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What are icon fonts and should you still use them?

What are icon fonts and should you still use them?

Icon fonts are font files in which the glyphs are pictograms instead of letters, so you can display an icon by rendering a character in that font

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What is the ideal line length for readable text?

What is the ideal line length for readable text?

The ideal line length, also called the measure, for body text is roughly 45 to 75 characters per line, including spaces and punctuation, with abo

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Is it legal to use any font on your website?

Is it legal to use any font on your website?

No, you can't legally use any font on your website. Embedding a font with @font-face means serving the font file to every visitor, which counts as

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What is the difference between italic and oblique type?

What is the difference between italic and oblique type?

The difference is in how the letters are made. Italic type is a separately designed style with its own letterforms, usually influenced by handwri

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What is kerning and how does it differ from tracking?

What is kerning and how does it differ from tracking?

Kerning is the adjustment of space between specific pairs of letters so that they look evenly spaced, such as tucking the o under the arm of a

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What is the difference between left-aligned and justified text?

What is the difference between left-aligned and justified text?

Left-aligned text lines up on the left edge and leaves the right edge uneven, so every space between words is the same width. Justified text

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