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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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Going Up: Vertical Lettering in Web Design

Going Up: Vertical Lettering in Web Design

Vertical lettering pleases the eye with an unexpected twist in reading flow and effortlessly brings the essential things into focus.

Set Your Text in Motion with These Dazzling Effects

Set Your Text in Motion with These Dazzling Effects

The trend of setting text in motion rules these days. You can’t help but follow the madness and develop an obsession of injecting life into your typography.

20 Beautifully Designed Free Web Fonts

20 Beautifully Designed Free Web Fonts

We have been seeing a great increase in flexibility among web designers. The community has opened up to new standards and allowed these methods to infiltrate our way of designing….

Exploring the Elegance of Line Typography in Web Design

Exploring the Elegance of Line Typography in Web Design

Typography is one of those things that we can talk about forever. Just remember our outstanding articles where we discussed The Rise of the Hand-Written Typography Trend on the Web,…

30 Desktop Wallpapers with Beautiful Typography

30 Desktop Wallpapers with Beautiful Typography

Typography is the backbone of web and graphic design but it can also be a form of art on its own. Pairing the right fonts together, mixing and matching different…

The Principles of Typography: Back to Basics

The Principles of Typography: Back to Basics

Content is king, but typography is the crown and design is the throne. Typography and design both help content maximize its potential and withstand the test of time. Typography enhances…

The Beginner’s Guide to Making Your Own Fonts

The Beginner’s Guide to Making Your Own Fonts

We’ve all been in that position where we know what we want our text to look like, but just can’t seem to find a font that matches what’s in our…

Exploring the Latest Trends in Web Typography

Exploring the Latest Trends in Web Typography

In the early days of the web, typography tended to be an afterthought. Come to think it, how could it have been anything more? There were just a few standard…

A Quick Look into Black & White Typography

A Quick Look into Black & White Typography

Black-and-white typography was the first featured in printed books. It’s been around since ancient times, and everybody has seen some example of it first hand at some point. Why, especially…

Worried About Typography? Check Out This Simple Five-Step Guide!

Worried About Typography? Check Out This Simple Five-Step Guide!

Whenever I browse a website or read a book, the first thing I notice is the font. If the font or typography is not proper, I’m hardly motivated enough to…

The Classification of Fonts

The Classification of Fonts

The classification of fonts is still unclear, even with the various classes and categories that have been created by some of great type lovers of the years. Some may consider…

The Typographic Details Behind 10 Type-Driven Websites

The Typographic Details Behind 10 Type-Driven Websites

What exactly makes someone say a website has “nice typography”? It’s more than a matter of just using nice fonts. Good typography is all about perfecting the small details. In…

Optimizing Typography in Responsive Web Design

Optimizing Typography in Responsive Web Design

Each time a discussion pops up about responsive design, the common terminology and concepts that get the maximum attention include grids and images, and obviously the settings like fluid or…

5 Alternative Methods for Typography Inspiration

5 Alternative Methods for Typography Inspiration

Typography is the Jan Brady of graphic design – it doesn’t generate the rabid excitement of color nor cooing over flashy images. But typography can’t be ignored – in its…

Type Scan Alphabet: Amazing Creativity Using Scalpel and Paper

Type Scan Alphabet: Amazing Creativity Using Scalpel and Paper

Creativity knows no limits. No matter what your medium of expression is — paper, glass, or the digital screen — if you are creative, your talent will be visible in…

Current Web Typography Trends

Current Web Typography Trends

The evolution of typography in web design has been hampered by technological limitations. The lack of browser support for CSS in the pre-2000 era, and later, unavailability of a wider…

Captivate your Audience with Web Typography

Captivate your Audience with Web Typography

Modern web designers are incorporating innovative new concepts for digital type. In the previous decade we have witnessed the Internet transform into a powerful tool for sharing media all around…

A Quick Look Into Evocative Typography: Trends & Examples

A Quick Look Into Evocative Typography: Trends & Examples