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Press Checks in the Age of Web Type

Erik Vorhes
August 04, 2012

Press Checks in the Age of Web Type

This was presented as a part of TypeCon2012: MKE SHIFT. I might try to write up a narrative to go with the slides, but for now, enjoy links to some resources referenced in the talk:

• Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts: http://j.mp/df-mckenzie
• The Web Fountes: http://the.webfount.es/
• Web Font Specimen: http://webfontspecimen.com/
• Typecast: http://beta.typecastapp.com/
• Gridset: http://gridsetapp.com/
• Ffffallback: http://ffffallback.com/
• Color Oracle: http://colororacle.org/
• xScope: http://xscopeapp.com/
• WebFont Loader: https://github.com/typekit/webfontloader
• TypeCon: http://www.typecon.com/

Update: I’ve heard that there is audio of the talk. I’ll include it here once it’s available.

Erik Vorhes

August 04, 2012
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  1. Every society rewrites its past, every reader rewrites its texts,

    and, if they have any continuing life at all, at some point every printer redesigns them.” — D.F. McKenzie, Bibliography and the Sociology of Texts “
  2. .banner-{ --h1,-h2-{ ----font%family:-"Vista-Sans-Web",-"Lucida-Grande"; --} --h1-{ ----font%size:-(13em/16); ----.wf%active-&-{ ------font%size:-(14em/16); ----} --}

    --h2-{ ----font%size:-(32em/16); ----line%height:-(37/32); ----margin%bottom:-(7em/32); ----padding%top:-(6em/32); ----.wf%active-&-{ ------font%size:-(36em/16); ------line%height:-(37/36); ------margin%bottom:-(7em/36); ------padding%top:-(6em/36); ----} --} }
  3. Thanks! Press Checks in the Age of Web Type TypeCon2012:

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