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Your content is the most important feature of your website, so it's important to make sure that the text looks good and is easy to read no matter what device type or screen size it's being viewed on. One size does not fit all when it comes to typography, but you can use media queries to adjust type qualities such as size, line height, column width, margins, hyphenation, and even typeface depending on the viewport size. Learn how you can use CSS to apply design rules that will make your typography look better and perform better across devices. You'll also find out how typography affects the loading time of your website, and what you can do to improve performance. Presented at Bmoresponsive (May 2014), ConvergeSE (May 2014), STC Summit (May 2014) and Mobile +Web Dev Conference (July 2014).
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Responsive Typography
https://flic.kr/p/2mjtwC
Clarissa Peterson
@clarissa
body { font-size: 100%; }
1em = default
2em = twice as big1em = default
2em = twice as big1em = default
.5em = half as big
h1 { font-size: 3em; }h2 { font-size: 2em; }h3 { font-size: 1.5em; }
p { font-size: 1em; }
h1 { font-size: 3em; }h2 { font-size: 2em; }h3 { font-size: 1.5em; }
h1 { font-size: 3em; }h2 { font-size: 2em; }h3 { font-size: 1.5em; }
<p>This is 1 em.</p>
<div>This is 2 ems <span>(and 1.5 ems)</span>.</div>
<p>This is 1 em.</p>
<div>This is 2 ems <span>(and 1.5 ems)</span>.</div>
p { font-size: 1em; }div { font-size: 2em; }span { font-size: 1.5em; }
<p>This is 1 em.</p>
<div>This is 2 ems <span>(and 1.5 ems)</span>.</div>
p { font-size: 1em; }div { font-size: 2em; }span { font-size: 1.5em; }
div { font-size: 1.1em; }
div { font-size: 1.2em; }
html { font-size: 100%; }
h1 { font-size: 32px; font-size: 2rem; }
p { line-height: 1; }
p { line-height: 2; }
p { line-height: 1; }
p { line-height: 2; }
p { line-height: 1.4; }
p { line-height: 1.3 }
p { line-height: 1.3 }
@media only screen and (min-width: 30em) {p { line-height: 1.4 }}
p { line-height: 1.3 }
@media only screen and (min-width: 30em) {p { line-height: 1.4 }}
@media only screen and (min-width: 60em) {p { line-height: 1.5 }}
p { line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em;}
Line Length (Measure)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Metal_movable_type.jpg
45-75 Characters
65586573686766
74726969
.testing { color: #f00; }
.testing { color: #f00; }
<p>These stories are true. Although I have left <span class=”testing”>the strict line of historical</span> truth in many places, the animals in this book were all real characters.</p>
.testing { color: #f00; }
<p>These stories are true. Although I have left <span class=”testing”>the strict line of historical</span> truth in many places, the animals in this book were all real characters.</p>
http://codepen.io/chriscoyier/pen/atebf
article p { line-height: 1.3; margin: 1.3em 0;}
article { width: 94%; margin: auto;}
article { max-width: 28em; }
article { max-width: 28em; }
@media only screen and (min-width:48em) { article { font-size: 1.1em; } article p { line-height: 1.4; margin: 1.4em auto; }}
@media only screen and (min-width:60em) { article { font-size: 1.2em; } article p { line-height: 1.5; margin: 1.5em auto; }}
.hyphenate { -webkit-hyphens: auto; -moz-hyphens: auto; hyphens: auto;}
@media only screen and (max-width: 40em) { .hyphenate { -webkit-hyphens: auto; -moz-hyphens: auto; hyphens: auto; }}
article p:first-of-type { font-size: 1.2em; }
#intro { font-size: 1em; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;}
#intro { font-size: 1em; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;}
@media only screen and (min-width:30em) { #intro { font-size: 1.2em; font-family: Populaire, sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase; }}
Performance
@font-face { font-family: ExampleFont; src: url('ExampleFont.eot'); src: local('Example Font'), url('ExampleFont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), url('ExampleFont.woff') format('woff'), url('ExampleFont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('ExampleFont.svg') format('svg'); font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;}
@font-face { font-family: ExampleFont; src: url('ExampleFont.eot'); src: local('Example Font'), url('ExampleFont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), url('ExampleFont.woff') format('woff'), url('ExampleFont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('ExampleFont.svg') format('svg'); font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;}
@font-face { font-family: ExampleFont; src: url('ExampleFont.eot'); src: local('Example Font'), url('ExampleFont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), url('ExampleFont.woff') format('woff'), url('ExampleFont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('ExampleFont.svg') format('svg'); font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;}
Use fewer fonts
@font-face { font-family: ExampleFont; src: url('ExampleFont.eot'); }
@font-face { font-family: ExampleFont; src: url('ExampleFont.eot'); }
p { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; }
@font-face { font-family: ExampleFont; src: url('ExampleFont.eot'); }
p { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; }
@media only screen and (min-width: 30em) { p { font-family: ExampleFont, Arial, sans-serif; }}
http://www.jordanm.co.uk/tinytype
http://www.jordanm.co.uk/tinytype
h1 { font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; }
<link href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Josefin+Slab&text=TitleofWebsite" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
https://flic.kr/p/cdVB9h
Clarissa PetersonPeterson/Kandy
clarissapeterson.com@clarissa
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