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Google Web Fonts Typographic Project

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Re: Google Web Fonts Typographic Project

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Post by jimhefferon »

I find these pairings interesting, and thank the authors. Having knowledgeable and experienced people make suggestions is neat, really great.

FWIW, what would help me most (not that the authors are obliged to provide it; I'm not saying that) is if someone in that category would give some guidelines under what circumstances certain parings are reasonable. Kind of a white-wine-with-fish thing.

For instance, "sober, as with a business report" or "lighter, such as a human-interest story" would help those of us who are, sigh, completely without a clue.

Re: Google Web Fonts Typographic Project

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Post by CharlesW »

plg wrote: post #3

I would love to find a list of which google fonts include ligatures

Unfortunately that's a pretty big matrix of possibilities, since different fonts have different support for ligatures, and the ligatures that will actually be seen are dependent on a combination of the page designer's intent and browser capabilities.[1]

(And apologies if I've completely misunderstood the intent of your question!)

[1] https://drafts.csswg.org/css-fonts-3/#font-variant-ligatures...

Re: Google Web Fonts Typographic Project

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Post by CharlesW »

infocollector wrote: post #8

Are Google fonts free to use in publications/books? Does anyone know?

For any given font, the license is specified on the font's specimen page.

For example, near the bottom-right corner of https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Montserrat we can see that the license used is the SIL Open Font License. And from the SIL fonts FAQ[1]:

Please feel free to use SIL fonts in printed publications and PDF documents, including PDF documents posted on web pages. Such use is within the intended use of SIL fonts. No additional license or fee is required to use the fonts in a printed publication.

[1] http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=...

Re: Google Web Fonts Typographic Project

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Post by mastax »

jimhefferon wrote: post #6

I find these pairings interesting, and thank the authors. Having knowledgeable and experienced people make suggestions is neat, really great. FWIW, what would help me most (not that the authors are obliged to provide it; I'm not saying that) is if someone in that category would give some guidelines under what circumstances certain parings are reasonable. Kind of a white-wine-with-fish thing. For instance, "sober, as…

This is not quite what you're asking for but http://practicaltypography.com has lots of useful advice.
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