Lists have been created by the Typekit team and feature an editorialized means of browsing. Each list features fonts organized by theme (sci-fi or typewriter fonts), intended use (good for longform, alternatives to Helvetica), or defining characteristic (rounded fonts, fat faces). Think of them as a good place to start when you aren’t quite sure what font you’re after.
The forthcoming exhibition by monotype brings together the past, present and future of a unique typographic institution.
Spanning over a hundred years, the expertise and craftsmanship of Monotype has shaped the way in which we see and read the everyday world around us.
Redacted is using sane character widths; averaging character widths of narrow, regular, and wide characters of standard fonts. This gives a more realistic look to the text and helps it fit into narrow columns like real text would. Redacted Font also comes with script versions in two weights: bold and regular.
A blog is more than just a sidebar jam packed with links. At its core, a blog is about writing & reading. Understanding what makes good typography is a skill you must acquire - if you care about your readers.
The font(s) you choose, the line height of the text along with a line length all contribute to or detract from your readers ability to comfortably read your writing. This is referred to as Readability - and it's an important step in setting up your blog.
“This guide will help you understand the typographic foundations that will improve the readability of your articles.”
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Learning about typography and the effects of these different settings could take a long time - but, it doesn't have to ... enter the Interactive Guide to Blog Typography by Tommi Kaikkonen. Spending just a few minutes playing with this guide will show you how font size, line height and line length can effect the readability of your pages.
Edge Web Fonts is a free font service. Check out the documentation for all the details you need to use it on your website, or use it where it is integrated into Adobe tools like Edge Code and Adobe Muse.
Edge Web Fonts is powered by Typekit, a premium web font service from Adobe that provides access to a library of commercial web fonts from the world's best foundries. Learn more about Typekit.
Edge Web Fonts aims to improve the web by enabling more web font adoption. Read more about how we’ve partnered with Google to push this cause forward.
The limitations of today’s screen-based media impose many restrictions on web typography. Even if a designer understands these limitations, the large majority of typefaces available for web use were not designed for that purpose. Crafted with the same level of care as the rest of Font Bureau’s library, the Reading Edge™ (RE) series is a collection of web fonts that helps alleviate this tension between refined typography and the screen.
/via espiekermann
Type is everywhere. Every print publication, website, movie, advertisement and public message involves the creation or selection of a fitting typeface. Online, a rich and artistic typographical culture exists, where typefaces are created and graphic design seeps in to every image.
TypeMedia 2011 /via @alanhouser
Codex, the journal of typography — Issue #1 is now available.
Codex (by ilovetypography.com)
Simon Garfield meets the people behind the typefaces and along the way learns why some fonts – like men – are from Mars and some are from Venus. From type on the high street and album covers, to the print in our homes and offices, Garfield is the font of all types of knowledge. (via Swiss Legacy – Graphic Design and Typography Blog » Just My Type, A Book About Fonts)
In one week I have gone from rough sketch to TrueType. Clumsy is more than just a beautiful typeface though, it’s a part of me. Over the last two years I have embraced my passion of sketching and returned to my DIY roots. What you see here comes from my heart and soul.
(via Kyle Steed’s Clumsy Font : You + Me + Everyone)
Eric E. Anderson (esquareda) is a Brooklyn based Product Designer & Photographer who spends his days creating website designs for the consumer platform of Squarespace.
