"The “key ingredient” to our new design. The answer is simple: all design decisions have been dictated by our pursuit of optimal typographic measure (45–90 characters per line) for a convenient reading experience on every screen resolution. We’ve worked very hard to achieve optimal typography first and then built the layout around that. It was important for us to increase usability, visibility and accessibility for our content."
- Smashing Magazine on their new responsive design
The new web typography - wow - amazing site! via markwyner (in a great post)
You need to view this site in Internet Explorer 10+ (preview) or Firefox 8+. IE10? WTF? Yep, this site was developed to showcase the power of Microsoft’s OpenType font format.
(via antoniorigo)
Golden Ratio Web Typography Secret Symphony: The Ultimate Guide to Readable Web Typography
“The Lost Type Co-Op is a Pay-What-You-Want Type foundry, the first of its kind. Users can pay what they want (or just download for free). 100% of funds from these sales go directly to the designers of the fonts. Lost Type takes no cut of sales, and holds no funds.”
An amazing infographic on the history of Western typography - I couldn’t possibly love this more!
(via thenextweb)
Test your typographic kerning skills: http://type.method.ac/
