Typography is the art of placing and arranging text according to the ambience or requirement. Use of typefaces is no longer restricted to just articles or media of similar kind.

Typography has traditionally gone hand in hand with logo marks since the days of the dinosaurs. We know this because of that movie where they recreate dinosaurs on that island and then they get loose and go crazy and everyone dies.

There are many books and articles on typography, but considerably few explore typeface selection and pairing. With the floodgates poised to open and the promise of many typefaces being freed up for use on websites, choosing the right face to complement a website’s design will need to become another notch in the designer’s belt. But where do we start?

  Let's face it: the classic blog post is boring. Barring the text and images, each one generally has the exact same layout. We see little originality from one post to the next. Of course, consistency and branding are extremely important to consider when designing a website or blog, but what about individuality? Does a blog post about kittens deserve the same layout as one about CSS hacks?Because installing a WordPress theme is so easy, anyone can have a blog up and running in minutes.

We use punctuation everyday when writing articles and we all know that using the wrong punctuation can totally change the meaning of a sentence. So, where else do people use punctuation? Logo design!

Web 2.0 sites aim to encourage participation and Web 2.0 fonts must do the same. In addition to being highly legible, the best are inclusive and accessible to all. They are cool, original and striking, but not to the extent that they are only appreciated by certain groups with specific aesthetic sensibilities.

Even with a relatively limited set of options in CSS, typography can vary tremendously using pure CSS syntax. Serif or sans-serif? Large or small font? Line height, spacing, font size and padding… The list goes on and on.

A beautiful collection of awesome typography wallpapers for inspiration and pleasure!

When Johno first asked me to write about Typekit, I jumped at the chance. I’d received a beta invite to try out the service about a week before, but deadlines had got in the way of actually getting round to it.

This collection of 25 classic fonts is a round up of the best and most popular fonts every designer should own.