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Introducing Typekit

Backed by a formidably talented team, Typekit looks like an interesting development in the ongoing rich-typography-on-the-web debate.

The comments at Mr Veen’s introductory post - Introducing Typekit - are well worth reading for a balanced overview of the pros and cons of the Typekit solution. Adrian Wride sums up the issue neatly:

The real innovation will be in the business model: making it easier [and] less painful to use high quality fonts and reward the fonts’ creators.

(Cf. iTMS.)

Whether or not Typekit is that business model remains to be seen. One thing is certain, there are a great deal of designers looking for that solution. If Typekit is that solution, expect exciting changes to the typography of the web as we move forwards. Watch this space.

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