New Fonts Available When Using CSS 3

January 8th, 2009

Did you know that CSS 3 provides you with more web design font options? With the use of the new @font-face property in CSS 3, you can import additional fonts, outside of the regular system ones, for use in web design.

For more info about using the @font-face property, please check out an article over at SmashingMagazine.com

New Fonts Available When Using CSS 3

The ability to import fonts with CSS 3 opens up a new copyright can of worms. At this point, there is no broad sweeping decision or license for releasing the use of every possible font in your library. However, there is a list of legal fonts over at webfonts.info that you can reference.

At this point, there are about 25 new font options to pick from. YES! That is already way better than the number of system fonts we’ve been held to in the past. As time goes on, and CSS 3 becomes more common, this list is sure to grow. Check it out now and start using some of these new fonts in your web design projects.

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2 Comments on “New Fonts Available When Using CSS 3”

Doug Waltman

The ability to start using more fonts will really enhance the visual art of web design. I’ve known many traditional artists who stay away from web design because of typography difficulties. I’m really excited to start using this.

March 2, 2009 » 3:04 pm

admin

I totally agree, I’m going to put together a new post soon about CSS3 typefaces.

March 2, 2009 » 3:22 pm