Doctype HTML5 CSS3 – Part 3B: Web Font Licensing!
Yeah, web fonts are cool alright, but watch out for usability. And do respect licensing terms 
From the inaugural doctypehtml5 CSS3 conference held in Bangalore at the Indian Institute of Bangalore. Don’t forget to visit us at www.facebook.com/outsmart360
CSS3 First Look Full Playlist URL : www.youtube.com For more free web dev video tutorials please visit www.webtutorials.tk . Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. *** Description *** In CSS3 First Look, staff author James Williamson provides an in-depth introduction to the newest CSS standard, detailing its modular format, history, and current level of browser support, while also demonstrating its capabilities and applications. The course includes tutorials on using new selectors, modifying typography and color, working with the box model, and understanding media queries. *** Topics include *** Understanding the history of CSS3 Working with the new selectors Adding transparency and gradients Specifying web fonts with @font-face Understanding the advances to page layout Looking at CSS3 box model capabilities Using 2D and 3D transforms Understanding media queries
Services and Libraries Part 1
In these two videos we cover various services and libraries which make finding, licensing and using fonts more productive and less expensive.
Using Web Fonts Part 4
These videos cover embedding fonts in our sites using @font-face. We’ll cover how to use fonts in any modern browser, and from IE4 onwards. We’ll also consider some particular challenges with mobile browsers.
WebINK Webcast – Part 2
WebINK is a new way to include font creativity on your websites. WebINK allows you to rent web fonts for use on your site. With around 2000 fonts and growing, there’s a wide variety of high quality fonts ready for use on the web.
Watch the entire tutorial at www.lynda.com In this course, Laura Franz shows web designers how to choose fonts for a web site and create beautiful, legible type. Typography for Web Designers shows how to create designs that maximize readability (and keep visitors on the page) by attending to size, line-height, line length, alignment, color, chunking text with vertical space, and creating hierarchy. Lessons are also included on the incorporation of web fonts, styling type with CSS, and creating font harmony by using two fonts that work well together. Examples of how professionals apply these typographic rules on their sites are also shown.
The History and challenges of Web Fonts Part 2
These two videos outline the history of web fonts, from IE 4 and Netscape 4 up, and some of the legal and licensing challenges associated with using web fonts.