Something that’s bothered me for years is the lack of flexibility I have with fonts in my web designs. Images are time consuming, both for servers and for designers. Flash came along and offered a different solution with its ability to embed fonts within SWF files. But Flash is well, Flash. Its a poor solution at best, because the content which your type actually discusses, can’t really be indexed easily. Its great for Flash sites, but not much else. In recent years, good designers have gotten quite creative with their mixing of Serif and Sans Serif fonts online, and I think its a pretty good example of the pure creativity that comes about due to imposed limitations. Read more