Category Archives: Typography

Readability of Large Type

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 [...]

Rich Typographic Headlines

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 [...]