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This website provides some inspiring examples of typography being used effectively in web design. These examples are incredibly useful for anyone interested in designing a website because they show you how to properly utilize typography. Each of these examples chose the perfect type to build there website around and the typography really adds to the overall site.

This website shows off some of the best examples of how typography can be used in web design. My favorite is the Evenglide Showroom image. I love the clean look of the type and the way it fits in perfectly with the image. The text does not take away anything from the image which is a difficult thing to accomplish. I have seen typography detract from images in the past, but this is a wonderful example of it adding to an image.

Overview of terminology relevant to typography.

This website gives some tips on what designer needs to know about typography and how to correctly use it in a design. It tells you to read your design first to make sure that you understand it. If you are having trouble, then of course someone else will as well. It also tells you to keep titles big that way people can identify what the title is. This website gives some very good information that is very useful.

This website gives some tips on what designer needs to know about typography and how to correctly use it in a design. It tells you to read your design first to make sure that you understand it. If you are having trouble, then of course someone else will as well. It also tells you to keep titles big that way people can identify what the title is. This website gives some very good information that is very useful.

I thought this was a great tutorial on how to utilize typography and the ways typography communicates to the audience.

The wiki page on typography gives you every bit of information on the subject

This website introduced me to several different tools that can help a web designer choose the proper typography for their website. I found these tools to be very interesting, innovative and useful. I would encourage anyone interested in web design to take a look at these tools as they could provide very interesting insights in the future.

This resource is sort of an aggregate of several resources. Each goes into and provides different perspectives of how typography can and is used. There is a lot of variance to each and I like all of the differentiation. (Week 11, 12/1)

A cool short on the history of typography.

How to choose the right font.

How to choose the right font.

a front page for microsoft's view on developing fonts

Measure, leading, hanging quotes, vertical rhythm, widows & orphans, emphasis, scale, clean rags - all explained in terms of design.

This is a website where you can get access to over 1,000 fonts...typography heaven! Enjoy!

This was a great tutorial of how to use typography properly.

These are some examples of script typefaces

A web site that introduced me to the term fontology.

A web site that introduced me to the term fontology.

Combining the aspects of type

Focusing on size contrast

different ways to change your font when trying to design