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Jul 27

Fundamentals of Web Typography on Skillshare

I love typography, so I made a Skillshare class to help you learn all about the fundamentals of using type on the web.

Dec 22

The Sweatpants of Typefaces

I Love Typography’s John Boardley with what I very much hope is The Last Word on Helvetica.

Dec 04

Alien: Typeset in the Future

Dave Addey is at it again with another well documented and thoroughly enjoyable piece on the typography from the film Alien.

Sep 10

NYCTA Graphics Standards Manual Reissue

Hot damn! Unimark’s 1970 NYC Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual is being reissued as a full-size book through an exclusive license from the MTA.

Sep 02

Size-specific Adjustments to Type Designs

Tim Ahrens and Shoko Mugikura of Just Another Foundry have released an updated and expanded edition of Size-specific adjustments to type designs.

Sep 01

Interludes in Design

More articles are focusing on slowing down to not only convey their story, but to set and maintain a mood for the reader.

Aug 05

I Wrote a Book

My book On Web Typography is out! *deep breath*

Apr 07

Four Color Process

I’ve been reading comic books off and on since I was little. There was a time when I thought I’d like to pursue a career in drawing comics.

Sep 24

Don’t be dumb, use smart quotes

Today is National Punctuation Day (it’s totally a thing). To celebrate, I made a single-serving site to spread awareness of a horrible vestige in today’s typography: dumb quotes.

Oct 31

Leaving Typekit

It’s with a heavy heart I write that today is my last day at Typekit.

Oct 19

Baseline Grids on the Web

A response to a Branch discussion about the usefulness of baseline grids on the web.

Sep 21

Off Book, The Art of Web Design

Look ma, I’m on PBS! Or at least the PBS website.

Aug 27

Stealing Sheep

When I read this Designer Spotlight on type designer Frederic Goudy it made me remember again just how much I like him.

Jul 09

Symbolset

Symbolsets are semantic symbol fonts that replace words with icons via OpenType ligature support.

Jan 25

Our Favorite Typefaces of 2011 at Typographica

One of the best annual wrap-ups returns after a hiatus in 2009-10, Our Favorite Typefaces, from Typographica. Welcome back!

Nov 28

Kafkaesque

These upcoming Kafka covers by Peter Mendelsund are really lovely. These beautiful stark shapes and colors make them unexpected, but also totally on the mark.

Nov 04

Chevrolet Speedometer Design

A lovely gallery of Chevy speedometer designs over the years.

Oct 26

Kern and Shape Type

Just in case you were under the impression that type design or typography are easy.

Oct 20

New Browsing UI at Typekit

We just launched something over at Typekit that we’ve been working on for some time, a brand new interface for browsing our type library.

Sep 27

Branding 10,000 Lakes

One Minnesota Lake. One Logo. Every day.

Sep 19

Illusory Typography

Stephen Doyle’s beautiful type illusions from this past weekend’s New York Times Magazine.

Sep 01

Wood Type Revival

Wood Type Revival seeks to acquire and release ten fonts of rare historic wood type representing faces that are not available in the world of digital typography.

Aug 31

Sanborn Map Company

Beautiful lettering from old fire insurance maps, courtesy of Christian Annyas. Totally not boring, I promise.

Aug 29

Off Book, Episode 2

In episode 2 of the PBS documentary series Off Book they take a look at the importance of typography.

Aug 23

Jacqui Oakley

Check out some of this gorgeous work from Toronto illustrator, Jacqui Oakley.

Aug 15

Who really designed Times New Roman?

There’s strong evidence that Times New Roman wasn’t designed by Stanley Morison, but by William Starling Burgess, a wooden boat designer from Boston.

Aug 01

About Face

About Face, a new article series I’m writing over at the Typekit Blog where we’ll look at the details behind a typeface and try to crack what makes it special.


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Jason Santa Maria is a graphic designer living and working in sunny Philadelphia, PA. More

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