The Futures of Typography

A wonderfully thoughtful piece from Robin, ranging from the printing technologies of the 15th century right up to the latest web technologies. It’s got all my favourite things in there: typography, digital preservation, and service workers. Marvellous!

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What’s new in web typography? | Clagnut by Richard Rutter

There have been so many advances in HTML, CSS and browser support over the past few years. These are enabling phenomenal creativity and refinement in web typography, and I’ve got a mere 28 minutes to tell you all about it.

I’ve been talking to Rich about his Web Day Out talk, and let me tell you, you don’t want to miss it!

It’s gonna be a wild ride! Join me at Web Day Out in Brighton on 12 March 2026. Use JOIN_RICH to get 10% off and you’ll also get a free online ticket for State of the Browser.

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Better typography with text-wrap pretty | WebKit

Everything you ever wanted to know about text-wrap: pretty in CSS.

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Justified Text: Better Than Expected? – Cloud Four

Some interesting experiments in web typography here.

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Brian Koberlein

What a beautiful website!

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Legibility

Mary Dyson’s short book is available for free online as a lovely web book:

  1. What do we mean by legibility?
  2. How we read
  3. Perspectives on legibility
  4. What is measured and how
  5. Overview of research: Type
  6. Overview of research: Typography
  7. Beyond legibility research

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