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The Final Fontier
FRONTIER noun 1.the land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country's settled or inhabited region 2.an outer limit in a field of endeavour, esp. one in which the opportunities for research and development have not been exploited: the frontiers of space exploration [Origin: 1350–1400; ME frounter ; OF frontier, equiv. to front, in the sense of opposite side]
The font frontiers have never been in a greater state of flux. With the web as territory, serifs are being decapitated and Times New Roman is being banished to the Siberia that is MS Word.
Here is the CollegeHumor coverage:
Changing around the font fashions are a other web features. Hip and happening as the are now, some are really racing towards their sell by date:
Pixel Fonts
These fossils remain with us since the 1990s. Back then, there was no other way. Pixel fonts provided a certain futuristic and technological je ne sais quois that normal, readable fonts simply couldn’t provide. They also "filled space efficiently". Why do the thick crusts remain?
Undercover Links
Another form-over-function operative. There was a time when folk would make links as inconspicuous as possible. No underlining. Half a shade contrast colour. They still do. Aesthetics. Thank you Flickr for flying the blue flag, underlined and clear.
Gradient
Gradient fills are slightly more difficult to judge than other web design trends as in some cases they provide a huge amount of personality to the site. 37signals use their blue-green gradient fill across their empire. The Apple pages certainly look just like one of their brushed aluminium laptops catching the sunlight. And then there is Mint who have made a deeply crushing Mojito.
Shine
The glossy, enduring feature also borne Apples' OS icons and applications have spread like a wild fire over dry vegetation. Shiny tabbed navigation, shiny buttons, shiny site logos. Too much baby oil.
We're with team Helvetica. The CSS layout camp is one of fixed-width. The background remains unpolluted. Navigation guides make themselves known. What a lovely place!