New Web Font Service Launched by Partnership of Experts

Boston, MA and Elk Grove Village, IL -- August 19, 2010 -- The Font Bureau, Inc. and Ascender Corporation today announced Webtype.com, a new venture to serve web designers and developers with publication-quality fonts to improve the typography and readability of websites. The service is available now at http://www.Webtype.com with a variety of custom web font options to accommodate websites of all sizes.In the past, technical issues limited how fonts could be used on websites, but a lot has changed in the last couple years. Web designers have probably heard about new options for using fonts other than the handful of “web-safe” choices like Verdana and Georgia in their web designs.As all the major web browsers have adopted support for the @font-face technology for linking fonts to web pages, new web font services have come on the market. While some of the existing services offer viable solutions for some cases, it was decided that the only way to maintain certain essential requirements was to start from scratch and build a new service from the ground up.The result of that decision has been realized as Webtype, a collaborative effort between Font Bureau, Ascender Corporation, Roger Black, Petr van Blokland, and DevBridge. Within that group sit some of the most respected leaders in type and technology -- people uniquely suited to take on the issue of web fonts.So, what is so different about Webtype? Why bother with a whole new web font service? One significant distinction is the licensing model. The Webtype service is modular by design, so you only pay for the fonts you need and for the level of traffic that your site draws. Another major feature is that any font on Webtype.com can be tested for free for a month. This way designers and their clients have an opportunity to evaluate any of the fonts in real-world settings without the risk or guesswork sometimes associated with

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