Posts Tagged ‘Typography’

Blueprint: Basics of CSS Typography

Apr
16
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Wouldn’t it be interesting if there were only one typeface in the world? Designers would really have to think about the idea behind their designs instead of covering it up with fancy typefaces. One, universal typeface would really strip away all the flashy emptiness in design. And, of course, that one typeface would have to be Helvetica. ~ Erik Kessels

I wanted to make this next article about true CSS typography, but it is proving to be a tougher nut to crack than I originally expected. It’s one thing to pick out a few font faces, set your colors, font sizes and line heights. It’s quite another to manage the plethora of available analphabetic symbols, fine-tune kerning and perfect vertical rhythm between elements.

My goal is to eventually write a jQuery plugin that does many of those tasks at run-time, letting anyone enhance their website’s copy without having to read The Elements of Typographic Style. But that’s a topic for another day. Instead, I’ve decided to start with the basics and implement the typography stylesheet provided by Blueprint CSS. (more…)

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