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16 Comments

1. 1. By Leon on 10th Mar ’09 at 14:55pm

   Thanks, that’s an entertaining and informative read (still trying to get my head round 16px leading sitting on the 20px baseline every 4th line).

2. 2. By Mircea Piturca on 10th Apr ’09 at 10:59am

   Thanx for giving us, the unfortunates that could not go to SxSW, the slides. I also got the mp3 presentation form SxSW site witch is great.

   One question, at the “12px fontsize/ 16px line height, (every 4th line resets on the grid)" wouldn’t be better to increase the line height and match the rest of the vertical rhythm? I had done this on a website, do not know if its right or not. A small fontsize with an increased leading may affect legibility.

   Thanx again for giving out the slides.

3. 3. By Melinda on 27th Apr ’09 at 14:42pm

   Surely you did a good review about this font typing. It will bring a new vision of blogging world. People are looking through the font we type on our web/blog. A great fine artistic font will catch more readers.

4. 4. By Gary on 12th Jun ’09 at 14:38pm

   This was an excellent talk and I can’t thank you enough… I attended on a whim, having no real interest in typography, but I came away with a whole new outlook and have completely changed the way I code sites as a result.

   Vertical Rhythm FTW!

5. 5. By Mircea Piturca on 18th Jun ’09 at 09:00am

   Gary, if you are referring to my post, yea “vertical rhythm" or “vertical motion" is something to keep in mind when designing. Some designers use the leading to create their grid, see Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Muller-Brockmann.

6. 6. By Sam on 25th Jun ’09 at 13:31pm

   Thanks for the book recommendation Mircea, I will check it out as I wasn’t sure about Vertical Rhythm either. I wish I could of come to one of these talks, I trying to progress my typography skills and include it a lot more in my designs.

7. 7. By Mircea Piturca on 25th Jun ’09 at 19:47pm

   So as I. Hopefully they will do something like this in Europe. I got so many questions to ask like what safe web font have a true Italic besides Georgia or if I can relay on a Palatino Linotype as a web font…

   Great web design is really just great typography.

8. 8. By Jon 陳 on 26th Jun ’09 at 08:11am

   Hi Mircea. The staggered rhythm in asides keeps the motion consistent while also allowing for smaller type. The line height could be increased. However, with smaller type size and with a smaller measure the lines would seem loose to me.

   Our SxSW panel also has a web site courtesy of the dedication of our shepherd, Samantha Warren. If anyone wishes to do a European web type event like SkillSwap, I’d love to see if Richard’s available and come over.

   Thanks, Gary! Glad you enjoyed it. Let me know how you get on with implementing. :)

9. 9. By Ian Storm Taylor on 7th Jul ’09 at 03:11am

   I figured the most recent blog post would be the most approriate to put this in, and I also happened to very much enjoy the downloadable PDF…

   I just wanted to say I just recently found your site (through a variety of sources over and over again) and I love everything about it. Amazing typography and super interesting content. I was especially interested in your posts about the OmniTI transformation!

   That is all. Just letting you know yet another person out here is admiring your work.

10. 10. By Joe Warwick on 8th Jul ’09 at 08:30am

    Looks like a really great conference, I wish I could of attended! I’ve been drawn into the world of typography and now it is one of my biggest learning curves. Keep up the good work and talks!

11. 11. By Ahmet on 16th Jul ’09 at 20:07pm

    Thanks a lot Jon (and thanks to Nicola for italian translation, perfect!)

12. 12. By Veyton on 1st Aug ’09 at 08:46am

    Thanks Jon , your topics are realy helpfull and impressive. Your skills are awesome and I love to read your blog. Keep up the cool work !

13. 13. By Timo on 30th Aug ’09 at 17:07pm

    @Mircea Piturca:

    You can fully rely on both Georgia and Palatino. They are both supported by virtually all modern browsers and look very nice in italic as well.

    Nice article by the way…

14. 14. By Mircea Piturca on 30th Aug ’09 at 22:57pm

    Thanx Timo,

    I use both Georgia and Palatino for italics. Also I like to try “Minion Pro" and “Adobe Caslon Pro” but I do not know how well are them supported.

    Indeed a great article.

15. 15. By Chris on 15th Dec ’09 at 00:06am

    You really did a good review about this font typing. In my opinion this type of font is more ergonomic for readers, isn’t it?

16. 16. By MJ on 19th Dec ’09 at 11:09am

    Hey looks like a very great conference Keep up the good work and talks. Best Regards MJ

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