Superdeluxesam

Google web fonts growth since June this year. Taken from this blog post

There seems to be quite a bit of momentum behind web fonts at the moment, which is as it should be in my opinion. After dealing with the hassle of font-replacement it seems like web typography has taken a massive step forward in the last year or so.
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I’ve had a few requests recently for decent books to learn about typography. So I thought I’d share a few here that I’ve found particularly helpful in developing my knowledge of type.

Thinking With Type

A great book, which also has a great companion website. Distinguished by the clarity and simplicity with which it deals with it’s subject. Typography is a big subject and Lupton does a great job describing the essentials without drowning you in detail.

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Well, as the rains pour down over Manchester once more, it seems like summer here has come to its usual abrupt and soggy end. I’m somewhat thankful, hoping that the slower pace of autumn and winter might bring some breathing space after what has been an unbelievably hectic few months filled with grief, excitement and too much drinking.
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If so, where does that leave your common or garden web application or site? Only Facebook, Google and handful of others

whydesignsgoastray

Reading through The Design of Everday Things by Donald Norman, I came across an enlightening section entitled ‘Why Designers go Astray’. It prompted this rough thought about what makes designs go right, and thinking about the different concerns that need to be

…and now I have to write something.

I think I will be using this rather excellent post by Cathyma as my guide. Despite the ever changing trends of technology, blogs seem to me to have endured as a useful tool for recording and discussing ideas, so I’m going to try my best to promote this tradition.

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