Google fonts : tests de lisibilité Avant d’utiliser les polices proposées par Google dans le Google font directory, j’ai décidé de les tester une par une, sur OS-X et sur Windows afin d’évaluer leur lisibilité. Cet article propose un récapitulatif des résultats sous forme de pdf téléchargeable gratuitement (Français/Anglais) ainsi qu’une analyse détaillée… Webdesign et typographie 2010 aura incontestablement été l’année de la typographie sur le web. Le nombre de services dédiés (ou non d’ailleurs) à l’usage de polices sur le web (via @font-face) a explosé ces derniers mois (Typekit, FontDeck, Typotheque, FontsLive, Fontspring, TypeFront, Fonts.com, Ascender fonts, Kernest, Webink etc.) c’est un véritable raz-de marée d’outils au service du travail typographique sur le web. Dans ce que je peux comprendre du travail typographique d’un webdesigner, la base d’un caractère de labeur c’est avant tout d’être lisible sur plusieurs résolutions, systèmes d’exploitation, dans différents corps de texte etc. Evaluation de la lisibilité
How to Use Icon Fonts in Your Website Icon fonts are quickly becoming a web design trend and there is a good reason for that. Creating icons with icon fonts gives designers the ability to manipulate the icons with CSS. The days of creating two different icon images for rollovers or effects are long gone. Now we can easily change color, size, and even animate the icons just as we would most other HTML elements. Aside from giving designers and developers more control, icon fonts also offer many features that bitmap image icons simply do not. Because the icon is a font, it has the same properties as all other fonts. Here is a demonstration of how icon fonts look scaled up compared to bitmap icons. As you can see, the bitmap icons get pixelated while the vector font icons scale up fine and look as sharp and precise as they did in a smaller size. One other advantage we get with icon fonts is load time. So let’s go over how to implement icon fonts in your website. Step 1: Load The Font via @font-face This is the fun part.
Getting Started - Google Fonts This guide explains how to use the Google Fonts API to add fonts to your web pages. You don't need to do any programming; all you have to do is add a special stylesheet link to your HTML document, then refer to the font in a CSS style. A quick example Here's an example. Then open the file in a modern web browser. Making the Web Beautiful! That sentence is ordinary text, so you can change how it looks by using CSS. You should now see a drop shadow under the text: And that's only the beginning of what you can do with the Fonts API and CSS. Overview You can start using the Google Fonts API in just two steps: Add a stylesheet link to request the desired web font(s): Style an element with the requested web font, either in a stylesheet: or with an inline style on the element itself: For a list of fonts you can use, see Google Fonts. Specifying font families and styles in a stylesheet URL To determine what URL to use in your stylesheet link, start with the Google Fonts API base URL: For example:
Understanding The Difference Between Type And Lettering Medidas de la pantalla y resolución de teléfonos celulares y tabletas Tamaño de la pantalla, ancho y altura en pixeles, resoluciones, PPI, densidad, sistema operativo que usan y otros datos y especificaciones técnicas de los principales móviles Smartphone y tablets del mercado. Tablas con información de las principales características técnicas de la pantalla de los dispositivos portables más empleados en la actualidad. Las principales especificaciones físicas que nos pueden ayudar a decidirnos antes de comprar un dispositivo, para quedar completamente satisfechos. Datos útiles y necesarios para crear o diseñar las páginas web de forma tal que se muestren correctamente sus elementos en cualquier dispositivo portable. Tamaño y otros datos de las pantallas de los celulares La popularidad de los teléfonos y tabletas está determinada por los que usan los lectores para entrar a nuestro sitio web, no por su uso global. Tamaño y otros datos de las pantallas de las tabletas Términos técnicos usados Ancho/alto = Es la resolución de la pantalla.
Sans Serif Fonts: Most Popular Typefaces, Best for Webfonts As San Serif typefaces have only been around for about 100 years, it is necessary for designers or enthusiasts to have an understanding how it all came about. Based on known historical accounts, officially, modern sans serif has been created on 1816 by William Caslon IV at the English Type foundry. The English Egyptian Typeface is designed only in capital letters in 28 points. Nevertheless, Caslon was not fully convinced on the success of the English Egyptian. Design-wise, the very first sans-serif type bears no value. Then came; Akzidenz Grotesk created in Berlin at the German Berthold type foundry. Why grotesk / grotesque? When the first typefaces of this sort came about in the 1830, people first considered them as blatantly grotesque and due to their controversial appeal; they are a rarity in texts and other printed forms with an exception of advertising. Why sans Serif? The main appeal of Sans Serif would not be understood until the early 20th century. German influences Supria Sans Nexa
Design Tip: Never Use Black by Ian Storm Taylor One of the most important color tricks I’ve ever learned was to avoid using the color black in my work. Mrs. Zamula, my childhood art teacher, first warned me about black when I was in middle school. Problem is, we see dark things and assume they are black things. Shadows aren’t black. In high school, I spent lots of my free time in the art room with a few other art-loving friends. I probably went through that book ten times. His shadows are some of the most saturated parts of his paintings, and that’s on the screen too. Now you might be thinking, “Yeah, but those are paintings. But I must have been thinking the same thing, because one of those days in art class Mrs. I was amazed. The corner of Chestnut and Polk. The darkest part of that image? Black overpowers everything else. When you put pure black next to a set of meticulously picked colors, the black overpowers everything else. Lots of the apps we use on a daily basis have blacks that aren’t really blacks, but dark grays. Mrs.
Font kerning: 10 expert tips | Typography Kerning is the process of adjusting the spacing between letters to achieve a visually pleasing result. Some designers find it easy, others find it a tricky process where success is achieved more by luck than real judgement. But follow these tips and you should find yourself on the right track... 01. Each typeface requires its own kerning and specific adjustments and attention to detail. 02. The main focus of kerning is usually the spacing between characters, but don't forget the spacing between words as well. 03. Remember that some letters that don’t kern as well as others within a word. 04. You may hear other designers talk about 'tracking' and assume it's the same thing as kerning. 05. Like mastering any technique, the best and most effective way to improve your kerning skills is through practice. 06. While kerning display typefaces (you should only be kerning display typefaces by the way), I like to blur my eyesight a bit by squinting or crossing my eyes. 07. 08. 09. 10. Like this?
Ideal line length for content Date: 3 May 2003 Author: Russ Weakley Is there an ideal line length for content? To quote a passage from “Web Style Guide – Basic design principles for creating web sites”. The ideal line length for text layout is based on the physiology of the human eye… At normal reading distance the arc of the visual field is only a few inches – about the width of a well-designed column of text, or about 12 words per line. Research shows that reading slows and retention rates fall as line length begins to exceed the ideal width, because the reader then needs to use the muscles of the eye and neck to track from the end of one line to the beginning of the next line. If the eye must traverse great distances on the page, the reader is easily lost and must hunt for the beginning of the next line. The challenge I’d like to design a site that uses optimal line lengths. Layout methods Fixed-width columns can be used to set column widths that are ideal if users have their fonts set to browser defaults. A solution