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line-heights (leading) make reading the actual text a pleasure. No
squinting here.
Dave Gamache’s blog.
Dave Gamache’s blog (remember the Skeleton boilerplate?) dem-
onstrates a very similar approach to Trent Walton, both even use
the brilliant FF Meta Serif Web Pro for body copy, but Dave has
chosen the strong Proxima Nova to make his headings no-non-
sense. Again, very readable.
Typekit are also behind the more whimsical Chaparral Pro used
by Eleventh Edition for their body text. A totally different mood is
created, but again you’ll notice large font-sizes, wide leading, con-
fident contrast. How easy it is to read everything. How refreshing!
