Typography

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...

A 15-minute introduction to the concept of variable fonts set to a live demonstration that will evolve as the talk progresses.

In this webinar for SmashingTV, we’ll start with a look at the current trends (and challenges) with design and design systems, and then move to an introduction to Variable Fonts and why they’re so important. Then we’ll have a quick...

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...

Half the web will abandon your site if it doesn’t load in 2 seconds or if it doesn’t fit on the screen in their hand. Learn how to get it right in this intensive one-day workshop with hands-on experience in...

Typographic design has been evolving and improving for centuries, but it’s only been in the past few years that we’ve been able to bring that design sensibility to the web in a meaningful way. We’ll look at design from the...

With the explosion of small-form-factor, low-cost connected devices like fitness trackers, medical devices and ‘smart dashboards’, the spectrum across which we communicate has gotten broader than ever. When thinking about using a wearable fitness tracker with a small screen, how...

Responsive web design is one of the most significant advances in web design. But what about your type? Changing floats and widths isn’t enough. We’ll look at screen size, relative proportion, device norms and compatibility in order to best present...

Responsive web design is one of the most significant advances in web design. But what about your type? Changing floats and widths isn’t enough. We’ll look at screen size, relative proportion, device norms and compatibility in order to best present...

Typography is the single most present element of your design when screen size changes, and has the greatest influence on readability and retention. Learn how to use web fonts to amplify the message and voice of your design without sacrificing...

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...

When words were the experience & letters were your voice What we have to say has always been intimately intertwined with how we say it. Design is about communicating those ideas and influencing our behavior; so it follows that influence...