MetaFilter posts tagged with typography and web

One space after the period, please.

thebestsophist — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:32:51 -0800

Read Between the Leading, is a podcast for those with a love of good design and typography hosted by two students from SCAD. Season two just started with an interview with brand designer, David Airey, previous episodes of RBtL include discussions on information visualization, the future of web design with Jason Santa Maria (previously), speculative work and why graphic design is serious business (previously). So far, the show has 22 episodes, including:

An interview with John Boardley from ILoveTypography (previously: 1, 2, 3, 4).
Stephen Coles of Typographica (previously: 1, 2, 3)
Nick Sherman from MyFonts (previously: 1, 2, 3).
Veronika and Jose from TypeTogether, whom worked on expanding the character set for Helvetica.

If that's not enough typography for you, many other new type oriented sites have cropped up the last few months, including Typedia, a new resource for anyone trying to look for background information on a typeface or type foundry. WeLoveTypography, a sort of FFFFound for type, and read about major progress in web typography and how the web is expanding beyond Arial, Georgia, and Verdana.

Design Do's and Don'ts

netbros — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:16:27 -0800

The Design Cubicle articles focus on design tips and resources on all subjects of design; ranging from print, web, logo, branding, advertising and marketing. Popular articles include 10 Common Typography Mistakes and understanding the importance of good type skills; and 12 Common Photoshop Mistakes and Malpractice. The strategies behind designing a successful and memorable logo involve a process which progresses through various stages of listening, research, development, feedback and changes. 11 Steps of a Successful Logo Design Process.

Helveticise your web experience

acb — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:19:04 -0800

Love Helvetica and modernist typographic design? Seen the film? Now, with the power of browser userscripts, you can have the 20th-century high-modernist experience in your favourite web applications. Scripts exist to Helveticise Gmail, Twitter and Google Reader, and work with a variety of modern browsers. Of course, you'll need to provide your own copy of Helvetica; Arial is not quite the same.

Non-sucky web typography

signal — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:46:00 -0800

15 Great Examples of Web Typography. Because 95% of web design is about typography in the first place.

Blue Vertigo - resources for web design

Gyan — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:53:37 -0800

Blue Vertigo | Web Design Resource Links

Type Righter

Robot Johnny — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:14:10 -0800

The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web. Robert Bringhurt's undisputed bible of typography until now has been limited to print design. This site, a work in progress, presents his principles one at a time, and explains how to follow them as a web designer using HTML and CSS.

Wicked Web 2.0 resource!!!!11!1!

Rothko — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 07:28:08 -0800

A literal cornucopia of online web design resources to help you keep on top of specifications and sites related to CSS, accessibility, graphic design (color tables and theory), DOM, typography, and much, much more...

Typetester

btwillig — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:18:39 -0800

Typetester, for web designers. via

hee hee... Gryphs!

Robot Johnny — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:49:48 -0800

BitFontMaker - Create, edit, and save your own truetype pixel font via this web app.