The present & future of web fonts is looking awfully bright. Quality and Quantity are increasing, though there are still a few fonts I have to pass over when designing for the web. While I don’t know if all of these are in the pipeline to become web fonts, I have to believe that all type foundries are moving in that direction so that their fonts remain useful.... Read more
David Perel from Obox asked us to design a video & photo WordPress theme a few months back, and now it’s live! Reagan and I went with a simple, type-centric layout in 3 color schemes (dark, beige and white). Each variation has a subtle grunge background texture. You can also build your own background with the included texture-maker .psd file. We had a blast working with David and... Read more
Blake Allen and Josh Sullivan contacted me last week, and invited me to make a mix for their new site. After perusing some of the other great mixes, I opted to go for an old-school country mix. If you follow me at Rdio, you’ll see that OG country is a staple here at the office. I think it’s because I find older music that lacks a certain over-produced... Read more
I met Yaron Schoen at SXSW in 2010— where we came up with the idea for DesignSwap. After launching the site with our own swap last year, and seeing a couple more great ones follow, we realized we want to see more swaps more often. Now DesignSwap is open to everyone. We’ve swapped the sign up list for an open invitation, and encourage you to partner up & get... Read more
I met Simon Collison back in October at Brooklyn Beta. Shortly after, I got an email from him asking if I’d be interested in contributing to the newspaper he was having printed for attendees of the New Adventures In Web Design conference. Needless to say, I was thrilled & honored to get a full page to do whatever I wanted. After listing a few article topics out I... Read more
Lettering.js was built to solve a problem. As web typography improves, web designers want the same level of control print designers have. Just as we’ve moved beyond Helvetica and Times New Roman, we’ve begun to think about web type in finer detail than <h1> or <span> tags currently (semantically) allow. For example, when Dave Rupert and I prepared to markup the 3 sites for the Lost World’s Fairs... Read more
