Braille Neue
I love this idea (and implementation)—instead of treating braille signage as something “separate but equal”, this typeface attempts to unify lettering and braille into one.
Braille Neue is a universal typeface that combines braille with existing characters. This typeface communicates to both the sighted and blind people in the same space.
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V6: Typography and Proportions | Rob Weychert
Rob walks us through the typographic choices for his recent redesign:
Most of what I design that incorporates type has a typographic scale as its foundation, which informs the typeface choices and layout proportions. The process of creating that scale begins by asking what the type needs to do, and what role contrasting sizes will play in that.
Typography for User Interfaces | Viljami Salminen
The history and physiology of text on screen. You can also see the slides from the talk that prompted this article.
Read Regular / Introduction
A forthcoming typeface designed specifically to help people with dyslexia read and write more effectively.
Utopia WCAG warnings | Trys Mudford
Wouldn’t it be great if all web tools gave warnings like this?
As you generate and tweak your type scale, Utopia will now warn you if any steps fail WCAG SC 1.4.4, and tell you between which viewports the problem lies.
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An nth-letter selector in CSS
The latest installment in the long tradition of calling for this pseudo-element.