Front End Craftsmanship
This past Saturday I had the pleasure of speaking at Software Craftsmanship North America on a topic that has been on mind for...more.
Billy Whited
R(a|ela)tional Design
In my last post, I talked about Expressive HTML and the importance of writing your markup from the content out. This idea—that you...more.
Expressive HTML
Do you consider yourself to be a software craftsman? Do you find yourself frequently writing html? Would you feel comfortable giving a talk on...more.
A Brief Primer on Typeface Selection
When choosing typefaces, we need to be cautious. As typographers, we are responsible to our readers and to our texts, so it’s imperative that...more.
Readability
Readability relates to those important typographic factors that are not rooted solely in the DNA of letterforms. In this realm, the typographer rejoices. For...more.
Legibility
When we judge the usability, or clarity, of a text passage, we usually do so according to two different criteria: legibility and readability.
...more.What is the purpose of typography?
You might be wondering why you’d bother to gain an understanding type: what purpose does it serve? What’s the point? Set it and forget...more.
What is Typography?
Let's first take a moment to talk briefly about what typography is not about. To be clear: it‘s not just about choosing pretty typefaces....more.
“On Web Typography” Resources
I recently gave a talk about web typography titled “On Web Typography: Choosing (and Using) Fonts on Screen,” at Chicago’s first annual Tech Week...more.
Type Camp California Day 4
On day 4 of Type Camp California, our final full day, we devoted the majority of our time to another hand-lettering project. This time,...more.
Type Camp California Day 3
On Day two of Type Camp California we were given a short “homework” assignment: write a six word autobiography containing your name, at least...more.
Type Camp California Day 2
After having a day and half to gel as a group and get fully immersed in the esoteric and challenging world of type, we...more.
Type Camp California Day 1
While I've been fortunate enough to attend a few great conferences during my career, I've always left wishing for a little more. Having grown...more.
Humane Form Errors
Forms. Does anybody like filling them out? They can be annoying, maddening, time-consuming and sometimes, yes, even soul-crushing. Yet, everywhere we look on the...more.
My proposal for SCNA 2011
This blog post doubles as my proposal for a talk I’d like to give at Software Craftsmanship 2011. The working title is “Front...more.
Found Type and Graphics
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about keeping inspiration catalogs. In an effort to demonstrate that I practice what I preach,...more.
A Tale of Two Forms (Part 3)
Last week, we took a closer look at some simple “under the hood” changes you can make to your forms to improve their usability...more.
A Tale of Two Forms (Part 2)
Last week, I wrote a brief article that demonstrated how to build a form with well structured, semantic markup. In that article, I...more.
A Tale of Two Forms (Part 1)
A few weeks ago, my co-workers asked me to demonstrate how to convert a form built using HTML table elements...more.
Inspiration Catalogs
Inspiration is perishable. And, unfortunately, it often strikes when I least expect it—when I don’t have a pen or pencil handy, or a piece...more.
The Near Space Endeavor
Recently, I’ve been doing a fair amount of blogging about topics related to web design, so I thought it was time for a little...more.
CSS Formatting Tips
“…there is a huge likelihood that the systems will evolve from lower to higher entropy, which is a rough statement of the second law...more.
Design Resources for Aspiring Developers
In a web saturated with numerous opinion blogs, gallery showcases, tutorial sites and technical references, where should an aspiring web developer go to seek...more.
Tangible Typography
I am a trained sculptor and have always been comfortable being creative within the constraints of the three-dimensional realm. Ironically, I now find myself...more.