The Best of FontFonts on the Web, Part 1
Exactly three months have passed since we launched FontFonts on Typekit, the first service to offer reliable and secure delivery of non-system fonts for use on web pages. In those 90 days, hundreds of users have integrated FontFonts in their sites. Looking at the ways designers are using these fonts gives new hope for typography online. I gathered some of my favorites from the thousands of blogs, portfolios, and corporate sites currently using FontFonts via Typekit. The promise of professional alternatives to the same old web fonts is really starting to take shape, and there's no better proof than the examples below.
Designer Portfolios
FF Tisa for Frank Chimero
FF Enzo for Ben Bodien
FF Dagny for Lift
TypeTogether's Adelle for Design Intellection
FF Netto with Suitcase's Temier for Interactive Things
FF Dagny with Porchez Typofonderie's Le Monde for Mike Davis
FF Tisa with Mark Simonson's Proxima Nova for Mark Boulton Design
Corporations & Organizations
FF Meta and FF Meta Serif for the Dallas Society of Visual Communications
FF Enzo for Roche Salon
Blogs & Personal Sites
FF Enzo and FF Tisa for Sam Howat
FF Dax for Brian Hoff
FF Providence Sans for Daniel Jansson, a Swedish blogger who is part of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan
FF Meta Serif and a Baskerville ampersand for Dan Cederholm's SimpleBits
FF Netto for Adam Wiggall
FF Prater Script for Brimborium (Florian Schroiff)
FF Dagny for Typographica.org
FF Meta for WebWorkerDaily
FF Dax for agenturblog.de
FF Dax [Web] for Mozilla CEO John Lilly
Communities
FF Tisa for CSS-Tricks
FF Dax for WordPress Themes (Chris Wallace)
FF Meta Serif for AllDevJobs.com
FF Tisa for Merge
This is just the beginning. Now that Typekit has provided hooks for WordPress and TypePad platforms it is easier than ever to use the service. Seen other nice examples of FontFonts on the web? We welcome your own additions to this gallery in the comments below.
Update: Feb 23, 2010 —The stand-alone WOFF option promised back in November is now a reality. FontShop just released Web FontFonts.