Richard Fink for A List Apart
Richard Fink is knowledgeable fellow who asks tough questions and always stands up for the little guy. Yesterday, A List Apart published an article he wrote about the state of web fonts, and it is not only a genuine snapshot in time but a milestone for our future. Comprehensive and deep, approachable, digestible, and durable, this article also represents the very best kind of ALA publishing: That which makes room, on our screens and in our minds, for complexity to be unwound in an actionable way.
You may know Richard from having seen him in the Typophile forums or in the comments of web type related blog posts peppered across the web. He can be argumentative at times, and tenacious in seeking information; this ALA article is a great result of that energy. Richard has always been an honest, pleasant guy in my conversations with him, and has shown serious commitment to the web as a ubiquitous, accessible medium; this ALA article reflects these personal qualities as well.
Worth your time. Read the article.
Thanks for the kind words, Tim. And, to use an old expression – you’ve got my number – that’s for sure.
Serving fonts directly to user agents from web servers, instead of operating systems, is a fundamental change that’s going to take some years for web designers to wrap their minds around.
It’s freedom, but a lot more responsibility, too.
So, continue to do great work, and I’ll try my best, too.
rich
it’s nice to knew nice and talented guy like Richard Fink