> Now those constraints are lifted, the article argued that web designers should adopt a more typography-centric style.
Constraints might be lifted but web fonts are downloaded on a per page/site basis. If that font has fifty languages and many unicodes then it is bloat or with characters falling back to a system font.
Given that some fonts haven't changed since 1066 then it seems a bit silly to check with the server on a per page basis if the fonts have been a) licensed and b) updated lately.
A benevolent dictator is needed, e.g. the E.U., to mandate some means of insisting that a good selection of fonts are baked into every device for citizens to be able to read government published stuff in order to solve this. Or maybe the holy blockchain could solve it so that font creators get paid properly for font usage. (I jest about being able to pay font foundries with this alternative licensing model).
Constraints might be lifted but web fonts are downloaded on a per page/site basis. If that font has fifty languages and many unicodes then it is bloat or with characters falling back to a system font.
Given that some fonts haven't changed since 1066 then it seems a bit silly to check with the server on a per page basis if the fonts have been a) licensed and b) updated lately.
A benevolent dictator is needed, e.g. the E.U., to mandate some means of insisting that a good selection of fonts are baked into every device for citizens to be able to read government published stuff in order to solve this. Or maybe the holy blockchain could solve it so that font creators get paid properly for font usage. (I jest about being able to pay font foundries with this alternative licensing model).