Animated Opening Type | Codrops

Animated Opening Type | Codrops A tutorial on how to create an interesting animated 3D opening type effect with pseudo-elements, CSS transforms and transitions. The idea is based on Edenspiekermann’s Open Type project and it’s a very creative way to display and play with letters. VIEW DEMO DOWNLOAD SOURCE

A Journey Through Beautiful Typography In Web Design | Smashing Magazine

A Journey Through Beautiful Typography In Web Design | Smashing Magazine First impressions are lasting impressions. Whether you realize it or not, your typography helps to create an experience for users before they’ve even read a word or clicked a button. Typography has the potential to go beyond merely telling a story — it shows the user…

Making Sense Of Type Classification (Part 2) | Smashing Magazine

Making Sense Of Type Classification (Part 2) | Smashing Magazine In the first installment of this two-part series on type classification, we covered the basics of type classification — the various methods people have used, why they are helpful, and a brief survey of type history, classifying and identifying typefaces along the way. Unfortunately, we only got…

Free Web Font Services – Compared

Free Web Font Services – Compared All these years, websites are restricted to typical fonts such as Arial, Georgia, Times and so on. This is due to the limitations of browsers, which at one time, were only able to deliver fonts from the user’s machine. Fortunately today, the web evolves fast and today’s browsers are…

Making Sense Of Type Classification (Part 1) | Smashing Magazine

Making Sense Of Type Classification (Part 1) | Smashing Magazine In my previous article on Smashing Magazine (“Understanding the Difference Between Typography and Lettering”), I wrote about how understanding type terminology can help us better appreciate the arts of typography and lettering. This article again deals with terminology, probably more specifically than most designers are…

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