Creative Component - The Redesign

I’m back in the swing of things after a few solid months of freelance projects, and I’ve decided to start with some design work — specifically, font selection.

The font seen here is called Chalet. It’s a very flexible font, in that there are several faces in one family. The real challenge in my site will be “how” to use non web-safe fonts. Since this font isn’t installed on any site visitor’s computer, I’ll either need to use an image or dynamically call the font as a swf, using a technique called sIFR. If I decide to go the sIFR route, I’ll definitely give a walkthrough.

Here’s how Mike Davidson describes sIFR:

sIFR is meant to replace short passages of plain browser text with text rendered in your typeface of choice, regardless of whether or not your users have that font installed on their systems. It accomplishes this by using a combination of javascript, CSS, and Flash.

Once I determine the look of the site, I’ll re-visit these concepts. For now, I’ll post these quick mockups where I’ve tested the font in various weights and sizes.

Font Test 1

Font Test 2