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Mastering the principles of typography can take your work to the next level. Here you can learn about typography principles, trends, and best practices.

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Is Typography Science, Art, Philosophy or Craft?

Is Typography Science, Art, Philosophy or Craft?

As with any medium as widely used as typography, it can fit into many categories. Typography is a part of all of our lives, so let’s analyze it for a…

10 Popular Web Typography Frameworks & Libraries

10 Popular Web Typography Frameworks & Libraries

There was a time when web typography was simply a matter of putting a few fonts together. Modern web design has now evolved to the point where we expect the…

Fantastic Examples of Variable Fonts in Action

Fantastic Examples of Variable Fonts in Action

Variable fonts are the best thing to happen to typography since web fonts. And we’ve some variable font code snippets that prove just that!

10 Tools & Applications for Creating Custom Fonts

10 Tools & Applications for Creating Custom Fonts

A collection of applications and tools for designing professional and unique fonts. Add a custom font family to your next design project!

Everything You Need to Know About Apostrophes

Everything You Need to Know About Apostrophes

Ah, the great apostrophe, much loved, much maligned and much misunderstood. This little piece of punctuation is so highly regarded, that some folks have become Gatekeepers of the Apostrophe, guarding…

How to Speed up Google Fonts in WordPress

How to Speed up Google Fonts in WordPress

In this quick tutorial, we show you a couple of methods for optimizing and drastically speeding up Google Fonts in WordPress.

How to Use Typography to Align Brand Identity

How to Use Typography to Align Brand Identity

Selecting the perfect font for promotional materials is a vital aspect of brand identity. Many small business owners and marketing professionals neglect to give proper attention to the fonts they…

Why Thinking Ahead Is Crucial in Web Design

Why Thinking Ahead Is Crucial in Web Design

Good planning will help to avoid a messy build process. We take a look at a few key items to consider before sharing your ideas with a client.

15+ Examples of Hand-Written Typography in Web Design

15+ Examples of Hand-Written Typography in Web Design

First impressions are often lasting ones. This applies to the world of web design just as much as it does to our “real” world. A hero image on a homepage…

Free Hand-Drawn Font: Liberal Hand Serif

Free Hand-Drawn Font: Liberal Hand Serif

The hand-drawn font Liberal Hand is available in both Regular and Bold styles, packaged in both TTF and OTF formats, and is free to use.

The Easy Way to Host Google Fonts Locally

The Easy Way to Host Google Fonts Locally

If you are looking to host Google Fonts locally, we’ll introduce you to a quick and easy way to implement them.

The Web Design Hack Hall of Fame

The Web Design Hack Hall of Fame