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Initially presented during the Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin, this presentation takes typography beyond the surface layer. Structure, Process, Macro and Micro typography are all covered in detail to help you improve the typographic quality on your site, service or product.
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Better TypographyMark Boulton
markboulton.co.ukmarkboultondesign.com
1. Structure2. Process3. Macro typography4. Micro typography
Typography and Web 2.0
seducedart & sex
fromantiquity
to now
seducedart & sex
fromantiquity
to now
A world of Verdana and Arial
typography1 the art or process of setting and arranging types and printing from them. 2 the style and appearance of printed matter. 2
typography1 the mechanical notation and arrangement of language.
Typography is not...
...deciding which is best, Verdana or Arial.
...just a designers responsibility.
S T R U C T U R E
‘Typography has one plain duty before it and that is to convey information in writing.’
Emil Ruder
Information is language
words → sentencessentences → paragraphsparagraphs → groupings
groupings → sectionssections → document
Documents have a conceptual structure.
Author’sConceptual
Structure
Author’sConceptual
Structure
Reader’sConceptual
Structure
Designer
Author’sConceptual
Structure
Reader’sConceptual
Structure
Content & Presentation
Designer
Author’sConceptual
Structure
Reader’sConceptual
Structure
Author’sConceptual
Structure
Reader’sConceptual
Structure
Designer
HTML
P R O C E S S
Elements of User ExperienceJesse James Garrett
surface
skeleton
structure
scope
strategy
visual design
information design
interaction design
requirements
user needs / siteobjectives
For a much better diagram go to: http://www.jjg.net/elements/pdf/elements.pdf
A linear process?
surface
skeleton
structure
scope
strategy
visual design
information design
interaction design
requirements
user needs / siteobjectives
project lifespan?
surface
skeleton
structure
scope
strategy
visual design
information design
interaction design
requirements
user needs / siteobjectives
typography
surface
skeleton
structure
scope
strategy
visual design
information design
interaction design
requirements
user needs / siteobjectives
typography
surface
skeleton
structure
scope
strategy
visual design
information design
interaction design
requirements
user needs / siteobjectives
typography
‘Can you design a theme for me?’*
* Interchangeable with ‘skin’
Content & Presentation...again!
Greybox wireframes
Greybox Methodology: http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/archive/2004/05/24/grey_box_method.php
Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain: http://31three.com/
Look at typographic design earlier in the process.
M A C R O T Y P O G R A P H Y
The big stuff
Creating spacial relationships
Golden Section
a
b
a b
a b
a a a
a a a
a a a
Grids
A way of organising stuff
Provide a visual language
Answer layout questions
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Home This week Contributors Subjects A-Z Editor’s blog Dan Chung Steve Bell About us Audio Webfeeds Other blogs
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Space cadets
Dan Kennedy05:00pm: Is seeing a UFO anymore crazy than believing GodCreated the universe in six days> Itis if you are running to bepresident of the United States.Comments
Ed Vaizey Nov 06 07, 04:40pmThe Queen’s speech: Big onshort-term tricks, and lacking inlong-term vision just about sumsup the government’s new legislationComments
A bankrupt hotchpotch
End of mutual respect
Derek Wall Nov 06 07, 04:20pmAs the Respect party splits in two
State of emergency by Steve Bell
If Ball wants better schools, hemust scrap faith selection
Editor’s picksBlogs
Sign in • Register • Read today’s paper • Jobs
Searchcomment is free...
