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Practical Responsive Typography
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Practical Responsive Typography: A hands on guide to responsive typography

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Practical Responsive Typography

Chapter 2. Responsive Typography

We have learnt all the basics of typography, and now we will learn how to apply them to the Web through simple HTML and CSS.

We'll learn how to stylize the written content on your website by creating the page and going through CSS properties.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics in detail:

  • Creating the page
  • Using CSS properties
  • Ligatures
  • Hierarchy
  • Example and exercise to use the typography rules!

Creating the page

Before exploring the wonderful world of online typography, we need to set up the space for it to fully develop; so we are going to create a simple HTML5 page to populate with our written content.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Your typography resource</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../style.css">
  </head>
  <body>
  </body>
</html>

See? No complex data, import nothing. Just an empty page.

Since we're going to concentrate on type and type alone, we're not going to add a variety of elements or a complex layout.

Just a couple of simple lines of text will do, they will show you exactly what we are working on and how it's working.

So we're adding a <p> tag to the body:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title...

Ligatures

Ligatures are important as they guarantee a better flow of legibility of the text and better readability of a word when some characters clash.

In fact, they are usually added, or better designed, when two letters are joined as a single one. This usually happens when two letters have ascenders, like ff, ft, that clash together producing a rather unpleasant result.

Even the ampersand symbol is born as a ligature, when the et in the handwritten Latin text where combined.

So, how we can apply them to the Web?

CSS3 standard introduces the property font-variant-ligatures to precisely address the matter through numerous values, such as:

  • Common-ligatures - no-common-ligatures
  • Discretionary-ligatures - no-discretionary-ligatures
  • Historical-ligatures - no-historical-ligatures
  • Contextual - no-contextual
  • Normal and none.

Each property can be declared with multiple values, containing all of the preceding declared values..

For example, if you like discretionary but not historical ligatures, you can write...

Hierarchy

Another important thing to learn, which will require that the preceding rules are applied, is hierarchy.

Its been explained in the previous chapter, it's application in the Web world is pretty straightforward.

Don't do it wrong, don't just use p with different ids. There are HTML elements since the first versions that will be rendered are better, they will be correctly read from SEO robots: the Headings elements.

They are numbered and ordered from the first to the sixth, from H1 to H6, they render correctly and differently, by default, on any browser but they are modifiable through all the preceding rules.

So you can modify their appearance any way you want, just remember to address that part correctly, with h1 being the most prominent and h6 the least. As much as they are important for your website SEO, in this book we're covering more than the writing and the visual aspect of the matter; so as a general rule, remember that every text is readable at a glance if...

Example and exercise!

Now for a little fun (only studying without practicing is something that makes anyone mad, as a sometime teacher and all-time student I know that very well – hey, don't judge me wrong, you really never stop to learn!), it's time to see if those rules are used in the real world, ready or not, here we go!

Let's go through the practice exercise:

  • Let's find a text that we like so that it will be easier for everyone involved if we know it, to divide it into the required three level faster.
  • The text that we'll choose is going to be different from each reader, so whatever level you see or want to apply is ok. We're going to need them to visually differentiate things.
  • I hereby choose one of my favourite poems of all time – or better, part of it, since it's really long: Nothing but Death by Pablo Neruda

    Pablo Neruda, Nothing but Death – 1926

    There are cemeteries that are lonely,

    graves full of bones that do not make a sound,

    the...

Summary

Within this chapter you've learnt to apply the properties that we've seen in the first chapter. Properties, such as lineheight, text-shadow, tracking, and kerning are now arrows in your arsenal.

It may take a little while to learn them all but its worth your time, you'll have fun experimenting with them and your projects will be as beautiful and readable as never before! Also, this time, we worked with web-safe fonts.

After all, it was time to study and concentrate a little more on the basic code that on the visual aspect of your text; but in the coming chapter, I'll tell you everything you need to know about more personal, visual font choices!

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Key benefits

  • No coding experience necessary - get started with responsive typography today!
  • Find out how to customize your own typography designs to truly own your website's identity
  • From the basics to cutting-edge design, this book is the perfect guide

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Typography is an essential part of any website’s design. It can help you stand out from the crowd, communicate with clarity, and cultivate a distinctive identity. Practical Responsive Typography demonstrates how to use typography to greatest effect. With this book you won't underestimate it's importance - you'll be in complete control over this crucial component of web design. From scaling and optimizing screen spaces to using a range of different web fonts, you'll quickly get up to speed with the practical considerations behind successful typography. But more than the fundamentals, you'll also find out how to go further by customizing typography designs to suit your identity.

Who is this book for?

This book is for web developers familiar with the basics of HTML5 and CSS3 who want to learn how to implement responsive typography. No coding experience is required, so dive in and get started!

What you will learn

  • Customize and personalize fonts on a responsive website
  • Learn how to write CSS3 rules for viewports
  • Define media queries and write them using CSS3 and HTML5
  • Implement SASS typography techniques to minimize the CSS output and manage the font variables
  • Get to grips with dropcaps and learn how to use them effectively on the web
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Table of Contents

11 Chapters
1. Web Typography Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Responsive Typography Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Web Fonts and Services Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Modern Scale Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Viewport and Size Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Media Queries Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Sass and Typography Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. Three Step Responsive Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. Future Responsive – Hinting Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. Future Responsive – Drop Caps and Shapes Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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The book is a beginner friendly introduction to typography on the web, covering the basics of typography before moving on the web-related topics like the relevant css font features, and responsive web design. There are code examples which readers can try out on their own and experiment with. The author explains typographic principles in the context of the web and this book can serve as a digestible resource for people interested in learning more about typography on the web.Full disclosure: I served as a technical reviewer for the book.
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