The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web

I’m in love with this site. Text-heavy Web design seems to be my thing — and I’ll definitely need to make use of this guide later.

FontStruct

This is so awesome: a Web app that lets you build your own fonts. It’s like Kuler for fontheads. I love it.

Via angad, via joelaz.

The Ampersand

ideas:

“When creating a new typeface, a designer can inject the most artistic flair into the ampersand character.”
dannygarcia:

For those of us that didn’t go to design school and never learned what this meant.

No, don’t look at it. It’s a curse, I tell you. Ever since I learned what good kerning is I can’t stop noticing bad kerning everywhere!

dannygarcia:

For those of us that didn’t go to design school and never learned what this meant.

No, don’t look at it. It’s a curse, I tell you. Ever since I learned what good kerning is I can’t stop noticing bad kerning everywhere!