Monotype Imaging's Second Web Fonts Award

After more than 15 years of bland typography, the Web is in the process of throwing off its fontstack shackles and at long last taking advantage of the thousands of excellent fonts that print designers are accustomed to using. This sudden progress is due primarily to the conjunction of three factors: the advancement of Web standards related to webfonts; increasing browser support for these standards; and the realization on the part of font designers and vendors that the time has come to deal with their fears of lost revenue through font piracy and declining prices, and finally allow designers to use their fonts on websites.

Because webfonts are so new, and potential adopters are confused by the many different approaches, webfont vendors are currently in a phase of getting the word out. Monotype Imaging accordingly launched its Web Fonts Awards competition in 2010, with the goal of "promoting Web font awareness and adoption." Participants could submit any site that used webfonts from any source, as long they employed the @font-face declaration.

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top designers at White House

Michelle Obama teamed up with TV's Tim Gunn on Tuesday to respect the United States' top designers at the White House for modernization ranging from fashion and architecture to the realm of new computer fonts and floor-cleaning products.

“Good design is good citizenship,” Mrs. Obama said, quoting the graphic designer Milton Glaser. She said that is because good design makes life better for every person.

The first lady hosted a luncheon for winners of the 2011 National Design Awards, which are to be had by the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City. She is also invited 15 high school students to join leading names from the worlds of fashion, interactive computer design and other fields in hopes of inspiring them to follow suit.

“These men and women have breathed new life into our homes and our workplaces, the clothes we wear, the products we use every day, and even the most basic ways we process information,” Mrs. Obama said.

This year's design award winners include Matthew Carter of Boston for his lifetime achievements in typeface designs that included creating the fonts Verdana and Georgia for Microsoft and others for most important newspapers and magazines.

The Boston-based design consultancy Continuum won for product designs that include Reebok's popular drive shoes from the 1990s and Swiffer for its floor sweepers, showing not each product of design is high and mighty.

The museum honored J. Mendel for exceptional work in fashion. The Mendel brand has extended five generations, first as a magnificence fur company and more recently becoming a full fashion house with a ready-to-wear collection in 2002 under Gilles Mendel. He was seated at Mrs. Obama's table for lunch, along with Carter.

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