All web typography articles, newsletters and other posts published on this website.

  • Articles

    The State of Fluid Web Typography

    ~ 11 min read

    Fluid typography gives us so many opportunities to better design the reading experiences on the web but, at the same time, it introduces problems of font sizes scaling uncontrollably and potential accessibility issues. Is fluid web typography ready to be used?

    The State of Fluid Web Typography
  • Newsletter

    May ’19

    ~ 2 min read

    Moon 2.0 is the featured free font of this edition, we take a look at articles about line height in Figma, variable fonts and stories behind some classic typefaces.

    Cool new stuff in web typography in May ’19
  • Newsletter

    April ’19

    ~ 1 min read

    Cooper Hewitt is the featured free font of this edition, we take a look at articles about font metrics, interface typography and typography in design systems.

    Cool new stuff in web typography in April ’19
  • Newsletter

    March ’19

    ~ 2 min read

    League Spartan is the featured free font of this edition, we take a look at making Google fonts load faster and more CSS typographic experiments.

    Cool new stuff in web typography in March ’19
  • Newsletter

    February ’19

    ~ 1 min read

    Reno Mono is the featured free font of this edition, we take a look at Typetura—a new tool for fluid web typography and pure CSS lettering experiments.

    Cool new stuff in web typography in February ’19
  • Newsletter

    January ’19

    ~ 1 min read

    Marvin Visions is the featured free font of this edition, we also take a look at how AirBnb introduced a custom typeface to their UI and the difference between variable and parametric fonts.

    Cool new stuff in web typography in January ’19
  • Newsletter

    December ’18

    ~ 1 min read

    Optician Sans is the featured free font of this edition, we also take a look at improving the performance of web font loading subsetting numerals.

    Cool new stuff in web typography in December ’18
  • Newsletter

    November ’18

    ~ 1 min read

    Times Newer Roman is the featured free font of this edition, we also take a look at articles about mastering typography in Sketch.

    Cool new stuff in web typography in November ’18
  • Articles

    Rhythm in Web Typography

    ~ 17 min read

    Horizontal rhythm mostly impacts the legibility, while vertical rhythm impacts the readability of the text and establishes a sense of visual hierarchy.

    Rhythm in Web Typography
  • Newsletter

    October ’18

    ~ 2 min read

    Inter UI from Figma is the featured free font of this edition, we also take a look at a demo of CSS OpenType features and typesetting in text rendering in Sketch.

    Cool new stuff in web typography in October ’18
  • Newsletter

    September ’18

    ~ 1 min read

    Space Grotesq is the featured free font of this edition, we also take a look at fonts people actually use, OpenSource fonts, and articles about variable fonts.

    Cool new stuff in web typography in September ’18
  • Articles

    A Guide to Combining Fonts

    ~ 11 min read

    Combining fonts is one of the trickiest parts of typography. Here’s a guide, combined with an example to help you get font combinations right.

    A Guide to Combining Fonts

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