This document provides an overview of web typography fundamentals. It begins with defining typography and its structure. It then covers macro typography concepts like hierarchy, language, typesetting and grids. Next it discusses micro typography details such as framing, numerals in tables, and ampersands in titles. The document uses examples and images to illustrate typographic concepts. It aims to inform designers on best practices for web typography.
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A bankrupt hotchpotch
Ed Vaizey Nov 06 07, 04:40pm
The Queen’s speech: Big on
short-term tricks, and lacking in
long-term vision just about sums
up the government’s new
legislation
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End of mutual respect If Ball wants better schools, he
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Blogs Editor’s picks
Space cadets
Dan Kennedy
05:00pm: Is seeing a UFO any
more crazy than believing God
Created the universe in six days> It
is if you are running to be
president of the United States.
Comments
A bankrupt hotchpotch
Ed Vaizey Nov 06 07, 04:40pm
The Queen’s speech: Big on
short-term tricks, and lacking in
long-term vision just about sums
up the government’s new
legislation
Comments State of emergency by Steve Bell
End of mutual respect If Ball wants better schools, he
Derek Wall Nov 06 07, 04:20pm
As the Respect party splits in two must scrap faith selection
76. Aboard Minerva off the Coast of New England
Daniel is roused by a rooster on the forecastledeck† that is growing certain
† The forecastledeck is the
it’s not just imagining that light in the eastern sky. Unfortunately the short deck that, towards
eastern sky is off to port this morning. Yesterday it was starboard. the ship’s bow, is built
Minerva has been sailing up and down the New England coast for the above the upperdeck.
better part of a fortnight, trying to catch a wind that will decisively take
her out into deep water, or “off soundings,” as they say. They are probably
not more than fifty miles away from Boston.
Contrary Winds
Daniel goes back and sits by one of the windows – these are undershot so
that he can look straight down and see Minerva’s wake being born in a
foamy collision around the rudder. He opens a small hatch below a
window and drops out a Fahrenheit thermometer on a string. It is the very
latest in temperature measurement from Europe – Enoch presented it to
him as a sort of party favour. He lets it bounce through the surf for a few
minutes, then hauls it in a takes a reading.
He’s been trying to perform this ritual every four hours – the objective
being to see if there’s any rumour that the North Atlantic is striped with
currents of warm water. He can present the data to the Royal Society if
God-willing he reaches London.
Text taken from Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson.
77. Aboard Minerva off the Coast of New England
Daniel is roused by a rooster on the forecastledeck† that is growing certain
† The forecastledeck is the
it’s not just imagining that light in the eastern sky. Unfortunately the short deck that, towards
eastern sky is off to port this morning. Yesterday it was starboard. the ship’s bow, is built
Minerva has been sailing up and down the New England coast for the above the upperdeck.
better part of a fortnight, trying to catch a wind that will decisively take
her out into deep water, or “off soundings,” as they say. They are probably
not more than fifty miles away from Boston.
Contrary Winds
Daniel goes back and sits by one of the windows – these are undershot so
that he can look straight down and see Minerva’s wake being born in a
foamy collision around the rudder. He opens a small hatch below a
window and drops out a Fahrenheit thermometer on a string. It is the very
latest in temperature measurement from Europe – Enoch presented it to
him as a sort of party favour. He lets it bounce through the surf for a few
minutes, then hauls it in a takes a reading.
He’s been trying to perform this ritual every four hours – the objective
being to see if there’s any rumour that the North Atlantic is striped with
currents of warm water. He can present the data to the Royal Society if
God-willing he reaches London.
Text taken from Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson.
78. Aboard Minerva off the Coast of New England
Daniel is roused by a rooster on the forecastledeck† that is growing certain
† The forecastledeck is the
it’s not just imagining that light in the eastern sky. Unfortunately the short deck that, towards
eastern sky is off to port this morning. Yesterday it was starboard. the ship’s bow, is built
Minerva has been sailing up and down the New England coast for the above the upperdeck.
better part of a fortnight, trying to catch a wind that will decisively take
her out into deep water, or “off soundings,” as they say. They are probably
not more than fifty miles away from Boston.
Contrary Winds
Daniel goes back and sits by one of the windows – these are undershot so
that he can look straight down and see Minerva’s wake being born in a
foamy collision around the rudder. He opens a small hatch below a
window and drops out a Fahrenheit thermometer on a string. It is the very
latest in temperature measurement from Europe – Enoch presented it to
him as a sort of party favour. He lets it bounce through the surf for a few
minutes, then hauls it in a takes a reading.
He’s been trying to perform this ritual every four hours – the objective
being to see if there’s any rumour that the North Atlantic is striped with
currents of warm water. He can present the data to the Royal Society if
God-willing he reaches London.
Text taken from Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson.
79. Aboard Minerva off the Coast of New England
Daniel is roused by a rooster on the forecastledeck† that is growing certain † The forecastledeck is the
it’s not just imagining that light in the eastern sky. Unfortunately the short deck that, towards
eastern sky is off to port this morning. Yesterday it was starboard. the ship’s bow, is built
Minerva has been sailing up and down the New England coast for the above the upperdeck.
better part of a fortnight, trying to catch a wind that will decisively take
her out into deep water, or “off soundings,” as they say. They are probably
not more than fifty miles away from Boston.
