In October 2018 I released a completely re-thought and re-designed version of this project. The new version aims to provide a complete look at each typeface, cataloging all the available weights and styles, the full glyph set, the kerning quality, OpenType features, recommended pairings and more. I will highlight only typefaces that show a high level of quality.
- Newsletter: https://tinyletter.com/beautifulwebtype
- Personal site: https://chad.is
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ubuwaits
- Updated Manrope to v3.0.
- Added Space Grotesk
- Added Atom feed for typefaces
- Added Manrope
All featured typefaces are licensed under the SIL Open Font License.
- Alegreya → Glyph inspector
- Alegreya Sans → Glyph inspector
- Archivo → Glyph inspector
- Archivo Black → Glyph inspector
- BioRhyme → Glyph inspector
- BioRhyme Expanded → Glyph inspector
- Cooper Hewitt → Glyph inspector
- Fira Code → Glyph inspector
- FiraGo → Glyph inspector
- Fivo Sans → Glyph inspector
- Fivo Sans Modern → Glyph inspector
- iA Writer Quattro → Glyph inspector
- IBM Plex Mono → Glyph inspector
- IBM Plex Sans → Glyph inspector
- IBM Plex Sans Condensed → Glyph inspector
- IBM Plex Serif → Glyph inspector
- Inria Sans → Glyph inspector
- Inria Serif → Glyph inspector
- Jost* → Glyph inspector
- Le Murmure → Glyph inspector
- Libre Franklin → Glyph inspector
- Lora → Glyph inspector
- Manrope → Glyph inspector
- Oswald → Glyph inspector
- Playfair Display → Glyph inspector
- Poppins → Glyph inspector
- Rakkas → Glyph inspector
- Source Code Pro → Glyph inspector
- Source Sans Pro → Glyph inspector
- Source Serif Pro → Glyph inspector
- Space Grotesk → Glyph inspector
- Space Mono → Glyph inspector
- Vollkorn → Glyph inspector
- Work Sans → Glyph inspector
- Zilla Slab → Glyph inspector
I'm happy to receive suggestions for typefaces to feature either though a GitHub issue or via email. When sending the suggestion please send an example or two of the type in use. This helps me to make an initial evaluation of the typeface.
The old version of the site is archived here: https://beautifulwebtype.com/v1/
Please note: I no longer own the hellohappy.org domain. It was purchased by a link spammer who uploaded an archived version of the site with links to their essay writing services sprinkled throughout. Please spread the word by updating any links to point to https://beautifulwebtype.com rather than hellohappy.org.
To work with the site locally, start the Jekyll server and watch the Sass files with:
rake s