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Chris’ Corner: Type Stuff!

CodePen·@HashtagPLUS·6 months ago
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Let’s do typography stuff!

Video : “A live demo by me of early font editors on a real Macintosh Plus” by Mark Simonson

Font : “Is this font easy for you to read? Good—that’s the idea.” Hyperlegible is the name of the font, designed for people with low vision.

Technique : “Fluid typography means thinking in terms of type scales and flexible spacing across your defined design space.” Richard Rutter goes retrofitting a new type sizing technique into an old layout. Miriam is also thinking about all this . Richard also has a good one on avoiding faux bold , which has afflicted me many times. My hot take is that browsers shouldn’t do faux nuthin.

Font : “To help young readers of all skill levels, we’re introducing Kermit, a child-friendly typeface created by the type design studio Underware .” It’s fairly pricey but I can imagine it being perfect for some projects. Like Comic Sans but cooler. P.S.…

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