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The proper use of font sizes, weights, colors, and tracking and space can help give your Windows Store app a clean, uncluttered look that makes it easier to use. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh700394.aspx

Guidelines and checklist for text and typography (Metro style apps)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh465427.aspx

Planning Metro style apps

[This topic is featured in Develop great apps for Windows 8 .]
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsappdev/archive/2012/06/08/the-windows-8-dev-center-everything-you-need-to-design-build-and-sell-a-metro-style-app.aspx For Windows 8, we completely reimagined not just the platform, but also how we share app development info with you. Launched 9 months ago, the Windows Dev Center is the one place where you can find all the info and resources you need to get going. Whether you’re new to development, seeking inspiration for the next great app, or you’re simply stuck and need help, you can find it here.

The Windows 8 Dev Center: Everything you need to design, build, and sell a Metro style app - Windows 8 app developer blog

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davrous/archive/2012/05/11/windows-8-html5-metro-style-app-how-to-create-a-small-rss-reader-in-30min-part-1-2.aspx Starting from scratch, we’re going to learn through these 2 tutorials how to build a small RSS reader with HTML5 , CSS3 and WinJS , the Microsoft JavaScript framework for Windows 8. We will then build a WinRT application targeting the Windows Store. We’ll try also to follow the Windows 8 UI design guidelines by using Expression Blend 5 .

Windows 8 HTML5 Metro Style App: How to create a small RSS reader in 30min (part 1/2) - David Rousset

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516.aspx Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 is your tool to build Windows apps. It includes the Windows 8 SDK, Blend for Visual Studio, and project templates.

Windows Metro Style Apps Developer Downloads

Using SQLite in a Metro style app

http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2012/05/20/using-sqlite-in-metro-style-app.aspx At the “Developing Windows 8 Metro style apps with C++” event that happened on 18-May-2012, we saw and heard some very interesting things. If you were watching live then hopefully you didn’t see how I tried to work through my presentation while my disk was suspiciously guzzling every last byte until it eventually ran out of space!
Windows 8