Limiting yourself to a rigid set of typographical criteria is a really bad idea. It’s worth exploring flexibility, variation and contrast in order to make your texts more readable and attractive.
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Paragraphs part II
Web pages, more fonts & what you need
Just how important is it that we’re able to embed any font we like in a web page?
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Online newspaper layout: 10 years and 10 steps back
Do online newspapers provide a better reading experience than they did ten years ago? Yes and no, but the fear of not slapping as much content as possible on the page, the overuse of complex grids and advertising immaturity means there’s a lot of room for improvement.
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Text is text is text is text
There’s nothing wrong with web pages that look boring and conventional. The role of web design is to make content comprehensible, readable and accessible (and any other -ible or -able you can think of).
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Leading and measure: experimenting with different values
Test different leadings, measures, colours and fonts quickly and easily using 2 tiny HTML and CSS files.
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