Two years ago, when the first J and beyond conference happened, a situation was electrifying – important members of the community were rebelling against the way that this organization was led, all sorts of initiatives were happening and events were on the verge of explosion. Before the event many expected this will be a gathering of frustrated and angry, a plac...

In 2011, I had the opportunity to give a talk at J and Beyond about typography on the web.It was a time when many type foundries had an increasing interest in web font, Google web fonts numbered just a few and web designers were experimenting with new typefaces, getting rid of the obsolete, but reliable Georgia, Times, Arial and Verdana.It was a revolution in w...