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Typography has always been a bit of a black art for me. In the end, I usually just settle on something that (I think) doesn't look terrible. Anyone have some basic and intermediate tutorials/guides, sites, and book recommendations?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Typographic_Sty...
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Reading the text is made difficult by the spacing used. The paragraph headings for instance just look like bold text and could be spaced better to allow them to be found in the page. The ragged right edge is too ragged and makes the text difficult to read.
Web browsers do text justification horribly. Beyond not hyphenating words, they also don't change the spacing inside the word. (I want to say this is kerning, but I can't determine if that applies to adjustable space, or only to the static space.) Until web browser can handle that, there's no reason to justify text on a webpage.
Reminds me of the Stanford address where Jobs claims that computers may not have had typography if he'd not done a calligraphy course. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc I'm sure the Parc guys that founded Adobe would beg to differ.
Typography has always been a bit of a black art for me. In the end, I usually just settle on something that (I think) doesn't look terrible. Anyone have some basic and intermediate tutorials/guides, sites, and book recommendations?
...yes, you use qwerty. It's not just the typography. Typing in iPad is stupid, too.
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While I agree with the general statement that it isn't that easy, just providing anecdotal evidence doesn't really help a lot. The problem with all that is that there are a multitudes of factor in play. Contrast, type size, surrounding light, age of the reader, frequency of breaks... A college student reading his textbook on his iPad or Laptop in a well-lit university is different from an insomniac septuagenarian rea…
From your article: “First of all: doctors say that reading on a screen won’t cause any harm.” I feel like the post originating this discussion was somewhat alarmist. It's definitely true that some conditions that ereaders (of varying types) present can cause fatigue faster than reading a printed page in a well-lit room. And please don't take my statements as proof, because I'm not offering anything besides the null h…
In the end, what people like will be more important. I remember reading some studies where font choice on readability was tested, and the font that tested best wasn't the preferred one. Probably the same for reading devices. Let's say you compare the Kindle and the iPad for high school use. And let's say independent tests made clear that reading comprehension for the Kindle is better. Then you still would have to consider whether the kids aren't much more likely to pick up the iPad in the first place. Reading slightly slower is better than not reading at all. (Well, never mind that choosing more interesting books would probably make a bigger impact. Friggin' Lord of the Flies...)
An interesting read, imo. Via MacStories http://www.macstories.net/ipad/the-ipad-from-a-typographer-p...
Typography has always been a bit of a black art for me. In the end, I usually just settle on something that (I think) doesn't look terrible. Anyone have some basic and intermediate tutorials/guides, sites, and book recommendations?
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst is an amazing book. It is a very easy read and very educational. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Typographic_Sty...
Here’s a companion site for applying the book to the web: http://webtypography.net/toc/
An interesting read, imo. Via MacStories http://www.macstories.net/ipad/the-ipad-from-a-typographer-p...
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