Good Web Design at A List Apart

I've just come across this series of articles on A List Apart. The first article discusses the difference between "graceful degradation" and "progressive enhancement" which is a subtle but important difference. The second article deals with CSS and so got my mind tweak when talking about typography and how CSS can control it, which is something I want to get more involved in. I had read that the Thesis theme for WordPress does a lot of work with typography... and I want to learn how!

If you have any good sites that discuss, explain, or illustrate good typography in web design, please leave them in the comments for all to see and explore.

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(t) Font used in Google Chrome

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(t) My first thoughts with Thesis

This article has been moved to its new location at http://designtypegeek.com/2009/03/my-first-thoughts-with-thesis/ so go visit will you? :)

Original Font Sample

When I started teaching computer labs a few years ago I got really fired up about typography. It was a small section in a chapter on word processing in the textbook we were using, but I was intrigued with explaining it to inexperienced users, though I had been interested in typography before. During that time I came up with a basic typeface that I use on the white boards. It really contains mostly modifications to the letters A and E, but the trailing "S" I would sometimes add flourishes too. Really it looks better in the word "DATABASES" but it also works ok with "SPREADSHEETS". I've played with different variations on the E, but its harder to make it look interesting and still maintain its readability, which is something I want to keep with any typeface I create. Do you have any special purpose typefaces you've designed? Got any suggestions for the E? Let me know in the comments below.

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