web based typography, best practices and resources
So, I’ve been working this evening. I’ve created my first couple of pages using the sIFR (scalable Inman Flash Replacement) technique.
For those of you who’ve not heard of it, sIFR allows you to replace specific targeted elements. Remember how you used to make headers for every h1/h2/h3 in Photoshop, trim to fit then do the [...]
Eric Speikermann, a very well known and respected typographer and designer gives a fantastic interview over at ideasonideas. Speikermann talks quite openly about his own strengths and flaws in running a business. Very good reading for those designers and programmers who are starting up or running their own small businesses.
Spiekermann gives us the business
A link to a session at this years SXSW Interactive, an excellent short set of slides with notes about web typography.
http://webtypography.net/sxsw2007/
There are a lot of notes and ideas in here that clarify a few thoughts for me, but it was also good to see that 90% of it, I do as standard practice. Despite studying [...]
Getting away from all this tech speak here’s something a little more directed at the designers amongst you. Here is a great article and links about how to control the way web-site looks on the paper, enjoy.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/02/21/printing-the-web-solutions-and-techniques/
http://www.informationarchitects.jp/the-web-is-all-about-typography-period
Interesting article about the importance of typography in web design. Thanks Daring Fireball for the link.