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OpenType Font Features Guide

jpamental — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:08:42 +0000

OpenType Font Features Guide jpamental Tue, 10/30/2018 - 12:08

Font features or variants refer to different glyphs or character styles contained within an OpenType font. These include things like ligatures (special glyphs that combine characters like 'fi' or 'ffl'), kerning (adjustments to the spacing between specific letterform pairings), fractions, numeral styles, and a number of others. This article provides you with all you need to know about using OpenType font features in CSS for better typography.

Article Jason Pamental

OpenType Font Features Guide on MDN

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Typography

Variable Fonts Guide

jpamental — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:11:48 +0000

Variable Fonts Guide jpamental Wed, 09/05/2018 - 12:11

Variable fonts are an evolution of the OpenType font specification that enables many different variations of a typeface to be incorporated into a single file, rather than having a separate font file for every width, weight, or style. This article will give you all you need to know to get you started using variable fonts.

Article Jason Pamental

Variable Fonts Guide on MDN

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Variable Fonts Typography

An Exploration of Variable Fonts

jpamental — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 22:23:42 +0000

An Exploration of Variable Fonts jpamental Sat, 08/18/2018 - 18:23

Mathieu is a creative technologist with the BBC, and wrote a really great post about their explorations of variable fonts stemming from a workshop they did with David Jonathan Ross. I’m really excited about where this might lead!

Article Mathieu Triay

Read it on Medium

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Typography Variable Fonts

Evolution of Typography with Variable Fonts published on Monotype.com

jpamental — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 16:01:32 +0000

Evolution of Typography with Variable Fonts published on Monotype.com jpamental Tue, 08/07/2018 - 12:01

I originally wrote this essay as part of the FF Meta variable font demo that Monotype commissioned me to create. It’s now been published on the main Monotype.com site in their resources section. Really pleased with how well-travelled this article has become!

Article Jason Pamental

Monotype.com link

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Typography Variable Fonts

Obnoxiously Readable Responsive Text with Viewport Units

jpamental — Tue, 01 May 2018 13:41:18 +0000

Obnoxiously Readable Responsive Text with Viewport Units jpamental Tue, 05/01/2018 - 09:41

Zach does some great exploration of viewport units and various permutations for sizing larger text. Reported can now read his blog titles from space. Unconfirmed.

Article Zach Leatherman

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Typography

Life of

jpamental — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:49:40 +0000

Life of <p> jpamental Fri, 02/12/2016 - 08:49

How can we build a better web experience? By unboxing the fascinating history of the paragraph, and figuring out how to best apply it in our interactive work today. (My talk on the history of the paragraph, in article form, from the Fall 2015 issue of PRINT Magazine)

Article Jason Pamental

Read it on the PRINT Magazine site

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Typography