Typography - Getting The Hang Of Typography

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the bottom left hand corner is illegible as it crosses over the old typewriter
illustration.


5. Treat Text as a User Interface


Text within interfaces is extremely important. In the book Getting Real from
37 Signals (available for free), the author states how “every letter matters.”
Word choice within user interfaces can make or break the functionality of
the site. How those words are presented is equally important. Letterforms
that are not styled give no indication as to what users should interact with.


Cameron Moll mentions the concept of treating text as a user interface in
his article Nine skills that separate good and great designers. There is an

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