Posts Tagged ‘Typography’
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Case StudyTypographic Design Patterns And Current Practices (2013 Edition)
- May 17th, 2013
- 35 Comments
Good typography has always been a defining aspect of effective Web design, and this holds true especially for websites in which the emphasis is on presenting a large amount of content — specifically, articles, news and stories. Whether for a magazine or international newspaper, the designer of any website that distributes ...
Read more...Complex, Yet SimpleMaking Sense Of Type Classification (Part 1)
- April 17th, 2013
- 17 Comments
In my previous article on Smashing Magazine (“Understanding the Difference Between Typography and Lettering”), I wrote about how understanding type terminology can help us better appreciate the arts of typography and lettering. This article again deals with terminology, probably more specifically than most designers are used to, and the title gets ...
Read more...Building On The MeasureLogical Breakpoints For Your Responsive Design
- March 1st, 2013
- 30 Comments
There are several tactics for deciding where to put breakpoints in a responsive design. There is the rusty idea that they should be based on common screen sizes, but this doesn’t scale well. There are no “common” screen sizes. Another popular tactic is to create a breakpoint wherever the layout ...
Read more...Typeplate: A Starter Kit For Beautiful Web Type
- February 27th, 2013
- 16 Comments
As of today we’re pleased to announce Typeplate, a free-range and open-source typographic starter kit that will hopefully help you build beautiful, text-rich websites. The word on the street is that the Web Is 95% Typography, so as we hurtle towards the future, we think there’s still a lot we ...
Read more...The Power Of TypographyCreating Exciting And Unusual Visual Hierarchies
- February 26th, 2013
- 5 Comments
Layout, for both print and screen, is one of the most important aspects of graphic design. Designs that extend across multiple pages or screens, whether containing large or small amounts of type, must be carefully controlled in a way that is enticing and is easy for all to access. Careful control ...
Read more...Function Over FormDesigning For The Reading Experience
- February 18th, 2013
- 19 Comments
With the rise of Web fonts as well as affordable hosted Web font services and ready-made kits, typography is reclaiming its title as design queen, ruler of all graphic and Web design. At the same time, for far too many designers, the main concern about typography today seems to be ...
Read more...Beyond The NoiseA Critical Approach To Typefaces
- February 12th, 2013
- 16 Comments
I’ve always wondered, “What is it that makes a typeface or any other design good?” However simplistic this question may seem to typographers, it is a legitimate question many of us are trying to answer. After several years working as a professional type designer, teaching, and running a type foundry, I ...
Read more...The Myth Of Hand-Lettered TypographyUnderstanding The Difference Between Type And Lettering
- January 17th, 2013
- 24 Comments
Coming out of the grunge, graffiti and David Carson era through the 90′s, there has been a major resurgence of interest in typography. We have seen a number of designers and artists make their careers out of designing type or custom lettering, and it has become common to list typography ...
Read more...Helvetica Article RevisitedBeing Fogged in Font Aversion Hinders Sight
- December 7th, 2012
- 30 Comments
Yesterday we published the article “Why Won’t Helvetica Go Away” in which Alastair Johnston discussed the evolution of Helvetica, the reasons for its popularity as well as his thoughts on why designers should start questioning the usefulness of Helvetica in their projects. Hours later Indra Kupferschmid published an article in ...
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