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Ditching the Shoehorn: Designing Type That Works on ePubs, Mobi and the Web
Sub-compact publishing is a complete re-evaluation of the tools and outputs of publishing for a digital world. Defined in a fantastic (and beautifully designed) essay by Craig Mod, it questions the...
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Great New Typefaces for Tiny Type from Fonts.com
Another big win for a more readable web! Monotype has just released nine new typeface families on Fonts.com. Adapted from pre-existing designs, each has been painstakingly modified to perform better...
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Type Q&A: Steve Matteson from Monotype
Type lovers know that all web fonts are not created equal. But more interestingly, being available on the web doesn’t necessarily mean they were made for the web, does it? That’s right. Many of the...
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Typecast Takes Manhattan at New York’s Pencil to Pixel
We’re surrounded by type from dawn till dusk, but it’s not often that you get the chance to see the history of the typefaces that shape our environment. Only a handful of people can say they’ve been...
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Narrowing the Field: How To Bring Great Type Into Focus
In John Carpenter’s 1988 science-fiction-weirdo-horror flick They Live, Nada—a drifter played by the inimitable “Rowdy” Roddy Piper—finds an unassuming box of sunglasses in an abandoned church. But...
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British Vogue Gets Top Marks for UX & Branding
It’s funny. When it comes to design, typography and layout, often we look to the world of print and traditional publishers for examples of ‘getting it right’. After all, for many of the challenges we...
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Show & Tell: A Practical Look at Choosing Type
In my last post I laid out my process for choosing type. Today, let’s look at how that approach plays out using a little logotype project I did at FreeAgent last year called Earnest. Getting a handle...
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Pumping Up Prototypes With Floats, Borders & More
Take control of element spacing, inside and out Now you can set width on individual elements – picking from px, % and em (yes em!) units of measure. It’s a small but important change that we think will...
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Typecast Wins Game Changer of the Year!
Last Friday morning, our captains Jamie and Paul flew over to London’s .Net Awards fully expecting to spend a great afternoon celebrating some of the best people and tools contributing to world of web...
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Type Q&A: Gareth Hague from Alias
What does branding mean today? Branding has to demonstrate that it adds value and doesn’t disguise failings or present a message that isn’t supported by experience. It also seemingly has to be liked by...
View ArticleHow Cross-Platform Typography Defines Your Brand
In this presentation from Brand Perfect‘s session at Pencil to Pixel in May, our Director Paul McKeever talks about how content creation and content consumption online has changed. He also shows how a...
View ArticleEdenspiekermann Talks Type, Branding & RWD
Confession time. We have a bit of a crush on Edenspiekermann. They’re one of our industry’s most forward-thinking digital agencies: They have a stellar pedigree in brand work, gave up the waterfall...
View ArticleA Prototype Is Worth 1,000 Meetings
In June, our creative director Jamie was invited to speak at the Type Directors Club in NYC. In this 30 minute talk, he explains how and why type prototypes allow web designers to experiment more,...
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Design Q&A: Ted Irvine of The Verge, Polygon & SB Nation
First off, congrats on your recent World’s Best recognition from the Society of News Design. I noticed that the judges specifically complimented your use of web type on the SB Nation site. When in the...
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Brewing a Better Workflow
On the last few responsive websites we’ve worked on at mStoner, we’ve encouraged decision-making about typography at different points in different projects. This hasn’t been a failing of process, but...
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5 Faces for UI Design
Here I’ve pulled together five useful typefaces for user interface design, which I’ve mocked up in a simple screen for an imaginary smartphone application that I’ve called Righter. For something like...
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Superhero Superfamilies
With the heap of fonts available on the web and the overwhelming amount of choice at our fingertips, it’s easy to forget that, sometimes, one font family is all we need. After all, using a single,...
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New Arrivals: CSS Columns, Quick Inserts & Reordering
A while back we introduced floats, clears, borders, and shadows, to give you more control over your compositions and help you create more realistic designs. Today the trend continues with another boost...
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Talking About Building (Plus Free Prizes)
At Build 2012 we ambushed these fine folks to talk shop about type, web design, and better ways of working. We were lucky enough to corner Jeff Veen and Ethan Marcotte, who spoke at the event, as well...
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Test Drive Typecast for Free When You Use Google Fonts
Yes, that’s free as in free. No account necessary. Just select a typeface on Google Fonts, click Try it in Typecast, and in two seconds you’ll be designing with it on text of any length right there in...
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