Nice Web Type

Nice Web Type is one place for web typography, following experiments, advancements, and best practices in typesetting web text. Handcrafted by Tim Brown, Type Manager for Adobe Typekit.

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(Sorry about the poor audio quality!)

UPDATE: I turned this into a welcome page for first time visitors. I’ll add new “Likes” features to that page, so it’ll always show new folks the most current stuff.

Getting Started

It’s a big internet out there. Whether you’re brushing up on the latest techniques or seeking the best foundation as you begin to study web design and typography, great resources make all the difference. Here are a few I recommend.

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Museo and Sans

Screenshot of Nice Web Type likes Museo and Sans My thoughts about (and examples of) typographic color, font stack understudies, combining serif and sans typefaces, and subtle suggestions about typesetting Museo and Museo Sans specifically. You’ll also find a few display-size techniques you might be able to use in your next project.

Graublau Sans with Lucdia sanserif

Screenshot of Nice Web Type likes Graublau Sans with Lucida sanserif The inaugural web type specimen/review here at Nice Web Type pairs a versatile web favorite, Lucida sanserif, with one of the first (of many) typefaces available for @font-face linking online: Graublau Sans. View and download the specimen, and enjoy this typeface combination thoroughly. It seems to me both practical and sharp.

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3 comments

  1. Donny 20 Jul 2009

    Nice video man. Looking real good. I miss the Vassar’s office. Please post more video.

  2. Dian 21 Jul 2009

    i couldn’t watch the video on my google reader, is it intentional?

  3. Tim Brown 21 Jul 2009

    Thanks Donny!

    Dian, I’m sorry it didn’t work for you inside Google Reader. I think it was an embedding permission that I set incorrectly. Should work now. Thanks for letting me know, because other folks probably ran into this issue as well.