tbrown + type + measurement 7
Point Size and the Em Square: Not What People Think
march 2011 by tbrown
Thomas Phinney: "The challenging question is, what part of a 12-point font is 12 points high? For digital type, the short answer is 'none.'"
Type
Measurement
march 2011 by tbrown
A Richer Canvas
march 2011 by tbrown
Mark Boulton: "If [...] layouts are based on a system that defines its ratios from the content, then there is connectedness on two levels: connectedness to the device, and connectedness to the content."
Type
Measurement
Responsiveness
march 2011 by tbrown
YUI 2: Fonts CSS
september 2010 by tbrown
Yahoo's recommendations for font size normalization across browsers and the method recommended by HTML5 Boilerplate. Explains why to use percentages to size type, rather than pixels or ems, and has a reference for common type sizes.
Type
CSS
Measurement
september 2010 by tbrown
Sub-Pixel Problems in CSS
march 2008 by tbrown
John Resig: "The problem then becomes: Which way do you round the number? Up, down, or a mixture of the two?"
Type
CSS
Measurement
march 2008 by tbrown