Lettering.js - A jQuery plugin for radical web typography. Font.is. Font Bureau Blog. David Berlow’s Custer RE is the latest addition to our Reading Edge (RE) series.
This typeface is the tenth RE family and is available today at Webtype. Learn more about it on the Webtype Blog. More ... In honor of Mike Parker, we present a tribute to honor his work and share stories from colleagues. With contributions from David Berlow, Roger Black, Matthew Carter, Frank Romano, Cherie Cone, and more. ➝ Fontbureau.com/MikeParker More ... Today we announce Matthew Carter’s new typeface, Big Moore. More ... On Wednesday, March 26th from 5:00–7:00 there will be an opening reception at Lesley University for our exhibit, DISPLAY:TEXT, followed by a public talk from Cyrus Highsmith. More ... Type designer David Jonathan Ross. Forma is a neo-grotesk typeface by the Italian type foundry Nebiolo.
Roger Black first saw Forma at the Nebiolo stand during the Drupa exhibition in 1977. More ... We’d like to thank everyone for the support in recent days. Swiss Legacy, by the initiative of Art Director Xavier Encinas, is a blog focused on typography, graphic design and inspirational matters. Typography Served. CERIG. La typographie est-elle fâchée avec le web ? Résumé Les contraintes auxquelles est soumise la reproduction du texte sont très différentes lorsqu'on l'imprime ou lorsqu'on l'affiche sur l'écran du moniteur d'un ordinateur.
Ce dernier présente en effet une résolution voisine de 72 dpi, très inférieure à celle d'un produit imprimé. La typographie de l'affiché est donc assez différente de celle de l'imprimé. Le web rajoute ses contraintes propres. D'abord, le débit d'Internet est faible, et il n'augmentera pas substantiellement avant plusieurs années. En effet, le web étant un petit tuyau, le langage de description de page qu'il utilise -- le HTML -- a été conçu de manière à fournir des fichiers de taille aussi réduite que possible.
Les ordinateurs récents, qu'ils soient Mac ou PC, possèdent une dizaine de polices en commun. Quels que soient les efforts de présentation consentis par le concepteur d'un site, l'affichage des pages correspondantes dépend de la plate-forme. Shape Type, the letter shaping game. Kern Type, the kerning game. Le Typographe. A2-TYPE. Home — Typofonderie. Technical Web Typography: Guidelines and Techniques - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement The Web is 95% typography, or so they say.
I think this is a pretty accurate statement: we visit websites largely with the intention of reading. That’s what you’re doing now — reading. With this in mind, does it not stand to reason that your typography should be one of the most considered aspects of your designs? Unfortunately, for every person who is obsessed with even the tiniest details of typography, a dozen or so people seem to be indifferent. Creative and Technical Typography I’m not sure these two categories are recognized in the industry but, in my mind, the two main types of typography are creative and technical. Creative typography involves making design decisions such as which face to use, what mood the type should create, how it should be set, what tone it should have — for example, should it be airy, spacious and open (light) or condensed, bold and tight, with less white space (dark)? We’ll focus on technical type in this article. We’ll learn about: <!
Beware! <! The Font-Face Rule and Useful Web Font Tricks - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement 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, as you will get to know in this article. This quick introduction to @font-face will lead you towards a guide through the @font-face kit generator. If you want to make Web use of your already licensed desktop fonts, read up on how to embed them from your own server. 30 of the Best Web Typography Resources Online. It seems there are two camps among web designers: those who embrace web typography, experiment with it, and try new things in virtually all of their designs; and those who avoid it like the plague, opting to use standard, web-safe font stacks with little variation.
It also seems like a lot of the designers who fall into the second group wish they were more like the first. The resources below can help you improve your web typography, regardless of which camp you fall into. There are tools for creating unique typography, references and articles that can teach you typographic principles, and plenty of inspiration and news to keep you updated on the state of web typography.
TYPOGRAHIE FRANCAISE : Manuel de typographie en ligne. Find Fonts, Try Fonts, Buy Fonts. IP. 26 Symbols. Fonts, typefaces and all things typographical — I love Typography (ILT) 10 Great Google Font Combinations You Can Copy. The average man considers which flavor of Doritos will taste good with his Heineken.
The sophisticated man considers which cheese will pair well with his choice of wine. The designer of course considers which two fonts will look great on the same page. Today we’re going to use the Google Font API as a playground for mixing fonts and finding ideal pairings. You’ll be able to skim through and instantly grab out selections that you think are appropriate for your projects. The best part? A couple of times each month, we re-publish one of our popular posts from the archives. Why Google Fonts? The web font game was up in the air a few years ago. Here’s why @font-face wins. Now, within the @font-face world there are many competitors.
However, I’ve used this solution several times on Design Shack before so I wanted to switch things up today and use something else. Quick Tips for Combining Fonts.