Beautiful web type — the best typefaces from the Google web fonts directory

Introducing TODS – a typographic and OpenType default stylesheet | Clagnut by Richard Rutter

This is a very handy piece of work by Rich:

The idea is to set sensible typographic defaults for use on prose (a column of text), making particular use of the font features provided by OpenType. The main principle is that it can be used as starting point for all projects, so doesn’t include design-specific aspects such as font choice, type scale or layout (including how you might like to set the line-length).

Some of the best free fonts | Clearleft

If you start with a high-quality, legible, free typeface and experiment with size, weight, colour, line height, and (subtle) letter spacing, you might find these free options will get you further than you’d think. These are professional fonts crafted and maintained by experts and they can help your content land the way it deserves to.

Monaspace

Five lovely monospaced variable fonts.

Wilco Loft Sans – SimpleBits®

How cool is this‽ Dan made a font for Wilco!

Legibility

Mary Dyson’s short book is available for free online as a lovely web book:

1. What do we mean by legibility?
2. How we read
3. Perspectives on legibility
4. What is measured and how
5. Overview of research: Type
6. Overview of research: Typography
7. Beyond legibility research