Back in 2005, a collection of talented web designers & standards coders took a shot at redesigning Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox. It was one of my first lightbulb moments where I realized the difference a bit of weight variation and vertical spacing could make. This is not an example of typographic elegance, but it’s utilitarian, extremely readable, and appropriate to the material.
dt {
font-size:75%;
font-weight:bold;
margin:1.5em 0pt 0.5em;
}
p, dd {
font-size:75%;
line-height:140%;
}
.thumb {useit_style.css (line 27)
float:right;
margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.5em;
}
body {
font-family:Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;
}
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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