Uppestcase and Lowestcase Letters: Advances in Derp Learning
A genuinely interesting (and droll) deep dive into derp learning …for typography!
A genuinely interesting (and droll) deep dive into derp learning …for typography!
Nick demonstrates the responsive power of variable fonts by recreating a lovely design from Jacob Jongert.
Grab that browser window and get squishin’!
The history and restoratin of a neglected typeface, complete with this great explanation of optical sizing:
Nix illustrated the point with an analogy: “Imagine if we all decided that 10-year-old boys would be the optimal human form,” he says. “Rather than having babies, we just shrunk 10-year-old boys to baby size, and enlarge them to the size of a full grown man. That’s kind of what we’re combatting.”
A blog dedicated to documenting the letterforms on display in Berlin.
A handy tool for testing the legibility of different typefaces under all sorts of conditions.
The history and physiology of text on screen. You can also see the slides from the talk that prompted this article.