Posts tagged “typography”

• 16 pixels

  Posted by Leon on October 7, 2011. No comments.

  Setting body type at a minimum size of 16 pixels is a good rule of thumb. But you need to consider a few other factors when it comes to type sizes.

• Adding em en em or en dashes to Google docs

  Posted by Leon on August 11, 2011. 4 comments.

  Love Google docs and all that, but typographically it’s a little basic. One of the things that bugs me is how it hyphenates (or rather, how it doesn’t bother with hyphenation at all). There is a workaround, though.

• Forget ems and use pixels instead

  Posted by Leon on December 31, 2010. No comments.

  My brain melted when I attempted to add a border to an article and its heading using ems. This wasn’t helped by my decision to use a unitless line height. I think I managed to do it and maintain a vertical rhythm, but it was hard work. So I’ve decided to re–revert after all. It [...]

• Why it’s still worth using ems instead of pixels

  Posted by Leon on December 27, 2010. 3 comments.

  Using absolute units saves a lot of time and mind–bending maths when we first write our stylesheets, but relative units make future changes and maintenance less of a headache.

• The Scherzo theme for WordPress (update)

  Posted by Leon on December 6, 2010. No comments.

  Scherzo is a plain, readable theme for WordPress that’s been rebuilt from top to bottom. It’s now a lot more robust and boasts some extra features.