Typography - Getting The Hang Of Typography

This takes some finessing to get the right spacing but here is an example of what the code would look like: 1 body { (^2) font-f ...

intact and balanced therefore increasing readability. This is achieved very easily with CSS using the blockquote element: 1 bloc ...

To k e e p a v e r t i c a l r h y t h m i n C S S , y o u w a n t t h e s p a c i n g b e t w e e n e l e m e n t s and the lin ...

9 } This allows each paragraph element to align with the grid, keeping the vertical rhythm of the text. 5. Widows and Orphans A ...

Unfortunately, there is no easy way to prevent typographic widows and orphans with CSS. One way to remove them has been mentione ...

disruptive and look clumsy. Here are some different ways of creating emphasis with CSS: 1 span { (^2) font-style: italic; 3 } 4 ...

(^10) text-transform: uppercase; 11 } 12 13 b { (^14) font-variant: small-caps; 15 } Keep in mind that the font-variant style on ...

5 h 2 { (^6) font-size: 36px; 7 } 8 9 h 3 { (^10) font-size: 24px; 11 } 12 13 h 4 { (^14) font-size: 21px; 15 } 16 17 h 5 { (^18 ...

Hyphenation can also help with producing clean rags, but unfortunately CSS can՚t handle this at the moment. Maybe in the near fu ...

Hyphenator.js is a Javascript-library that implements an automatic client-side hyphenation of Web-pages. ...

Typographic Design Patterns and Best Practices Michael Martin Even with a relatively limited set of options in CSS, typography c ...

Which fonts are used most frequently? What is the average font size? What is the average ratio between the font size of headlin ...

1. Serif vs. Sans-serif Whether designers should use serif or sans-serif fonts for body copy is one of the most discussed and un ...

According to our study, sans-serif fonts are still more popular than serif fonts for headlines, although they seem to have dropp ...

Two thirds of the Web sites we surveyed used sans-serif fonts for body copy. The main reason is probably because, despite the gr ...

fonts, the only exceptions being Lucida Grande (which comes installed only on Macs), Helvetica and Baskerville. As one would exp ...

Popular Types for Headlines Verdana is used minimally for headlines. Only 10 Web sites use it for body copy to begin with, and o ...

Jon Tan uses serif typeface Baskerville for headlines and serif typeface Georgia for body copy. ...

Finally, we note that “alternative” fonts are used much more for headlines than for body copy. Designers seem more willing to ex ...

The New Yorker has a light color scheme, with Times New Roman used for headlines and body copy. Pure white background for body c ...