The Typography is an almost six-centuries-old practice, and we’ve came a long way since Gutenberg’s moveable types to the digital documents as we know it. But somewhere in between, the craftsmanship and best practices of printers and engravers were long forgotten by many web developers—who end up relying on the browser, frameworks, and trial-and-error values to properly display a website’s content.
In this talk, we’ll journey through the basic concepts of Typography; how we can use them to improve a content’s identity, architecture, and readability; and how to do it through HTML and CSS.
31. Museo
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
Meta Serif
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
Times New Roman
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
33. Futura
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
Museo Sans
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
Helvetica
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
35. Fette Fraktur
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
Goudy Text
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
Wilhelm Klingspor Gotisch
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
37. Lucida Calligraphy
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
Mistral
The quick brown fox jumps over
the lazy dog.
Apple Chancery
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
39. Comic Sans
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
Sketch Rockwell
The quick brown fox
jumps over the lazy dog.
GodOfWar
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
41. Bodoni Ornaments
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
Travel Icons
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
Wingdings
The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog.
42. On the CSS, you may
choose generic families
as fallbacks.
81. The quick fox jumps
over the dog 0 pixels
Meta Serif 102px/102px
82. The quick fox jumps
over the dog
Meta Serif 102px/144px
42 pixels
83. A low line height makes the
text too difficult to read.
84. Helvetica 32px/32px
“The Guide says that the best drink in existence is the Pan
Galactic Gargle Blaster. It says that the effect of a Pan Galactic
Gargle Blaster is like having your brains smashed out by a slice
of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.”
85. A large line height makes the
paragraph loose cohesion.
86. Helvetica 32px/96px
“The Guide says that the best drink in existence is the Pan
Galactic Gargle Blaster. It says that the effect of a Pan Galactic
Gargle Blaster is like having your brains smashed out by a slice
of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.”
88. Helvetica 32px/48px
“The Guide says that the best drink in existence is the Pan
Galactic Gargle Blaster. It says that the effect of a Pan Galactic
Gargle Blaster is like having your brains smashed out by a slice
of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.”
90. Bembo 32px/48px
“The Guide says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic
Gargle Blaster. It says that the effect of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is
like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped
round a large gold brick.”
91. Caslon 32px/48px
“The Guide says that the best drink in existence is the Pan
Galactic Gargle Blaster. It says that the effect of a Pan
Galactic Gargle Blaster is like having your brains smashed
out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.”
94. 9 reasons why cats will conquer the world. The number 5
will surprise you!
“More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value.
For some reason, if a strag (strag: nonhitchhiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has his towel with him, he will
automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, washcloth, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass,
map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet-weather gear, space suit etc., etc.
Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitchhiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitchhiker
might have accidentally "lost.". What the strag will think is that any man that can hitch the length and breadth of the
Galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through and still know where his towel is, is clearly a
man to be reckoned with.”
95. 9 reasons why cats will conquer the world. The number 5
will surprise you!
“More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value.
For some reason, if a strag (strag: nonhitchhiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has his towel with him, he will
automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, washcloth, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass,
map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet-weather gear, space suit etc., etc.
Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitchhiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitchhiker
might have accidentally "lost.". What the strag will think is that any man that can hitch the length and breadth of the
Galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through and still know where his towel is, is clearly a
man to be reckoned with.”
96. Choose a line height for a
baseline, and make all
vertical values derive from it.
117. You can manipulate the
text’s indentation, which
applies to its first line.
118. More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value.
For some reason, if a strag (strag: nonhitchhiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has his
towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a
toothbrush, washcloth, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat
spray, wet-weather gear, space suit etc., etc.
Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitchhiker any of these or a dozen
other items that the hitchhiker might have accidentally "lost.". What the strag will think
is that any man that can hitch the length and breadth of the Galaxy, rough it, slum it,
struggle against terrible odds, win through and still know where his towel is, is clearly a
man to be reckoned with.
119. More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value.
For some reason, if a strag (strag: nonhitchhiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has
his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a
toothbrush, washcloth, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat
spray, wet-weather gear, space suit etc., etc.
Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitchhiker any of these or a dozen
other items that the hitchhiker might have accidentally "lost.". What the strag will think
is that any man that can hitch the length and breadth of the Galaxy, rough it, slum it,
struggle against terrible odds, win through and still know where his towel is, is clearly a
man to be reckoned with.
.post p {
text-indent: 2em;
}
120. For long texts, you can
skip the indentation on
the first paragraph.
121. More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value.
For some reason, if a strag (strag: nonhitchhiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has
his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a
toothbrush, washcloth, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat
spray, wet-weather gear, space suit etc., etc.
Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitchhiker any of these or a dozen
other items that the hitchhiker might have accidentally "lost.". What the strag will think
is that any man that can hitch the length and breadth of the Galaxy, rough it, slum it,
struggle against terrible odds, win through and still know where his towel is, is clearly a
man to be reckoned with.
.post p {
text-indent: 2em;
}
.post p:first-of-type {
text-indent: 0;
}
122. More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value.
For some reason, if a strag (strag: nonhitchhiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has
his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a
toothbrush, washcloth, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat
spray, wet-weather gear, space suit etc., etc.
Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitchhiker any of these or a dozen
other items that the hitchhiker might have accidentally "lost.". What the strag will think
is that any man that can hitch the length and breadth of the Galaxy, rough it, slum it,
struggle against terrible odds, win through and still know where his towel is, is clearly a
man to be reckoned with.
.post p + p {
text-indent: 2em;
}
162. Each OS and browsers have a
different anti-aliasing and
hinting setting.
163. OS + Browser Hinting and AA
Win XP — IE6–8 GDI Grayscale
Win XP — IE6–8 ClearType GCI ClearType
IE9+ DirectWrite
Win XP Chrome GDI ClearType
Win XP Firefox GDI ClearType
Win 7+ Chrome 37+ DirectWrite
Win 7+ Firefox Depends?
OS X CoreText, ignores hinting
* Based on a lot of Google searches, might not be accurate
179. Each typeface has a story
and a personality, choose
one that match yours.
180. The quick brown fox
jumps over the lazy dog.
Bembo — based in engravings from 1495, renaissance style,
readable in small font sizes.
181. The quick brown fox
jumps over the lazy dog.
Helvetica — Symbol of the Modern Design, is readable,
international and neutral.
182. The quick brown fox
jumps over the lazy dog.
Museo — The modern, geometric shapes and the rounded, slab
serifs give a strong personality to this type.
183. Serifs have a refined look,
need less line height values,
and help maintaining a
cohesive text.
184.
185. Sans serifs have a modern
look, and increased
legibility on screens.
205. Further reading:
The Elements of Typographic Style
Robert Bringhurst
EN: http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Bringhurst/dp/0881791326
PT-BR: http://editora.cosacnaify.com.br/ObraSinopse/11584/Elementos-do-estilo-tipogr%C3%A1fico---vers%C3%A3o-30.aspx
Thinking with Type
Ellen Lupton
EN: http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Type-2nd-revised-expanded/dp/1568989695
PT-BR: http://editora.cosacnaify.com.br/ObraSinopse/1875/Pensar-com-tipos---2%C2%BA-edi%C3%A7%C3%A3o-%28Previs%C3%A3o-de-envio-a-
partir-de-200415%29.aspx
Type on Screen
Ellen Lupton
EN: http://www.amazon.com/Type-Screen-Critical-Designers-Developers/dp/161689170X
On Web Typography
Jason Santa Maria
EN: http://abookapart.com/products/on-web-typography
Type and Typography
Baines & Haslam
EN: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Type-Typography-Portfolio-Phil-Baines/dp/1856694372