Better Web Typography

Matej´s course on Better Web Typography is structured into seven parts which will be mailed to you, once you subscribed to the course. Matej is passionate about his topic and he is putting great care into the details. What I liked especially about the course are the references to articles, tools, and books for further exploration. I found some interesting new things! The parts of the course are:

I think the course is like a condensed version of Matej´s book Better web typography for a better web, which I didn´t read.

Introduction to typography

Web design is 95% typography – iA article
Should the terms font and typeface be used interchangeably? – article by Ralf Herrmann
Jan Tschichold – design is history article
The Elements of Typographic Style – book by Robert Bringhurst

Equilateral triangle of a perfect paragraph

How we read – ALA article by Jason Santa Maria ★
Measure – Chrome plugin
Readability: the optimal line length – article by Christian Holst

Anatomy of a typeface

Type classifications – article by Allan Haley
Learn: Anatomy of a typeface – typedia article ★

Choosing typefaces

Web Font Specimen – tool
Massimo Vignelli´s 6 typefaces – fonts in use article by Stephen Coles
FOUT, FOIT, FOFT – CSS-Tricks article by Chris Coyier ★
Times New Roman – video

Combining typefaces

Combining Typefaces – online book by Tim Brown
Beautiful Web Type – font collection of open-source web types ★
Typespiration – font collection
How typography shapes our perception of truth – fast company article by John Brownlee
Canva Font Combinations – tool/collection

Rhythm in web typography

Why is Vertical Rhythm an Important Typography Practice? – article by Zell
Kern Type, the kerning game – game by Mark MacKay
Gutenberg – A Meaningful Web Typography Starter Kit – CSS tool by Matej Latin
Grid Lover – tool

Modular scale & meaningful typography

More meaningful typography – ALA article by Tim Brown
Modularscale.com – tool
Modular scale Sketch plugin – tool

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