The power and potential impact of typography on the web has grown by leaps and bounds with the advent of widespread browser support for @font-face and font hosting services like Adobe's Typekit.
Of course with new tools come new problems. Many web developers don't know much about fonts and typography. After all it used to be there were only six reliable font choices on the web – why bother learning about something you couldn't use? But that, like so many other things in web development, is no longer true.
If the web's newfound typography options leave you feeling a bit behind, head over to Ellen Lupton's Thinking With Type website. The site is a goldmine of information on typography dos and don'ts both on the web and off. The site is not, however, so much about fonts, but rather about type as a visual element and what it can do (both good and bad) within a design.
If you've ever wondered why your small caps don't look right, how to properly kern text or how you can use contrasting font weights to create more visually engaging banners, Thinking With Type has the answers for you.
There's even a section on working with multi-column grids, something that will hopefully be possible in the near future as more browsers begin to support the various CSS grid layout systems.
The Thinking With Type website is a companion to Lupton's book of the same name, which is well worth picking up if you have any interest in learning more about typography.
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