TypeKit is a web service that allows you access to hundreds of fonts for your websites. The Droid fonts are available, even in the Trial/free plan.

I’ve started using Typekit to put Droid fonts on this blog, starting with Droid Serif for post content. That doesn’t guarantee that you’ll see this in Droid Serif, though. See the note on browser support.

My very early impression of Typekit is that it’s at the stage meriting labels such as: early; very promising; currently frustrating. As an illustration of the last label, I tried to make a support suggestion, but couldn’t because I wasn’t signed in. WTF: I was signed in to Typekit. That’s all it should take. I shouldn’t have to use some other id/password combination.

These fonts are available under the Apache license. There will be more about this license, and Android’s use of it, in a future post; for now, I’ll just remark that it’s a free software license.

Ascender Corporation developed the Droid fonts. It continues to work on them. Some versions of Droid fonts will be available under commercial licenses.

The Droid fonts should not be confused with the Android Custom Typeface, which is used in the Android logo. I am prevented from showing you the Android Custom Typeface by two things: first, I like you too much to inflict it upon you; and second, the Android brand guidelines forbid me from doing so.

The Droid fonts are key to the Android experience – yes, even more than the Iconic Android is. And I rather like them.