Contrary Winds
Daniel goes back and sits by one of the windows – these are undershot so
that he can look straight down and see Minerva’s wake being born in a
foamy collision around the rudder. He opens a small hatch below a
window and drops out a Fahrenheit thermometer on a string. It is the very
latest in temperature measurement from Europe – Enoch presented it to
him as a sort of party favour. He lets it bounce through the surf for a few
minutes, then hauls it in a takes a reading.
He’s been trying to perform this ritual every four hours – the objective
being to see if there’s any rumour that the North Atlantic is striped with
currents of warm water. He can present the data to the Royal Society if
God-willing he reaches London.
Text taken from Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson.
80. Aboard Minerva off the Coast of New England
Daniel is roused by a rooster on the forecastledeck† that is growing certain † The forecastledeck is the
it’s not just imagining that light in the eastern sky. Unfortunately the short deck that, towards
eastern sky is off to port this morning. Yesterday it was starboard. the ship’s bow, is built
Minerva has been sailing up and down the New England coast for the above the upperdeck.
better part of a fortnight, trying to catch a wind that will decisively take
her out into deep water, or “off soundings,” as they say. They are probably
not more than fifty miles away from Boston.
Contrary Winds
Daniel goes back and sits by one of the windows – these are undershot so
that he can look straight down and see Minerva’s wake being born in a
foamy collision around the rudder. He opens a small hatch below a
window and drops out a Fahrenheit thermometer on a string. It is the very
latest in temperature measurement from Europe – Enoch presented it to
him as a sort of party favour. He lets it bounce through the surf for a few
minutes, then hauls it in a takes a reading.
He’s been trying to perform this ritual every four hours – the objective
being to see if there’s any rumour that the North Atlantic is striped with
currents of warm water. He can present the data to the Royal Society if
God-willing he reaches London.
Text taken from Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson.
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111. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer
adipiscing elit. Praesent pharetra feugiat
nulla. Mauris eget purus. Lorem ipsum dolor
sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.
• Barry Island
• Rhoose
• Llantwit Major
• Bridgend
Nullam ac turpis. Curabitur ut nisl eget nulla
molestie suscipit. Phasellus nibh purus,
posuere in, suscipit ac, pharetra ac, ligula.
112. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer
adipiscing elit. Praesent pharetra feugiat
nulla. Mauris eget purus. Lorem ipsum dolor
sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.
• Barry Island
• Rhoose
• Llantwit Major
• Bridgend
Nullam ac turpis. Curabitur ut nisl eget nulla
molestie suscipit. Phasellus nibh purus,
posuere in, suscipit ac, pharetra ac, ligula.
113. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer
adipiscing elit. Praesent pharetra feugiat
nulla. Mauris eget purus. Lorem ipsum dolor
sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.
• Barry Island
• Rhoose
• Llantwit Major
• Bridgend
Nullam ac turpis. Curabitur ut nisl eget nulla
molestie suscipit. Phasellus nibh purus,
posuere in, suscipit ac, pharetra ac, ligula.
114. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer
adipiscing elit. Praesent pharetra feugiat
nulla. Mauris eget purus. Lorem ipsum dolor
sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.
• Barry Island
• Rhoose
• Llantwit Major
• Bridgend
Nullam ac turpis. Curabitur ut nisl eget nulla
molestie suscipit. Phasellus nibh purus,
posuere in, suscipit ac, pharetra ac, ligula.
115. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer
adipiscing elit. Praesent pharetra feugiat
nulla. Mauris eget purus. Lorem ipsum dolor
sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.
• Barry Island
• Rhoose
• Llantwit Major
• Bridgend
Nullam ac turpis. Curabitur ut nisl eget nulla
molestie suscipit. Phasellus nibh purus,
posuere in, suscipit ac, pharetra ac, ligula.
131. - hyphen Müller-Brockmann
– en dash 3–6 April; 25–30 mm
a phrase marker – thus – with spaces
— em dash a phrase marker—thus—with no spaces
— Doesn’t sound much like a bee to me.
— It’s a bloody aardvark!
− minus 4−1=3
138. "Sanvito",
"Ex Ponto",
"Snell Roundhand",
"Nuptial Script",
"Palace Script",
"Park Avenue",
"Poetica",
"Shelley",
"Kaufmann",
"Zapf Chancery",
"Zapf Chancery Medium Italic",
"ITC Zapf Chancery",
"ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic",
Styles from Joe Clark’s weblog (http://fawny.org/blog/)
139. "Monotype Corsiva",
Corsiva,
"Zurich Calligraphic",
"Chancery",
Sand,
Textile,
Mead,
Script,
"URW Chancery L",
"URW Chancery L Medium Italic",
cursive;
}
Styles from Joe Clark’s weblog (http://fawny.org/blog/)
140. Watch out for:
HTML 5
Maybe. Eventually. One day.
CSS3
Maybe. Eventually. One day.
@font-face
Maybe. Eventually. One day.
It’s already happening: Fontdeck, Typekit.
141. ‘...It is not surface, it is not an extra, it is the
thing itself’
Stephen Fry
