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Canadian Typography Archives
Go spelunking down the archives to find some lovely graphic design artefacts.
TimeGuessr
Where and when were these photographs taken?
It’s like that Chronophoto game I linked to with an added dimension of location.
*Punctuation Personified* (1824) – The Public Domain Review
Taking the child on a tour through punctuation, Mr. Stops introduces him to a cast of literal “characters”: there is Counsellor Comma, who knows “neither guile nor repentance” in his pursuit of “dividing short parts of a sentence”; Ensign Semicolon struts with militaristic pride, for “into two or more parts he’ll a sentence divide”; and The Exclamation Point is “struck with admiration”, his face “so long, and thin and pale”.
Typography Manual by Mike Mai
A short list of opinions on typography. I don’t necessarily agree with all of it, but it’s all fairly sensible advice.
CSS Text balancing with text-wrap:balance - Ahmad Shadeed
Ahmad runs through some of the scenarios where text-wrap: balance could be handy.
Even though it’s not well-supported yet in browsers, there’s no reason not to start adding it to sites now; it’s classic progressive enhancement.
Preventing too-short final lines of blocks | Clagnut by Richard Rutter
Check out the demo that Rich has put together to go with Amelia’s proposed syntax.
Modern Font Stacks
This is handy—a collection of font stacks using system fonts. You can see which ones are currently installed on your machine too.
The most performant web font is no web font.
Some simple ways to make content look good - Set Studio
This is a terrific walkthrough from Andy showing how smart fundamentals in your CSS can give you a beautiful readable document without much work.
An end to typographic widows on the web | Clagnut by Richard Rutter
Rich explains what text-wrap:balance does …and what it doesn’t.
Openly Licensed Images, Audio and More | Openverse
A search engine for images and audio that’s either under a Creative Commons license or is in the public domain.
Chronophoto - The Photographical History Game
This is a fun game—with the same kind of appeal as that Wiki History Game I linked to—where you have to locate photographs in time.
Container Queries and Typography
I feel like we need a name for this era, when CSS started getting real good.
I think this is what I’ve been calling declarative design.
clamp() Calculator · Chris Burnell
Like a little mini Utopia:
Handy little tool for calculating viewport-based clamped values.
The Independent Type Foundry Advent Calendar 2022 · Matthias Ott – User Experience Designer
For 24 days this month, Matthias featured a different independent type foundry, writing about each one and selecting some lovely examplars of their typefaces.
Mona Sans & Hubot Sans
Two new lovely open source variable fonts from Github.
Age of Invention: The Beacons are Lit!
Or, Why wasn’t the Telegraph Invented Earlier?
A wonderful deep-dive into optical telegraphy through the ages.
Paul Rand: Modernist Master 1914-1996
A lovely fansite dedicated to the life and work of Paul Rand.
Aegir.org | Five Moons
In a way, I find these pictures—taken by someone from the ground with regular equipment—just as awe-inspiring as the images from the James Webb Space Telescope.