Vernon Adams: Free-ness as an aspect of type design – LGM 2013
Channel: Libre Graphics Meeting
Date: 2014-08-10

Free-ness as an aspect of type design.
Vernon Adams

Looking at how libre fonts have driven type technology on the web. Argues that on the web, 'being free' is a vital technological aspect of a font, just like 'legibility' or 'foreign language support'. Looks at how libre fonts have been adopted in huge numbers by designers of the web, and how libre fonts can enable high levels of usage and adoption that proprietary fonts cannot allow. Looks at how libre font designers could learn a few lessons from the fashion industry to inform on "what fonts will be used the most?"