Space cadets
Dan Kennedy05:00pm: Is seeing a UFO anymore crazy than believing GodCreated the universe in six days> Itis if you are running to bepresident of the United States.Comments
Ed Vaizey Nov 06 07, 04:40pmThe Queen’s speech: Big onshort-term tricks, and lacking inlong-term vision just about sumsup the government’s new legislationComments
A bankrupt hotchpotch
End of mutual respect
Derek Wall Nov 06 07, 04:20pmAs the Respect party splits in two
State of emergency by Steve Bell
If Ball wants better schools, hemust scrap faith selection
Home This week Contributors Subjects A-Z Editor’s blog Dan Chung Steve Bell About us Audio Webfeeds Other blogs
Editor’s picksBlogs
Home This week Contributors Subjects A-Z Editor’s blog Dan Chung Steve Bell About us Audio Webfeeds Other blogs
Sign in • Register • Read today’s paper • Jobs
Searchcomment is free...
Space cadets
Dan Kennedy05:00pm: Is seeing a UFO anymore crazy than believing GodCreated the universe in six days> Itis if you are running to bepresident of the United States.Comments
Ed Vaizey Nov 06 07, 04:40pmThe Queen’s speech: Big onshort-term tricks, and lacking inlong-term vision just about sumsup the government’s new legislationComments
A bankrupt hotchpotch
End of mutual respect
Derek Wall Nov 06 07, 04:20pmAs the Respect party splits in two
State of emergency by Steve Bell
If Ball wants better schools, hemust scrap faith selection
M I C R O T Y P O G R A P H Y
The little stuff
Hyphens are not dashes
Britain’s workers improve their lives - by doing nothing
Britain’s workers improve their lives -- by doing nothing
Britain’s workers improve their lives—by doing nothing
Britain’s workers improve their lives – by doing nothing
- hyphen Müller-Brockmann
– en dash 3–6 April; 25–30 mm a phrase marker – thus – with spaces
— em dash a phrase marker—thus—with no spaces — Doesn’t sound much like a bee to me. — It’s a bloody aardvark!
− minus 4−1=3
Never negatively space lowercase
Y O U C A N S P A C E C A P S
H E A D I N G S & S U B H E A D I N G S
{ H O M E } N O T E B O O K W O R K P U B L I C A T I O N S I C O N S H O P A B O U T C O N T A C T
Hand-crafted pixels & text.SimpleBits is a tiny web design studio founded by
designer and author Dan Cederholm. We create simple,
readable interfaces balanced with a standards-based
methodology. Learn more
Planet Microformats
A giant master feed of anything and everything tagged with “microformats”
from Brian Suda. {02.20.07}
Web Directions North
I’ve returned from several days in Vancouver, and the first-ever Web
Directions North. It was a great trip, a great conference, and my second
attempt at snowboarding in the last 20 years.
I’ll first say congrats to Maxine, John, Dave and
Derek for putting on what was an oustanding
L A T E S T F E A T U R E D W O R K
MTV.com
XHTML/CSS development
Cork’d
Creative Director
TravelPost.com
Logo + interface design
S P E A K I N G E V E N T S
SXSW Interactive
March 9-13, 2007 ~ Austin, TX
An Event Apart Boston
March 26-27, 2007 ~ Boston
@media 2007 (America)
May 24-25, 2007 ~ San Francisco
@media 2007 (Europe)
June 7-8, 2007 ~ London
R E C E N T N O T E B O O K A R T I C L E S & Q U I C K B I T S
www.simplebits.com
<h1>Hand-crafted pixels<span class="amp">&</span> text.</h1>
span.amp { font-family: "Goudy Old Style", "Palatino", "Book Antiqua", serif; font-style: italic; font-size: 110%; }
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Text numerals like these—23, 48, 192 and 2096—belong in text
Lining numerals like these—23, 48, 192 and 2096—are better in tables.
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1. StructureLanguage; Conceptual models; Content & Presentation.
2. ProcessGreybox wireframes; Typography earlier in the process.
3. Macro typographyThe big stuff. Composition & Grids.
4. Micro typographyThe little stuff. Typesetting.
‘...It is not surface, it is not the last thing that needs to be considered, it is the thing itself’
Stephen Fry
Thank you
Slides and resources at : http://www.markboulton.co.uk/present/web2berlin/
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