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Things to consider for good typography on the web.

Kedar Kodgire on January 10, 2020

Web Typography refers to the text appears on your website. It's not only about the basic CSS text properties: What fonts to use, whether it should ...
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Jason C. McDonald • Edited

Excellent post!

I've done quite a bit of typography in web design, graphics design, and even print book, and I can attest to all the above. However, in print, we almost always use justified, which creates straight lines on either side to aid the eye in following the text on the page.

Making fonts is a lot of work, but it's also quite enjoyable too. I once completely re-kerned a handwritten font for a cartoonist; my edited version of the font has been in use from about 2015 onward. (Fun Fact: I was also his colorist from comic 2237 to 2450. That was a whole new level of fun!)

Birdfont is my absolute favorite tool for font editing.

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Kedar Kodgire

Thanks Jason!
I back you up on using justify in print. Checked some posts between 2237 and 2450, I gotta say that you did an amazing job on coloring, I really liked it.
Never used Birdfont before, will definitely give it a try.

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marcellahaller

Great post, and it's great that you provide illustrative examples of your recommendations. This is useful!
I will also leave a mention of this resource gapsystudio.com/blog/how-to-make-a.... Here are some good practical typography tips for choosing and shaping fonts.

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Zane Milakovic

What a great post. I have used some of these, but this showed a few things I have not seen.

I love typography. Thank you for writing this!

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Kedar Kodgire

Glad, you liked it!

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Keoma Mallett

Thank you so much for this wonderful and insightful post.

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A Bunch of Things

Great read. Please I'm new here and I'd like to know more about youak

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Kedar Kodgire

Sure. You can DM.

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Artofaj

Great post! Thank you for sharing those amazing tools and your thoughts on this.