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Responsive Typography: Using Type Well on the Web

Responsive Typography: Using Type Well on the Web

A brief book that introduces the reader to some typography basics and dives in to implementing them on the web for all sizes of devices.

2014

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A closer looks at what makes variable fonts so interesting for brands

An article I wrote for Monotype Labs

Jul 25, 2023

Jul 25, 2023

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Part 7: The reader’s right — preferences and light modes

There are a couple of things I’d like to show you this week. One is a relatively small but important step forward for the book project…

Jul 7, 2020

Light and dark modes compared

Jul 7, 2020

Ride report: Storck Fascenario ‘F.3’ Platinum

My first week with an extraordinary new bike

Jul 4, 2020

Head-on photo of the front brake and head tube taken while riding

Jul 4, 2020

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Part 6: On the nature of ‘book’-ishness

This week is one I’ve been awaiting for quite some time. Really since before I even started this process. It’s also the first time I’m…

May 29, 2020

Chapter 1 in print and on iPhone

May 29, 2020

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Part 5: Dynamic Typography Redux: clamp() on it

This week has a big update to the typographic scaling that features some very new CSS about which I’m pretty excited. It’s featuring a new…

May 19, 2020

Scaled typography on small screen and large

May 19, 2020

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Part 4: Fixing FOUT with font loading & fallback tuning. And saving the orphans.

Last week we added web fonts to our project — both static and variable versions. This week we’re going to add font loading management and…

May 12, 2020

Typography looking tidy with ligatures, initial cap, first line styles, and some beautiful artwork starting off Chapter 5

May 12, 2020

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Part 3: Adding web fonts — giving voice to our words

This is a big week for the project. While it was in important step last week to establish some basic responsiveness, we couldn’t really…

May 4, 2020

Screenshots showing the text set in Georgia and Literata

May 4, 2020

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Part 2: Making the typography responsive and laying foundations for more to come

The feedback I’ve received over the past week has been amazing, and matches my own excitement about this project. I’ve spent a lot of time…

Apr 27, 2020

The cover of the Rockwell Kent version of Moby Dick

Apr 27, 2020

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Landing the whale: making a book on the web, part 1

I don’t know when it was I started using the text of Moby Dick in my workshops and talks. Likely it dates back to some of my earliest…

Apr 20, 2020

Rockwell Kent illustration of a whale breaking the surface of the waves

Apr 20, 2020

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Swiss inspiration & morning rituals observed

This week’s issue took a bit of a meander. I started thinking I might make another Google Fonts API tutorial. But part way through that I…

Apr 10, 2020

Herbert Leupin poster featuring a coffeepot and the Tribune

Apr 10, 2020

Jason Pamental

Jason Pamental

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principal designer @ Chewy.com. tinkerer, typographer, teacher, speaker. http://rwt.io, author:Responsive Typography (bit.ly/rwtbook). walker of Leo.

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