Vista Fonts..How to Download, How to use

Poynter preview article on vista fonts.

You can download the vista defaults by downloading the Powerpoint 2007 free viewer. Here’s Christian Montoya on recommended Vista substitutions for web design.

Update: Once you download the powerpoint viewer, your system (and Office software) can use these fonts. Hurrah!

Other font stuff: Vitaly Friedman on the 25 best free fonts (with lots of assorted links). Here’s a sequel.

For reference, here’s a css/web design reference guide. See also this sxsw podcast about web typography

Update #2. See this longish article I wrote for teleread about the same subject.