Rise of the Digital Fonts
A history of typesetting from movable type to variable fonts.
A history of typesetting from movable type to variable fonts.
In this interview, Biance Berning says:
Cassie Evans from Clearleft is an interesting person to follow as she combines web animation with variable font technology, essentially exploring the technology’s practicality and expression.
Hells yeah!
We’re only just scratching the surface of what variable fonts can do within more interactive and immersive spaces. I think we’ll see a lot more progress and experimentation with that as time goes on.
Play around with this variable font available soon from Google Fonts in monospaced and sans-serif versions.
This is a great interview with Rich on all things related to web typography—including, of course, variable fonts.
I’m so lucky that I literally get to work side by side with Rich; I get to geek out with him about font stuff all the time.
Mandy’s experiments with text effects in CSS are kinda mindblowing—I can’t wait to see her at Ampersand at the end of the month!
Sometimes a consistent interface doesn’t reflect the reality of usage.
The future of typography is here.
Liveblogging Jon’s talk at An Event Apart in Atlanta.
The latest installment in the long tradition of calling for this pseudo-element.