Delivering Typography with Jason Pamental

by Jen Simmons on October 17, 2014 - 6:00pm

Using real typefaces on the web creates amazing design opportunities. But how do you deliver web fonts while not messing up the rest of the experience? Jason Pamental joins Jen Simmons to talk about tips and tricks for optimizing web font performance.

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Show Notes:

Jason Pamental (@jpamental) | Twitter

Responsive Typography - O'Reilly Media

about us | h+w design

5by5 | The Web Ahead #83: Wrangling Typefaces with Jason Santa Maria

Design in the browser with web fonts and real content - Typecast

List of Contents:

How to make fonts load faster

Pros and cons of different techniques for hooking web fonts up to a site

How to choose fonts that will work on different operating systems

How to choose a font vendor

How to test a font

Improving the experience before the font loads

Ways to do progressive enhancement with fonts

Which font formats to use when

Duration:

4 638

Technology:

Web Fonts

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Wrangling Typefaces with Jason Santa Maria

by Jen Simmons on September 17, 2014 - 12:57pm

Typography is a powerful way to immediately communicate the tone and voice of a site. But how exactly do you create great typography? Jason Santa Maria joins Jen Simmons to talk about his approaches to designing with type.

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Show Notes:

Jason Santa Maria

I Wrote a Book | Jason Santa Maria

A Book Apart, On Web Typography

Fonts on Macintosh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Can I use... font-face?

Jason Santa Maria's Collections of Type on Pinterest

Jason Santa Maria (jasonsantamaria) on Twitter

List of Contents:

How to design great typography