W3C to cut the web fonts gordian knot

The W3C is constituting a new Working Group to get ‘Web fonts’ sorted out. They propose to do this via a wrapper around an existing font format, probably OpenType. The aim will be to allow the inclusion of fonts that are restrictively licensed, without causing legal headaches for designers. Along the way we may see some benefits for permissively-licensed fonts too.

Clagnut’s ‘Facing up to fonts’: useful info about web font techniques

A useful presentation for web designers who still don’t know about font linking yet [about 40mins in; the prelude may be useful]. Includes a pointer to Richard’s font matrix, a very useful guide in an imperfect typographical world.