{"id":289,"date":"2006-03-10T10:20:39","date_gmt":"2006-03-10T10:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/?p=289"},"modified":"2006-03-10T10:20:39","modified_gmt":"2006-03-10T10:20:39","slug":"it-is-time-we-set-fonts-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/josh.ev9.org\/weblog\/archives\/289","title":{"rendered":"It is time we set fonts free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadesigngroup.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/03\/five_steps_to_font_freedom.html\">great article<\/a> and comment thread on the topic of browser fonts. I agree that we as designers should be outraged that there are such huge limits in type choice on the web. 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