{"id":24863,"date":"2015-10-19T09:49:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T07:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=24863"},"modified":"2018-11-15T14:06:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T12:06:37","slug":"playing-with-type","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/10\/19\/playing-with-type\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing with type"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/poststatus.com\/playing-with-type\/\">Playing with type<\/a>&#8221; article discusses some of the issues related to typography and typesetting, and how to work around those. \u00a0Some of the services mentioned are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/typography.com\/\">Typography.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/typekit.com\/\">Typekit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/fonts\">Google Fonts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfonts.com\/\">Myfonts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fontsquirrel.com\/\">Fontsquirrel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.typewolf.com\/\">Typewolf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/typecast.com\/\">Typecast<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Update (November 15, 2018): Also have a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldwebdesign.com.au\/font-combinations-for-web-designers.html\">this tool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>&#8220;Playing with type&#8221; 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