Cool new stuff in web typography in December ’18
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How is it going? This is the last email from me this year. I wanted to share some cool web typography stuff that I found online and a few updates.
News
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If you’re looking to give the Better Web Type book as a gift, today is the last day to place the order and receive it in time for Christmas. If you want to buy multiple, you can do so here.
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I added two more cheat sheets to the book: Recognizing font styles and the Better web typography checklist. There are now 5 cheat sheets that come as extras with the eBook and the Combo pack, check it out on the new website.
Featured
The Five Whys of Web Font Loading Performance
A talk about font loading performance with concrete examples and a case study. Can you guess who the author is? Yup, it’s Zach Leatherman!
Font of the month
Optician Sans
I found this little gem today, it’s described as “a free font based on the historical eye charts and optotypes used by opticians worldwide.” Sounds strange, I know, when would a designer need a font like this? But take a look, the font looks really cool. I could definitely see myself use this in a project. Too bad it only consists of uppercase letters.
Cool Articles
The best new type foundries of 2018
If you want to find very unique fonts, you’ll need to explore the ones from lesser known foundries. This is a good place to start.
The Letter “A”
This is simply an anatomy of the letter “A”. A very interesting article.
Subset numerals so they’re as awesome as the rest of your content
Let’s say that you chose a font for your body text but it only comes with the lining (“uppercase”) numerals. You want the old-style ones as they’re a better fit, what do you do? You could load numbers from another but similar font.
Photo of the month
I re-introduced the printed version of the book recently. I’m now getting ready to send a few copies out as gifts. @matejlatin
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I hope you’ll have a wonderful holiday season. See you next year! 🎄🎅🏻✨
Cheers,
Matej