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Typography is as important on the web as it is in print, but the considerations are certainly different, and the capabilities are changing rapidly. Join me, fonts and typography guru and type designer Thomas Phinney, for the first webcast in a three-part series to learn the latest best practices for web fonts and web typography.
Sign up now, as “virtual” seating is limited. Registering for Part 1 will also register you (with no obligation) for the next two Web Typography Best Practices sessions.
Register just once today for all three sessions. If you register but can’t attend the live broadcast(s), we’ll email a link to each recorded webcast following the event.
I’m looking forward to presenting to not only our loyal WebINK users, but to all designers interested in web typography, soon!
Part 1 – Font Selection: Choosing (and combining) fonts for websites
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
11:00 a.m. Pacific / 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Duration: 1 hour, including Q&A
Watch the video of the webcast
Resource links for the series
Web designers and developers will want to attend this webcast to learn more about:
- Why @font-face has replaced previous approaches to cus-tom type on the web (images, sIFR, etcetera)
- Best practices for picking individual typefaces
- How to effectively combine different font families
- How to deal with on-screen text rendering issues, and why Windows is especially troublesome
- Get Inspired: Tips on where to find typographic inspiration and detailed references
Part 2: Setting Type for Web Sites
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
11 a.m. Pacific / 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Duration: 1 hour, including Q&A
Attend this webcast to learn:
- How and why to control hyphenation, kerning and ligatures
- Too many legibility tips to count! Including:
- Optimizing line spacing
- The dangers of low contrast
- Issues with all-caps, underlining and more.
- Where to go for more detailed references and inspiration
Part 3: OpenType Typography, the New Frontier
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
11:00 am Pacific / 2:00 pm Eastern
Duration: 1 hour, including Q&A
Attend this webcast to learn:
- Workhorse OpenType features such as discretionary ligatures, oldstyle figures, and “real” small caps—what they are, and how and when to use them
- How OpenType allows you to have script and calligraphic fonts that look more real than ever before
- The bizarre world of cutting-edge OpenType fonts that draw pie charts, translate or censor text, or even predict the future (!)
- Where to go for more detailed references and inspiration
Hi, I just registered for the second webcast. How can I get a recording of the first webcast?
I have the same question as Nicole. I only just found out about this webcast series and would really love to see the first one, as well as the second and third (which I’ve just registered for). If there is a link to view a recording of the first webcast, I’d really like to get it! Thanks!
We’re working on it! I finished editing the video last weekend. It should be available any time now.
Hello Mr. Phinney. In Part 1 of the Web Fonts webinar series you mention What the Font? (http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/). However, it does not appear in the list of tools on your “Web Typography Resources” page. Perhaps you could add it? I find What the Font? helpful.
Done! Thanks for the feedback.
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