Efficient Web Type, c. 1556
summary
Argues that solving web type is now a systems problem not a single-font tweak, showing concrete wins: WOFF2 + Brotli reduces catalogs by ~14–27% (25% at Monotype) and up to 60% on some non‑Latin faces, Google Fonts already serves WOFF2, and using the webfont loader or Font Face Observer lets fonts load asynchronously with controllable timeouts. Contrasts this with a 16th‑century craftsman who actually builds a pocket Bible by cutting tighter metal type to prove the spatial tradeoffs.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 1:18you are a typographer
- 2:15haultin's challenges
- 2:47a worthy challenge?
- 4:28the palaeo- typography of the french renaissance
- 10:22Open Type Features
- 14:44brotli compression
- 26:001. prospect 2. process 3. precedence
