Comments on: Typography Crash Course Roundup

By: inspirationbit

inspirationbit — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:39:42 +0000

Here are some fresh links on Typography resources: http://www.inspirationbit.com/16-bits-of-exceptional-typography-resources/

By: Peter Mescalchin

Peter Mescalchin — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 04:53:30 +0000

Just found a new one to note - via Sitepoint

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/anatomy-web-fonts

By: Kevin Cannon

Kevin Cannon — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:57:45 +0000

You've left out two of the best resources on th web though: http://www.thinkingwithtype.com http://www.adobe.com/education/pdf/type_primer.pdf

The 25 fonts thing is a great spot though! :)

By: M E-L

M E-L — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 17:21:10 +0000

Luc Devroye's site is an excellent resource -- check his latest links page.

By: Mislav

Mislav — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:48:28 +0000

I apologize for my ill-formed end of the sentence in the last comment :)

I forgot to add: although Typetester does use the xmlHttpRequest object, we still shouldn't be calling it AJAX - like Ian noted, there's no real interaction with the webserver.

I would like to add an interactive typography workshop - great for a beginner to practice his/hers kerning (letterspacing) sense.

By: Mislav

Mislav — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 15:26:50 +0000

TypeTester has a bit of AJAX because it stores your choices on the server for later analysis - eg. to see which combinations most popular.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 03:38:57 +0000

Thanks for making this list! I do have one minor correction, though...

While Typetester does make extensive use of javascript, it's not AJAX. AJAX applications communicate with the webserver while you are interacting with the page. Typetester doesn't need any extra stuff from the webserver to do its job; it manipulates data that already exist on the web page.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:17:35 +0000

Thanks for mentioning us! There is also a bunch of sound typography rules covered in Erik's Typo Tips.

By: Neil Cadsawan

Neil Cadsawan — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 19:38:34 +0000

Don't forget about Mark Boulton's Five Simple Steps to Better Typography.