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Web designers are looking for a smarter and more creative workflow to meet the demands of an increasingly complex digital world. Consciousness is turning to content, and therefore typography as the starting point for the design process. But type online is tricky: it has to look good AND behave well. This has lead to a trend of setting type for the web as a working prototype from the very start of a digital project, and developing a branded experience outwards from that key ingredient: readability. Jamie Neely was co-founder of Front, a web strategy, design and technology studio and is also the Creative Director at Typecast, which was recently acquired by Monotype. “We believe that as sites become more responsive, devices proliferate and screens shrink, typographic decisions become even more important and influential on site success.” http://www.typecast.com
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PROTOTYPING WITH WEB TYPOGRAPHY tweet @jamneely @typecastapp JAMIE NEELY
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PROTOTYPING WITHWEB TYPOGRAPHY

tweet @jamneely @typecastapp

JAMIE NEELY

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TYPE FIRST

PROTOTYPING

PRACTICAL EXAMPLES

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2009/2010

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2009/2010With great power comes… (you know the rest)

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8%

17%

May ‘12 May ‘13

Websites that use web fonts have DOUBLED in the past year

Source: httparchive.com/trends

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Sony USA homepage (set in ITC Avant Garde Gothic)

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Microsoft worldwide homepage (set in Segoe UI)

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“Into the Arctic” from Greenpeace (set in Brandon Grotesque and Rooney)

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The World Wildlife Fund homepage (set in Open Sans and custom WWF font)

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The World Wildlife Fund homepage (set in Open Sans and custom WWF font)The World Wildlife Fund

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“Dadaab Stories” from Film Aid (set in Cubano and Nunito)

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War Child

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About.me web font options

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TYPE FIRST

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The shift

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PROTOTYPING

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In case you didn't get the memo, wireframing is dead and prototypes

are the only way forward.

— Joshua Porter, hubspot

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IDEO sketchnote From 99u Conference by C Todd Lombardo

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HTML/CSS is real in a way Photoshop will never be.

— Jason Fried, 37 Signals

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Typography for the Web is really hard to design anywhere

other than inside the browser.

— Viljami Salminen

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CSSp { font-style: italic; font-weight: 400; font-family: MillerDisplay;}

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Typecast  screencast

Typecast.com

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Early demos of Typecast

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Early demos of Typecast

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Early demos of Typecast

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PRACTICAL EXAMPLES

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Type as brand

The reading experience

Cross-screen journeys

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Type as brand

The reading experience

Cross-screen journeys

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Type is the clothes that words wear.

— Steve Mattheson

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A quoteElevator pitchProject briefWord cloudHello world

SPECIMENS

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Early typography prototyping in Typecast for Vogue.co.uk (courtesy of Kat Windley)

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Early typography prototyping in Typecast for Vogue.co.uk (courtesy of Kat Windley)

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A Typecast ‘canvas’ showing side-by-side type specimens

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Early typography prototyping in Typecast for Vogue.co.uk (courtesy of Kat Windley)

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The winning specimen, Brandon Grotesque and Caslon 224

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Type as brand

The reading experience

Cross-screen journeys

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Likable

Legible Readable

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Webfontspecimen.com from Tim Brown / Typekit

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Helvetica (grey) vs Helvetica eText (red)

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Likable

Legible Readable

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Lorum ipsum et stupid

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ListsNavigation schemesComment streams

GalleriesMastheads & footers

GLOBAL CONTENT

A blog articleHome page

Mission statementAuthor bio

An event description

UNIQUE CONTENT

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Rendering & clarityFamily size & weight availability

Language supportOpenType support

File size & page weightAccessibility & fall backs

PERFORMANCE

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Type as brand

The reading experience

Cross-screen journeys

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Smart phonesNot-so smart phones

Computers and tabletsE-readers

CarsFridgesKiosks

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Size of viewportScreen density

Orientation Aspect ratio

Rendering technology

DEVICE & TECHNOLOGY

Noise and distractionScreen-to-eye distance

Light & illuminationWeight to holdUser disability

HUMAN & ENVIRONMENT

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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Working with web fonts is hard

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InvoicesReceipts

Forgot passwordMarketing emails

NewslettersBlank slates

Product updatesService maintenance

Activity updates

TRANSACTIONAL, MARKETING & SERVICE EMAILS

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Type as brandSpecimens, font choice

The reading experienceGlobal & unique content

Cross-screen journeysDevices, locations & email

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Working with web fonts is hard

Typography

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QUESTIONS?

tweet @jamneely @typecastapp

JAMIE NEELY


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