# edwardtufte/et-book

A webfont of the typeface used in Edward Tufte’s books.

Repository: https://github.com/edwardtufte/et-book
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/et-book
Homepage: https://edwardtufte.github.io/et-book
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-03-07T08:49:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4001, "days_push": 1640, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1419, forks 104 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:40.390319+00:00)

## What it is
ET Book is a free, MIT-licensed webfont of the typeface used in Edward Tufte's books, a Bembo-like serif designed by Dmitry Krasny, Bonnie Scranton, and Edward Tufte. It ships five font variants (Roman, semibold, bold, and display italic) that can be loaded individually in web projects.

## Use cases
- use the Tufte book typeface on my website
- self-host a Bembo-like serif webfont
- give my blog a classic book typography look
- load Tufte-style fonts in a CSS project
- find an open-source alternative to Monotype Bembo

## When to choose
- you want the exact typeface from Tufte's books in a web project
- you need a free, permissively licensed Bembo-like serif for print-like web typography

## When to avoid
- you need a variable font or extensive weights beyond the five provided
- you need a sans-serif or display typeface for UI work

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: ui-components, css-framework
- domain: web-design, web-development, frontend
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: webfont, typography, font, serif, edward-tufte, bembo, web-server

## Member repositories
- edwardtufte/et-book (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.390319+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:37:52.552506+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/edwardtufte/et-book (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.390319+00:00, sha 45cccc618613)
  - homepage: https://edwardtufte.github.io/et-book (fetched 2026-08-29T11:50:12.815919+00:00, sha d115c65b5b2e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.