A jQuery plugin to ensure that multi-line text is rendered so that the amount of text per line is roughly the same.
An Evaluation of Typeface Design in a Text-Rich Automotive User Interface [PDF] »
October 1, 2012 -
Fascinating. Jump to page 16, headline 4 for the summary.
CSS Mask-Image & Text »
May 19, 2011 -
“we’ll soon be all out of reasons to resort to image replacement for beautiful type on the web” Amen.
Lost Type Co-op »
May 16, 2011 -
“founded with the intention of providing unique and quality fonts based on a pay-what-you-want model. All designers get 100% of the donations their font receives.”
FitText – A plugin for inflating web type »
May 10, 2011 -
From the makers of Lettering.js comes another awesome jQuery type-focused plugin: “FitText makes font-sizes flexible. Use this plugin on your fluid or responsive layout to achieve scalable headlines that fill the width of a parent element.” Yet again, @trentwalton, @davatron5000 and @raygunray release a killer utility that developers, designers and users alike will benefit from.
The timing of this release meshes perfectly with my redesign of Refresh Austin.
Open Source Ampersands »
March 8, 2011 -
A collection of single-character, open source webfont sets, which only contain ampersands.
Why You Hate Comic Sans »
January 26, 2011 -
“So, the story of Comic Sans is not that of a really terrible font, but rather of a mediocre font, used incorrectly on a massive scale”
wordmark.it »
January 4, 2011 -
A Web page that makes it easy to preview text using all of the fonts installed on your system.
wordmark.it »
January 4, 2011 -
A Web page that makes it easy to preview text using all of the fonts installed on your system.
The Great Typekit Table »
November 15, 2010 -
The folks at Sleepover have compiled a sortable list of Typekit-powered fonts that meet two key guidelines: "first, the font had to have lower case, upper case, bold, italic, and bold italic; second, the font couldn’t be handwriting, script, or monospace."
Adobe partners with Typekit to bring legendary typefaces to the web »
August 16, 2010 -
Whoa, nice!
"Adobe and Typekit are teaming up to bring some of the world’s most popular, recognizable, and respected fonts to the web. Starting today, you’ll be able to use classics like Adobe Garamond, News Gothic, Myriad, and Minion plus many more on your website — all of them newly optimized and hinted for the screen. "
Cure for the Common Webfont, Part 1: Alternatives to Arial (and Helvetica) »
August 11, 2010 -
This first of a series post on Typedia is very informative and already has me wishing for future entries. Now to find some time to (re)design a site to make use of one of these options
Mixing Typefaces (PDF) »
July 6, 2010 -
A cross-reference that indicates the degree of compatibility between fonts. This is ideal for selecting combination of fonts for a layout, though I wish it were newer and included a larger set (it was created in 1992).
Type on the Web – An Evolutionary Shift
November 17, 2009 - 1 Comment
For designers and anyone interested in typography on the Web, I highly recommend you check out Web Font Specimen and the A List Apart article “Real Web Type in Real Web Context” that explains it. As we near a point where real typographic controls and options are available to us, its pivotal time for professionals to step up and gain (or remember) skills that haven’t been of use on the Web. The gap between good and great designs and designers will grow and the differences will be much more apparent at a glance and in the details.
If you haven’t had a chance to play with Typekit or learn about the various font embedding options (see The Potential of Web Typography: and Bulletproof @font-face Syntax) recently layered into browsers, now’s a good time to fatten up a few brain cells.
John Wayne, Fish Scales and Type
August 30, 2007 - 2 Comments
I recently discovered a great link in my design feeds, pointing me to the site I Love Typography, which is well on its way to becoming a great resource for designers and all those with an interest in type The most recent post, Who Shot the Serif?, is a tremendous introduction to the terminology used to describe serif fonts and makes any typographic discussion a bit more accessible to those without formal education in the field. Add a pinch of humor, and you’ve got a rocking article! Check it out, even if you aren’t a designer, you’ll learn something interesting for the day.