Typography

Fonts

Image_replacement. Webfonts. Helvetica. How to size text using ems. Text for the screen is sized with CSS in terms of pixels, ems or keywords.

As most of us know, sizing with pixels is easy: get your selector and give it a font-size – no more thought required. Sizing with keywords is more complicated and requires a few workarounds, but you’re in luck as the techniques are well documented. That leaves ems. Font blog, typography tips, and design news. 8 Simple Ways to Improve Typography In YourDesigns • Blog Archive • AisleOne. I wrote this arti­cle for Smash­ing Mag­a­zine and it was pub­lished last Fri­day on their site.

I’m re-publishing it here for your read­ing plea­sure. Enjoy. Many peo­ple, design­ers included, think that typog­ra­phy con­sists of only select­ing a type­face, choos­ing a font size and whether it should be reg­u­lar or bold.