Web Typography Tools

Posted by on May 3, 2010 in Typography | No Comments

Every now and again you need a little help with getting the right font for a website. The following online tools have been a help to me one way or another in getting the right look. The great thing about some of these tools, they also generate the css code for you. Typechart lets you …

Stanley & Marvin

Posted by on May 29, 2009 in Typography | No Comments
Stanley & Marvin

How could you not want a book where the characters are completely made out of typography? I think I will order me one. About the book: Stanley hadn’t been home for a while. His sister has a baby. His brother-in-law has a moustache. Everything is different. Stanley doesn’t like it. —Designed by Brighten the Corners …

My Little Designer

Posted by on May 7, 2009 in Family, Typography | No Comments
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As a father it has always brought me great joy when my children started drawing and doing creative things. Even today I can’t go home without getting at least one new picture from one of my children. Of course I love this at try to save as much of them as I can and encourage …

White Space: How to Get it ‘Right’

Posted by on Mar 24, 2009 in Design | No Comments
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Here is a great article on white space that comes from Five Simple Steps: A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web, written and published by Mark Boulton and rebublished on Think Vitamin. Some good points that are brought up in this article are the different meanings even with the same content and copy by …

Flipping Typical

Posted by on Jan 13, 2009 in Typography | No Comments
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Do you ever find yourself wondering what a certain word would look like in a variety of fonts but want to see them all at the same time. Well, look no further, Flipping Typical is here. Just type in the word you want to see and instantly you have a font preview of the most …