Working with Typography

In the past we were limited to a small number of typefaces that we could use on a website. These typefaces were the most commonly installed fonts on computers, so they were the most likely to render properly on-screen. If a font wasn’t installed on a computer, it wouldn’t render on the website either. Now, with the ability to embed fonts, we have a much larger palette of typefaces to choose from, including those that we add to a website.

Typeface vs. Font

A typeface is what we see. It is the artistic impression of how text looks, feels, and reads.

A font is a file that contains a typeface. Using a font on a computer allows the computer to access the typeface.