Typography on the web

18Feb08
Web TypeAs many of you already know, good typography on the web is a rare commodity, but when I see some, it brings me to tears. As strange as it may sound, I sometimes make fake site comps just to practice different ways to achieve strong web typography, these four thumbnails are great examples of typography on the web. The first thumbnail is from A list Apart, the traditional looking serif heading followed by the sans-serif type is sweet.
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Shaun Inman’s site is next, and has a nice clean grid with awesome hierarchy. You may also know Shaun Inman for SIFR, which is something that allows you to utilize any typeface by rendering it in flash, while it remains live text. His site is clean and simple, but the variation of weights in the type gives it a little something special.
Web Type 3Jesus Rodriguez Velasco’s site is his weblog. The typography on the entire site is immaculate. It is strictly serif, which personally I’m partial to sans serif but this is done so well that you I can’t really complain! The site is extremely legible and very artistic. The grungy Latino feel I get from it is very successful.



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  1. 1 Kyle on February 20, 2008 said:

    To think of all the years I’ve wasted using Times New Roman for everything!

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  2. 2 Mark on February 22, 2008 said:

    So Comic Sans is out?

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