This has several flaws.
For it's not consistent. I filtered for Serif and got sans serif in the mix.
But even worse. You can't specify very precisely. For instance if I need a slab serif how do I filter that?
New Google Web Fonts Interface
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Re: New Google Web Fonts Interface
#32Great interface, but the number of fonts is a bit overwhelming to browse through. It would be awesome if you could sort by "most downloaded" or "most used" -- just to get some ideas.
Strange, the old interface had a sort by "trending" which is sort of what you're looking for. Not sure why it was removed.
Re: New Google Web Fonts Interface
#33How many awesome things can Google roll out in a day?
They tend to do this. They'll be sorta quiet for awhile and then boom boom boom, nonstop shipping of products and improvements released to the public and lots of press coverage and light on them.
Re: New Google Web Fonts Interface
#34This is fantastic! I've been waiting and waiting for Web Fonts to expand, and now I have a lot more choices than Syncopate and Raleway.
Don't pop the champagne just yet.
Virtually all fonts listed in Google's directory render poorly on Windows in larger pixel sizes. This is caused by the lack of ClearType-specific hinting in these fonts, and it leads to the appearance of so-called "nipples" - odd pixels sticking out at the top and the bottom of glyphs and from thin horizontal strokes.
More bad news is that properly hinting fonts for ClearType is a relatively expensive process, and very few foundries do it even for commercial fonts. Unless Google goes beyond simply listing fonts and starts cutting cheques to polish them, these fonts will remain largely unusable for Windows' audiences.
Re: New Google Web Fonts Interface
#35This is fantastic! I've been waiting and waiting for Web Fonts to expand, and now I have a lot more choices than Syncopate and Raleway.
Don't pop the champagne just yet. Virtually all fonts listed in Google's directory render poorly on Windows in larger pixel sizes. This is caused by the lack of ClearType-specific hinting in these fonts, and it leads to the appearance of so-called "nipples" - odd pixels sticking out at the top and the bottom of glyphs and from thin horizontal strokes. More bad news is that properly hinting fonts for ClearType is a re…
Interesting! Too bad Google doesn't list that limitation, eh?
Since I don't have a Windows machine to access right now, what size is "larger pixel sizes?" I'd like to know what I'm working with.
Re: New Google Web Fonts Interface
#36They once had some Arabic fonts. Where did they go?
This is a snapshot of their IO's session video.
Re: New Google Web Fonts Interface
#37This is fantastic! I've been waiting and waiting for Web Fonts to expand, and now I have a lot more choices than Syncopate and Raleway.
Don't pop the champagne just yet. Virtually all fonts listed in Google's directory render poorly on Windows in larger pixel sizes. This is caused by the lack of ClearType-specific hinting in these fonts, and it leads to the appearance of so-called "nipples" - odd pixels sticking out at the top and the bottom of glyphs and from thin horizontal strokes. More bad news is that properly hinting fonts for ClearType is a re…
At I/O they seemed to be talking about some automated hinting process to try and fix this. It won't be as good a something hand-hinted by a professional but it might be good enough for some uses.
Re: New Google Web Fonts Interface
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't pop the champagne just yet. Virtually all fonts listed in Google's directory render poorly on Windows in larger pixel sizes. This is caused by the lack of ClearType-specific hinting in these fonts, and it leads to the appearance of so-called "nipples" - odd pixels sticking out at the top and the bottom of glyphs and from thin horizontal strokes. More bad news is that properly hinting fonts for ClearType is a re…
Interesting! Too bad Google doesn't list that limitation, eh? Since I don't have a Windows machine to access right now, what size is "larger pixel sizes?" I'd like to know what I'm working with.
It is already clearly recognizable at the default font size.
Re: New Google Web Fonts Interface
#39Judging by the other comments, it's just me, but the fonts look worse now. They aren't smooth at all. Why?
Cleartype wreaks havoc on webfonts. Turning it off gives you smooth fonts, but jaggy regular text >:| Strangely IE6 (and 7? i think) are OK even with cleartype on. There is a css hack to get font smoothing on windows: h1{ text-shadow: 0 0 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.0001); /* Transparent Shadow make some kind of webkit font smoothing kick in */ }
Thanks for that hack. I'd never seen that one before but font smoothing on Windows has always driven me nuts.
Re: New Google Web Fonts Interface
#40This is fantastic! I've been waiting and waiting for Web Fonts to expand, and now I have a lot more choices than Syncopate and Raleway.
Don't pop the champagne just yet. Virtually all fonts listed in Google's directory render poorly on Windows in larger pixel sizes. This is caused by the lack of ClearType-specific hinting in these fonts, and it leads to the appearance of so-called "nipples" - odd pixels sticking out at the top and the bottom of glyphs and from thin horizontal strokes. More bad news is that properly hinting fonts for ClearType is a re…
Typekit seems to be trying to get foundries to care about this, every now and then types get improved, like this: http://blog.typekit.com/2011/03/16/skolar-web-hinted-for-bet...