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Type Together

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Typographers tend to make great web designers. I’m not sure if it’s the knowledge of type, the grid work, the tendency toward minimalism, or the technical savvy of many typographers. But whatever it is, Type Together are typographers with a slamming website.

Some notable features of the Type Together website are:

1. Open layout
2. Well spaced stability lines
3. Numerous column variations
4. Soft color scheme with typographic contrast
5. Strategic placement of oversize type
6. Perfect balance of filled space and empty space
7. Impeccable font work

Type Together has done a great job of insterspercing different categories of content. It’s quite a mish-mash. Items of featured content, messaging, navigation, and news all compete for attention. Distractions and non-linear possibilities abound. Yet the order and hierarchy is clear.

TT has done a great job of blending the best aspects of showcase-oriented marketing design with the time-sensitive nature of content-driven publishing. At the core of this blend is a robust and flexible grid that gives TT all the necessary options to create a compelling experience.

Oct 09 2009
by Eric
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12 May 2012
8:22 pm

Jorge

Hey Susan, great podcast, thkans. This is an area that particularly interests me, both because typography is a hobby of mine, and because so many designers get this stuff wrong.One thing: I think quoting a difference of ~100 ppi screen resolution compared to 1200-2400 ppi print is a bit misleading though. For one thing, most print is 300-600 ppi, not 1200-2400. For another thing, as the article you link states, you only really need 200-300 ppi for very legible text. And after 600 ppi, you really can’t tell the difference in most cases. So the gap isn’t as wide as it sounds screens have maybe six times less resolution than printed media, at best. And of course, screens like the iPhone 4 s Retina display have >300 ppi resolutions, so there’s definitely no trouble with reading text on those. It’s only larger screens that have problems.Kind regards,Bnonn

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