The document discusses the history and challenges of web typography. It covers early issues with selecting fonts in tools like Dreamweaver and the confusion around web-safe fonts. Flash was appealing because it allowed any font but had accessibility issues. sIFR provided a compromise but was ultimately a hack. Font embedding using @font-face is presented as the future, though there are still issues around licensing, piracy protection and browser support that need resolving. Widespread font embedding has the potential to greatly improve typography on the web.