Yesterday I happened to catch a glimpse of a tweet linking to an article titled, The Problem with Free Fonts, and as a typography fanatic I had to click and read. I’m not sure if the article title was a bit misleading, but I was a hint disappointed by the depth of the articles positioning. [...]
Archive for the ‘Typography’ Category
Improving typography through space
Yesterday I read a tweet that Veer has become, yet another, type foundry added to Typekit’s remarkable list of foundries; allowing us to rent quality fonts for use on our websites. As exciting as this is, along with other movements and progressions in web typography, it also made me think of how dangerous this can [...]
Websites with lovely layout and typography
If you are new to TDC and didn’t know — well lets just say I love me some good ol’ typography — I come from a traditional print design background where layout and typefaces were used more flexibly. With (more) recent advances in web technologies and real font integration services, such as Typekit, the web [...]
On font pairing in logo design
Lately I’ve been receiving emails from designer’s and students asking for my personal critique on an identity design project they’re working on. Many of the emails are typically based around the question: “What font looks better?” or “Do you think a heavy typeface or light typeface would better fit the mark?” The posed questions had [...]
Typography is the backbone of good web design
Ever since launching my Information Portfolio, BrianHoff.net, I’ve received many emails with similar variations to the question “How do I become better with typography on the web?” or “Why does your type look nice on your site?” Below are a few techniques I generally go with when styling my type and aspects I considered and [...]
My favorite follows on Twitter
A while back I wrote an article posing the question if Twitter was taking over RSS? To summarize the post: since the popularity of Twitter increased and more information was being shared and spread quicker than I could open up my RSS reader, I began thinking if RSS was starting to become “old school”. Only [...]
