True. But given how few we have to play with now, it's exciting to see so many 
more become available.

As a side note, Typpekit is working with Google on this, so it looks to be 
super-simple to switch between the two depending on which font(s) you want to 
use on the site. 

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On May 19, 2010, at 10:06 PM, Art Thompson, Jr. wrote:

> Looks great for the minuscule amount of available fonts.  Hopefully more will 
> come. I'm finding myself hitting dead ends even with TypeKit's "plethora" of 
> available fonts. But then I've been waiting 16 years for this...
> 
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> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Alex Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> Google is serving up open source fonts for use in Web sites the world over. 
> The implementation looks super simple and compatible with the vast majority 
> of browsers -  IE 6+, Safar 3.1+, Firefox 3.5+ and Chrome 4.24+.
> 
> "The Google Font Directory lets you browse all the fonts available via the 
> Google Font API. All fonts in the directory are available for use on your 
> website under an open source license and served by Google servers."
> 
> "Google’s serving infrastructure takes care of converting the font into a 
> format compatible with any modern browser (including Internet Explorer 6 and 
> up), sends just the styles and weights you select, and the font files and CSS 
> are tuned and optimized for web serving."
> - 
> http://googlecode.blogspot.com/2010/05/introducing-google-font-api-google-font.html
> 
> The Directory: http://code.google.com/webfonts
> Google Font API: http://code.google.com/apis/webfonts/
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