Web Typography: Viva La Revolution!

Post on 28-Jan-2015

110 views 0 download

Tags:

description

An overview of recent (and not so recent) developments in web typography and how the look of the web is changing for the better.

Transcript of Web Typography: Viva La Revolution!

Hi.

Hi.My name is Mykl.

I’m a Type Geek.

Ignite Minneapolis:When Good People Choose Bad Fonts

Brief History

1996

“Core” FontsIntroduced

Inspired by a slide by Garrick Van Buren

Inspired by a slide by Garrick Van Buren

1998

2004

Despite this,typographybecomes cool

Despite this,typographybecomes cool

...and partisan...

...and popular!

TypographyTrends

True Web Typography(Finally!)

@font-face

• Clean. Doesn’t use Javascript, Flash, images, etc.

• Searchable, accessible, standards-compliant

• Fast & efficient

Tools/soultions

Examples

Mykl Roventine Designer of Things myklroventine.com twitter.com/myklroventine

Thankyou!

Photo by: Meshl on Flickr