of Ill Will ~
It’s nice to see that even Comic Sans’ creator doesn’t like the font. This, however, is great:
“If you love it, you don’t know much about typography,” Mr. Connare says. But, he adds, “if you hate it, you really don’t know much about typography, either, and you should get another hobby.”
(Via Khoi Vinh.)
Stupid iTunes Pricing
I just spent 80 DKK on buying April March’s Chick Habit album, although I could have purchased the songs one by one, and only having had to pay 56 DKK, because I already have the Chick Habit song.
But then, the real stupid in this is obviously me, because I didn’t look properly into this. But still. (It’s a great album, though.)
8 Simple Ways to Improve Typography in Your Designs ~
Decent, although very basic, guide on how to set your website up respecting common typographic guidelines by Antonio Carusone.
Have You Ever Legalized Marijuana? ~
Thoughtful — and very long, as is his style — essay from Steve Yegge on the subject of legalising marihuana.
Steve makes a very good argument for his cause — ‘it’s hard’ — but I find it a little odd, and he seems to say there’s something unique about marihuana in this sense; which is obviously ridiculous. Making any kind of law is hard, and saying it only applies to marihuana is a little weird.
But it might be useful in the future for people who believe it’s be possible to legalise (or indeed, prohibit), and be over with it. That’s just not how it works.
IE6 Update ~
While the execution is very great, I really think it’s too close to being a scam along the lines of those fake virus protection things. I can’t endorse it, because it just doesn’t feel right. Imitating browser ui seems bad karma, no matter how or why you do it.
(Via For a Beautiful Web.)
Litmus Browser Testing ~
This looks very interesting, although there by now are quite a lot of browser testing tools.
(Via Matt Haughey.)
Making `time` Safe for Historians ~
Extensive research by Peter-Paul Koch on the complications with HTML5’s draft spec for the time element on the subject of historical dates.
Of course, HTML5 actually has a solution for this: don’t. They are very specific about time not being available for pre-Gregorian dates, but ppk’s proposal is interesting nonetheless, and I believe it is well worth considering adding the calendar attribute to time, and being somewhat flexible about the input. The problem with flexible input is of course that people misuse it.