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Every website on the internet use the same fonts. Infact, they’re the same fonts we’ve been using since Microsoft released it’s “Core fonts for the web” in the mid 1990’s. If you’re a designer, and you’ve ever wanted to use a particular font. Too bad, you can’t; there’s no way to ensure that users will have your desired font installed. Thankfully you can degrade gracefully. However, the original style that the designer intended is lost.

Opera is apparently implementing support for “Web fonts” in an upcoming version of its browser. As apart of CSS3, designers and developers will be able to specify downloadable fonts in their stylesheets which will reside in the browser’s cache. This opens many possibilities!

Unfortunately, I’m concerned that it may be abused. How do you prevent someone from choosing an awful, illegible font on their web page? Interestingly enough, other concerns include the distribution of fonts under their many licences and support from other browsers.

Clagnut’s blog has more information on the upcoming web fonts.

I’m a night owl. On a typical day I’m up until approximately 1-2am, before waking up between 10-11am. Unfortunately, this is not how the “real world” functions, and it results in clashes. I have an incredible “To-Do” list, that only ever seems to pile up, rather than being completed. In an attempt to become more productive, I’ve decided to go to bed early so that I can get up between 6:30 and 7am.

Previously, I had been very reluctant to break the habit until last night. Our entire neighbourhood lost power at 8pm, I had no idea what to do. My work and entertainment revolves around computers and the Internet. I was completely lost. It was that boring that I took the dog for a walk.

At around 9pm, the power had not returned and I was unable to complete what I was working on. Finally, I gave up and went to bed. This has turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

This morning I woke up at 6:30am, and it’s been one of my most productive days in a long time. I managed to complete an entire XHTML/CSS slice (Including cross-browser compatibility testing) in under five hours. Admittedly, if it was my design (Or a well thought out one) it would have been under three (That’s another story). In addition, I managed to complete other tasks on my “To-Do” list and make time for friends and family in the evening.

To be honest, I’m looking forward to getting up early again tomorrow for another productive day.

I arrived back from the city on Friday afternoon with a big, brown box.

After carefully removing the seals, I encountered another big box.

A peek inside.

Low and behold, a wrapped iMac.

Introducing my Apple iMac, featuring a 24″ display. The back is as elegant as the front.

First boot, it works!

After relocating my desktop computer and cleaning the work desk, my iMac sits nicely.

Specifications:

• 24″ LCD Display (1920×1200)
• Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz
• 2GB DDR2 667
• nVidia 7300GT
• 250GB SATA 7200RPM HDD
• Built-in bluetooth, wireless and webcam

I purchased the iMac with the intention of becoming my workstation. I place an emphasis on work. The display is amazing, it’s insanely huge and the colours are vibrant. I haven’t had any difficulty adjusting from my dual 17″ LCD displays, an issue that I was concerned about.

Ultimately, I’m more than pleased with my purchase. If you’re interested in additional pictures, you can take a look here.