An interesting and though provoking perspective by Oliver Reichenstein on why larger type and lower content density is good for readability on the Web.
“Physically 16pt [on screen] is as big as 11pt in print. Huh? Yes, the screen is usually further away, which at such small distances, has a huge impact… 16pt only looks big because we’re used to [...]
Category Archives: Typography
Readability of Large Type
October 23, 2008 – 1:23 pm
Rich Typographic Headlines
February 4, 2008 – 1:29 pm
Most designers and developers in the industry have at least a basic understanding of how to work with typefaces on the web. From the commonly used CSS font-face and line-height properties to the lesser used properties of first-letter and first-line, we actually have plenty of options for styling typography with CSS. But what do we [...]