Has good visual examples and step by step thought processes for designing the type, layout, and visual effects that we place on text to convey an overall design message.
Re:15 Excellent Examples of Web Typography. Part 1
by celoyd on Thursday September 20, 2007 @05:36PM
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For running text itself -- as opposed to posters and advertisements -- try The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst (http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780881792065-1). It goes well with Tufte's books.
Re:15 Excellent Examples of Web Typography. Part 1
by comatose_kid on Thursday September 20, 2007 @07:56PM
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The Red Interactive Agency one on this list is way cool - just wait for a moment for the page to load and click and drag the statuette. If you make her run fast enough, she flies too.
Dotcache version of the site:
http://dotcache.com/http://ilovetypography.com/2007/09/19/15...
While we're at it, CacheView plugin for Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2323
Has good visual examples and step by step thought processes for designing the type, layout, and visual effects that we place on text to convey an overall design message.