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Everything about Web typography
Publishing considerations for the Web
Web typography, like typography generally, is the design of pages – their layout and typeface choices. Unlike traditional print-based typography, pages intended for display on the World Wide Web have additional technical challenges and – given its ability to change the presentation dynamically – additional opportunities. Early web page designs were very simple due to technology limitations; modern designs use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JavaScript and other techniques to deliver the typographer's and the client's vision. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Web typographyA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Looking good in printThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Conjoint analysis as a new methodology for Korean typography guideline in Web environmentCited 17 times
- Go sideways: Web Open Font FormatA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Embedded OpenTypeA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Looking good in printRoger C. Parker, Carrie Beverly · 1988
Dot-fontJohn D. Berry · 2007
Design for Hackers: Reverse Engineering BeautyDavid Kadavy · 2011- 📕On web typographyJason Santa Maria · 2014
The Design ManualDavid Whitbread · 2001
Adobe Type Library Reference BookAdobe Systems Inc. · 2002
The handbook of digital publishingMichael L. Kleper, Michael Kleper · 2000
Robin Williams design workshopRobin Williams, Robin Williams · 2001
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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