Get to know typefaces by studying web font specimens

See a web font specimen of any Typekit font by choosing “Open expanded Web Font Specimen” on its font detail page. Above: FF Spinoza, FF Ernestine, and FF Amman Serif specimens.

Tim Brown, writing for Typekit:

Typefaces are sized and positioned differently within their em boxes. Designers should be aware of these subtle size and spacing differences so that we can compensate accordingly when we set CSS font-size.

Topics: Anatomy