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“Typography exists to honor content.” – Robert Bringhurst: The Elements of Typographic Style Understanding Typographic Hierarchy | Webdesigntuts

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Five simple steps to better typography | Journal | The Personal Disquiet of Mark Boulton

Five simple steps to better typography | Journal | The Personal Disquiet of Mark Boulton Typography, I find, is still a bit of mystery to a lot of designers. The kind of typography I’m talking about is not your typical “What font should I use” typography but rather your “knowing your hanging punctuation from your […]

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Understanding The Difference Between Type And Lettering | Smashing Magazine

Understanding The Difference Between Type And Lettering | Smashing Magazine Coming out of the grunge, graffiti and David Carson era through the ’90s, there has been a major resurgence of interest in typography. We have seen a number of designers and artists make their careers out of designing type or custom lettering, and it has […]

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Typespiration // treating typography with respect

Typespiration // treating typography with respect Typespiration.com is the place where you can find inspirational web font combinations with ready-to-use CSS codes, color schemes and web-safe font families. We believe that typography is a foundation of any great web design. With the current web technology and easily accessible resources we can use quality fonts in […]

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20 Fantastic jQuery Web Type Plugins | Design Shack

20 Fantastic jQuery Web Type Plugins | Design Shack In recent years, web typography has gone from an embarrassment to a point of pride. From CSS to JavaScript, we’re gaining great tools almost daily that help us implement awesome type. Today we’re going to look at the best jQuery plugins around that are specially built […]

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Useful JavaScript Libraries and jQuery Plugins For Web Developers | Smashing Coding

Useful JavaScript Libraries and jQuery Plugins For Web Developers | Smashing Coding If you have a problem and need a solution for it, chances are high that a JavaScript library or jQuery plugin exists that was created to solve this very problem. Such libraries are always great to have in your bookmarks or in your […]

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Make a Statement with Type | Codrops

Make a Statement with Type | Codrops Font choices can have an impact on how your message is communicated and how people feel about the words on the page. Selecting typefaces for a design project is about much more than just how the letters look. It is about more than serifs and sans serifs. Font […]

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The 10 Best Script and Handwritten Google Web Fonts

The 10 Best Script and Handwritten Google Web Fonts A good script is hard to find. I’m extremely picky when it comes to this particular area of typefaces and tend to hate most of what I see. With this post, you can skip the work of sorting through the crap and cut straight to the […]

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How To Choose The Right Face For A Beautiful Body

How To Choose The Right Face For A Beautiful Body What is it that makes a typeface into a text font, instead of a font for larger sizes? The answer differs slightly, depending on whether one aims for print or Web-based environments.