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Jen Simmons’ Labs site

jpamental — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 17:01:04 +0000

Jen Simmons’ Labs site jpamental Thu, 08/02/2018 - 13:01

Jen Simmons has been speaking about and advocating for better, more thoughtful design on the web for years. Her Labs site is a collection of her experiments, and a constant source of inspiration for me. I learn something new every time, and constantly go back for references and techniques.

Website Jen Simmons

Labs.JenSimmons.com

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Rachel Andrew’s Grid by Example

jpamental — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:06:52 +0000

Rachel Andrew’s Grid by Example jpamental Thu, 08/02/2018 - 11:06

Rachel is a long-standing proponent of the CSS Grid specification, and has been instrumental in its formation and adoption. Her site is the first place you should go to learn about this new layout specification and how to use it. Learn from the expert.

Website Rachel Andrew

Grid by Example site

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CSS Design Thinking

Font Playground

jpamental — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 19:11:46 +0000

Font Playground jpamental Wed, 08/01/2018 - 15:11

Wenting (@DesignJokes) is an amazing developer and designer at Adobe, and has come up with some truly innovative interface ideas for playing with type and typesetting. Just be prepared to lose a lot of time. You’ve been warned.

Website Wenting Zhang

Font Playground site

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Typography Variable Fonts

Mandy Michael's CodePen experiments

jpamental — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 18:33:11 +0000

Mandy Michael's CodePen experiments jpamental Wed, 08/01/2018 - 14:33

Mandy has done some amazing experiments with variable fonts and kindly made them public on CodePen. You really have to check them out!

Website Mandy Michael

Mandy's CodePen experiments

V-Fonts.com

jpamental — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 18:28:51 +0000

V-Fonts.com jpamental Wed, 08/01/2018 - 14:28

Nick Sherman’s v-fonts.com site is an emerging catalog of available variable fonts (follow @variablefonts for lots more resources), from one of the most knowledgeable people around (about the fonts, and the best pizza).

Website Nick Sherman

V-Fonts.com

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Variable Fonts

Axis-Praxis.org

jpamental — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 18:17:02 +0000

Axis-Praxis.org jpamental Wed, 08/01/2018 - 14:17

Axis-Praxis.org is the original ‘variable fonts playground’ created by Laurence Penney (@lorp). It's a fantastic resource for learning about, playing with, and using this amazing new technology.

Website Laurence Penney

Axis-Praxis.org

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Variable Fonts

Việtnamese Typography, 2nd Edition

jpamental — Sat, 05 May 2018 13:37:28 +0000

Việtnamese Typography, 2nd Edition jpamental Sat, 05/05/2018 - 09:37

While I don’t speak Việtnamese, I am a fan of Donny’s work and think more people should be aware of typographic resources for languages other than Western ones. Donny updated the layout, design, and (shockingly) the type and typography. It’s beautiful.

Website Donny Truong

Việtnamese Typography site

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Typography

WakamaiFondue

jpamental — Tue, 01 May 2018 19:06:20 +0000

WakamaiFondue jpamental Tue, 05/01/2018 - 15:06

Roel’s sense of humor (wakamaifondue == what can my font do... get it?) is only outshone by how clever he is as a developer. This site is a gem: drag a local font file onto the page and you'll get a fantastic analysis of the content: glyphs, languages, OpenType features, variation axes, and more.

Website Roel Nieskens

WakamiFondue site

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Typography Variable Fonts

Professional Web Typography

jpamental — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:33:34 +0000

Professional Web Typography jpamental Fri, 08/05/2016 - 09:33

I struggled a bit deciding if I should categorize this as a book or a website, because, well—it’s a book rendered as a website. And you ‘buy’ it by making a donation to support it. And you should: it's a fantastic primer on designing and implementing good typography on the web.

Website Donny Truong

ProWebType site

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Typography