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It’s been ages since I’ve had a stab at a Simple Steps series. So far we’ve had Better Typography, Designing Grid Systems and Typesetting. This one has been kicking around for a while so I thought I’d just publish the … Continue reading
The screen is just one of the media types for which we have to design for. Another media type, which I feel is often neglected as part of the design process for a web site, is print. There are times … Continue reading
In this installment I’ll be talking about three dashes which are often used, but frequently misused. The Hyphen, the En Dash and the Em Dash.
It’s been quite a while since the last Simple Steps series, but this new series of articles has been brewing for a while. Before I go into the first installment I’d like to clarify what exactly I mean by Typesetting … Continue reading
The third installment to this series is going to be a little different. The previous installments have been talking through some of the basics of grid construction using ratios as the primary device. They’ve also dealt with grid construction for … Continue reading
In part one of this Simple Steps series I talked about how to use a simple ratio, that of the paper size you are using, to create a symmetrical grid on which to create your designs. This, the second part … Continue reading
The first part of this Five Simple Steps series is taking some of the points discussed in the preface and putting it to practice. Ratios are at the core of any well designed grid system. Sometimes those ratios are rational, … Continue reading
The final part in this series, I’m glad to say is a little more cut and dry than the last in the series. It’s more about historical typographic theory but with a simple, practical guide to ensuring a balanced use … Continue reading
I’ve struggled a bit with the latest addition to this ‘simple steps’ typography series. Mostly because it’s not so simple and it’s a bit more of a grey area than the previous three articles. Typographic hierarchy, put simply, is how … Continue reading
I’m pleased this series is turning out to be so popular and it’s somewhat confirmed what I suspected. A bit of a thirst for simple typographic design theory. As I’ve been writing this series i’ve deluged by email and comments … Continue reading
Hanging punctuation is an area of typographic design which has suffered at the hands of certain software products. It’s a term which refers to glyph positioning to create the illusion of a uniform edge of text. It’s most commonly used … Continue reading
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