Posts Tagged ‘Typography’
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Japanese, A Beautifully Complex Writing System
- March 5th, 2012
- 65 Comments
As a Japanese person living in Europe, I’m sometimes asked: “Japanese is a difficult language, isn’t it?”. Those asking are often surprised when my answer is a simple: “No, actually, it’s not.”. While it is true (at least to many Westerners) that Japanese is an exotic language, when compared to learning ...
Read more...New High-Quality Free Fonts
- January 9th, 2012
- 49 Comments
Every now and then, we look around, select fresh free high-quality fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually time you should be investing in your projects. We search for them and find them ...
Read more...The Perfect Paragraph
- November 29th, 2011
- 0 Comments
In this article, I’d like to reacquaint you with the humble workhorse of communication that is the paragraph. Paragraphs are everywhere. In fact, at the high risk of stating the obvious, you are reading one now. Despite their ubiquity, we frequently neglect their presentation. This is a mistake. Here, we’ll ...
Read more...16 Pixels: For Body Copy. Anything Less Is A Costly Mistake
- October 7th, 2011
- 456 Comments
I know what you’re thinking. “Did he just say 16 pixels? For body copy? Obnoxiously big! 12 pixels is ideal for most websites.” I’d like to persuade you otherwise. In this article, I’ll explain why 16 pixels should generally be the minimum size for body copy in modern Web design. ...
Read more...The Smashing Book – Typography: Rules, Guidelines and Common Mistakes
- October 5th, 2011
- 1 Comment
Typography is the soul of design; it lies at the heart of visual literacy. This chapter explores typography for the Web and describes the methods and techniques of composition that bring documents to life and facilitate understanding. “Typography exists to honor the content”, says Robert Bringhurst, author of the well-known typographic ...
Read more...Mind Your En And Em Dashes: Typographic Etiquette
- August 15th, 2011
- 119 Comments
An understanding of typographic etiquette separates the master designers from the novices. A well-trained designer can tell within moments of viewing a design whether its creator knows how to work with typography. Typographic details aren’t just inside jokes among designers. They have been built up from thousands of years of ...
Read more...New High-Quality Free Fonts
- August 2nd, 2011
- 50 Comments
Every now and then, we look around, select fresh free high-quality fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually time you should be investing in your projects. We search for them and find them ...
Read more...How to Choose a Typeface
- March 24th, 2011
- 58 Comments
Choosing a typeface can be tricky. The beauty and complexity of type, combined with an inexhaustible supply of options to evaluate, can make your head spin. But don’t be baffled — and don’t despair. While there are no easy-to-follow rules on how best to choose a typeface, there are many ...
Read more...The @Font-Face Rule And Useful Web Font Tricks
- March 2nd, 2011
- 67 Comments
The possibility of embedding any font you like into websites via @font-face is an additional stylistic device which promises to abolish the monotony of the usual system fonts. It surely would be all too easy if there was only one Web font format out there. Instead, there’s quite a variety, ...
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