A List Apart on setting type on a grid. I am amazed lately at the ability of designers to make Georgia, Helvetica and the like look elegant. In ALA’s case, it’s Happy Cog’s Jason Santa Maria.
body {
color:#333333;
font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;
font-size:0.8125em;
font-size-adjust:none;
font-style:normal;
font-variant:normal;
font-weight:normal;
line-height:1;
}
#content h2 {
color:#000000;
font-size:1.5em;
margin:1.25em 0pt 0.25em;
}
h2 {
font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;
font-size:1.5em;
font-size-adjust:none;
font-stretch:normal;
font-style:normal;
font-variant:normal;
font-weight:normal;
letter-spacing:1px;
line-height:normal;
}
#main p {base.css (line 81)
line-height:1.8em;
margin:0pt 0pt 1em;
text-align:left;
}
This screenshot brought to you by the letter S, for Skitch.
(The New Typography is a series of posts of indeterminate usefulness showcasing interesting uses of typography online and how the designer implemented them. Type-as-image need not apply.)
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