20 Top Examples of Website Typography
Category: Typography,Web Design,
Date: 11-30-2011
Typography is an often overlooked part of design, and it is not only a critical part of a good homepage design, it is really one of only a couple things that can take a design from "good" to "great" when it's done properly.
Think about your type design as well as the rest of your design
Type shouldn't be an afterthought. It should be one of the first things you consider, along with the objective or your design, the colors and the layout.
Here are 20 examples of tasty typography in website design
We've scoured the recent entries at CoolHomepages to being you some tasty type. Please use the comments module at bottom of the page to voice your opinion about which one(s) you like most.
Take the time to learn about typography before you tell your friends you're a web designer
Typography is really one of the first things that a veteran designer will notice about any design, so don't print up those "web designer for hire" business cards just yet if you don't know a lot about type and good typography. You should know who all the major font foundries are, you should understand how to kern your type (this is probably THE most critical item to know), and how to tell what fonts play well together within your design.
Some fantastic resources for learning what you need to know about type:
1. A 20 Minute Intro to Typography Basics
2. Typographic Design Patterns and Best Practices
3. Five Simple Steps to Better Typography
4. The Type Studio / The Written Word
5. Typographic Marks Unknown
6. Periodic Table Of Typefaces
7. The Right Font for the Job
8. How to Choose A Font
9. Typedia
10. 11 Essential Tips for Good Print Typography
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