Advances in server-sourced fonts have brought great typography to web design. Read this and use it to make your most important content, your copy, readable.
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Want to let your copy shine? Use web fonts to get attention.
Thanks to the advances in server sourced fonts great typography is coming into the web design process in a big way. One of the most important pillars of quality design is now getting its day in the online sun. It makes your site look professional and trustworthy. Most web professionals consider typography the foundation of web design. Without it, you will get nowhere in making a great first impression.
Some useful sources for web fonts include Typekit (paid) and Google Fonts (free). One takeaway to remember, pay particular attention to your font pairings and use fewer than three.
Check these nine articles out and begin mastering web typography.
Required Reading – Typography
2. One More Time: Typography Is The Foundation Of Web Design
3. Eight Important Factors of Good Web Typography
4. Responsive Typography: The Basics
5. The Anatomy of Web Typography
6. How to Make Pragmatic, Purposeful Typography Choices
7. Mixing Typefaces: Tips and Techniques
8. Typographical twins: 20 perfect font pairings
9. 10 Popular Google Web Fonts
Bonus
- Selecting Typefaces for Body Text Added 10/17/14
- Getting the Most Out of Type Specimens Added 10/21/15
- Find the perfect font combo for your next project Added 10/21/15
- The Good, The Bad, And The Great Examples Of Web Typography Added 10/21/15
- Tinder for Font Pairing Added 10/21/15
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After reviewing the articles contact us to see how using typography can help your sites, blogs, digital publishing and apps convert traffic into dollars.
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