The number of blogs increases daily, and web design presently favors type-led plainness over intricate Flash-based interfaces outside of websites for videogames and movies, anyway.

However, online typeface relics a sore point with many designers, who are ever more irked by restrictions. We have been restricted to choosing font’s users already have installed or embedding custom type by using images.

However, Snook and others consider change is on the way. 2010 could see the web become a place where type shines, but only if essential technical hurdles are overcome and web designers are au fait with the fundamentals of typography.