Wonderful stuff. It’s important and under-appreciated by some. Keep preachin’ it.

I need a note to remind me to go to the supermarket, so i know how you feel.
Interesting breakdown of the subject.
I’m giving a talk to non-designers about design and I’m struggling to think of a booklist that doesn’t require too much previous.
Considering they’re future content providers and possible entrepreneurs, I want to emphasise the fact that design isn’t a gloss paint to be applied at the last minute. Is it okay if i reference you?

Cracking presentation Mark, any chnace of a podcast on this with audio?

Im sure there are plenty of readers who would be keen to listen in....

What a joy it is to have found someone who cares about typesetting! I spent 17 years as a typesetter and it was a constant learning experience. I left the industry 14 years ago, as around that time clients, unable to quantify quality v. cost, dumped the quality. I saw many excellent typesetters abandon the industry for other careers, and with their demise a downward spiral in the output of many mediums. You obviously take your mission extremely seriously, and I will continue to monitor your site with enthusiasm. I also recommend to you and your readers an invaluable little book called “Hart’s Rules for Compositors”, Oxford University Press, now in its 40th edition.

Re: zee design manual, zis is Germany, vee do everyding wiz the manual! Heavens, DIN is a great example, the standard typeface for many applications! Having lived in Germany, Frankfurt, I have come understand the way German do everything, by the book and in a lot of ways it a good idea.

In response to “sticking out like a sore thumb”, it was actually the presence of slightly “out of the norm” sessions like yours which convinced me to attend this conference. I’m a jack-of-all-trades developer (from CSS to database architecture), and it’s been hard to find conferences which’d cater to all of those interests, rather than just a small part of it.

I’d particularly like to thank you for the micro typography part of your talk - as you also mentioned during the talk, this is the stuff that isn’t really talked about. But coming from a technical background, I’ve always been completely oblivious to (most of) these things. The macro typography I’ve heard and read and seen before, but something as simple as seeing how to balance white-space in a navigation menu is eye-opening.

I’ll be perusing the archives, where I expect I can find the answer to the following, but still: do you have any pointers to places where I can learn more about such basics?

Excellent presentation, Mark, and thank you for the slides. I lived in Germany for five years and am still inspired by the visits I made to Berlin.

If I may, would you share with us the ISBN of the book you found on designing forms/timetables/tickets? Sounds like it’d be an interesting read. Thanks again! ~jkc

I love the slide with metal band logos.  I’d love to hear more about what the narration around that slide was.  I was able to recognize most of them even at the low slideshare resolution, which says nothing about typography and everything about my awful taste in music.  :)

I noticed you no longer put bullets out in the margin… what prompted the change?

Thanks for posting the slides, it was a very interesting read.  The only problem is that now I’m itching to spend ages redesigning my blog - something that’s long overdue, but sadly still needs to be a way down my priority list.

Still, I’ve bookmarked it for when I do get round to it.

What an inspired presentation. I only wish I’d been there; but thanks for the slides and accompanying notes.

So, what’s it like, Mark? ;)

I had a pleasure of listening to your presentation in Berlin - great stuff! Really enjoyed it, thank you.

Just one small thing I just can’t agree with is the differentiation of hyphens, em dashes and minuses in web typography. Especially in the times of user-generated content - if a thing is not on the keyboard, it simply doesn’t exist in users’ minds at all.
Proper micro typography is always awesome, but let’s leave it for the ‘elite’ printed media :)

What typeface are you using in this keynote?

Mark,

I find your presentation wonderful, I just want to get more out of it. I wonder if you will be writing about it, in the form of a tutorial.

Dear Mark

Thank for you for an beautiful and thought-provoking session in Berlin. I have been thinking about redesigning my site ever since.

I was wondering if you’d recommend any books for a reader who’d like to get started with typography. A good place to get the basics.

I have been designing for years without this knowledge, but now I want to learn more.

- Jens Poder

I can’t agree more that typography is too often overlooked in web design. Thanks for the tips.

I guess design is just a blend of everything, whether it’s graphic design, web design, or product design. Which is why I always try to a wide variety of designs as often as I can.

An interesting one is the upcoming Singapore Design Festival http://www.singaporedesignfestival.com

Exciting events from all fields of design, so I’m definitely looking forward to it!

i agree design is fusion for all of them Prestito

Good stuff. Here’s to hoping people will consider typography earlier in the process.

One thing: you not only may letterspace capitals, I would say you always must. Even if the typeface is just capitals (useless, but they exist: Trajan), always look at it. Your examples are naturally good, but it has to be said.