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Web Typography and the Case of the Voluptuous Curl
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Dan Denney
August 19, 2011
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Web Typography and the Case of the Voluptuous Curl
This is Allison House's presentation from the 2011 Front-End Design Conference
Dan Denney
August 19, 2011
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Transcript
Hi! Iʼm @house Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Web Typography AND THE CASE of the Voluptuous Curl Wednesday,
August 17, 2011
Something in the air Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Weʼve spent a lot of time grasping the web medium
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Less pedantic More expressive Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Pushing past technical constraint Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Better technology Better tools Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Better(ish) clients Wednesday, August 17, 2011
“These days pretty much all of our prospective clients understand
what user experience is and appreciate its importance.” — Andy Budd, “I Don’t Care About User Experience” Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Itʼs okay to be yourself now Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Less pedantic Better tools + tech Being yourself Wednesday, August
17, 2011
A new level of language for communication Wednesday, August 17,
2011
Expressiveness in typography Wednesday, August 17, 2011
SADNESS Wednesday, August 17, 2011
“Cluster,” Canvas and SVG Wednesday, August 17, 2011
“Web Typography for the Lonely aims to excite designers about
the possibilities of cutting-edge web standards and javascript through beautiful and inspiring typographic explorations.” Wednesday, August 17, 2011
“Web Typography for the Lonely aims to excite designers about
the possibilities of cutting-edge web standards and javascript through beautiful and inspiring typographic explorations.” Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Engaging with animation Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Narrative on the web is largely unexplored Wednesday, August 17,
2011
Fictional narrative + interaction = video games Wednesday, August 17,
2011
The fourth wall is between you and the story Wednesday,
August 17, 2011
Non-diegetic elements are outside the world Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Diegetic interface elements are part of the world Wednesday, August
17, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Is that practical? Wednesday, August 17, 2011
"The more true to life your application looks and behaves,
the easier it is for people to understand how it works and the more they enjoy using it." — iOS human interface guidelines Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Narrative has made a few web appearances Wednesday, August 17,
2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
“Our public face is no longer so different from our
private one. That shift changes our expectations of the brands, products and services we consume. We want them to be as human as we are.” — Aarron W alter, “Emotion in Design” Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
So many creative possibilities to be discovered Wednesday, August 17,
2011
We already have the skills Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Keep pushing boundaries with experimentation Wednesday, August 17, 2011