Feb22nd In Inspiration 28

55 Examples of Huge Typography in Web Design

Choosing the correct typography for your website is a very important part of the design process. And as a website is also a communication tool – a very powerful one – you can use the typography to help you on exposing your ideas! Using HUGE typography, for example, you will get the attention you want and your site will also look cool. You can use huge typo only in a word, a sentence, everything… it’s up to you. Here we will show a selection of very nice usage of huge typo in web design to inspire you to go a little wild on your website typography! (more…)

Nov16th In Tips 45

Mike Smith

20 Do’s and Don’ts of Effective Web Typography

In a previous article here on Web Design Ledger, I broke down 20 do’s and don’ts of effective web design and today I would like to keep up with that topic and go over 20 do’s and don’ts of effective web typography. It’s an important part of designing for the web, yet it’s often overlooked (even by me previously). Below are the 20 do’s and don’ts and in the comments section, you’re free to let us know of any of the items we might have missed. (more…)

Nov9th In Resources 12

Henry Jones

10 Useful Text Enhancing Plugins for WordPress

Out of the box, WordPress is an amazing product and comes loaded with tons of features. However, one area that might be lacking is text formatting. There’s not really any tools built in to do things like dynamic image replacement, code highlighting, and other styling to improve the look of your text. Luckily there is a community of talented developers that have created plugins to fill this need. I’ve listed here 10 of the most useful text enhancing WordPress plugins. (more…)

Sep28th In Tools 25

Henry Jones

14 Best Online Typography Tools for Web Designers

Since typography is one of the most challenging and important aspects of web design, it’s important to have useful tools that can make things easier. Here’s a list of tools that will be a big help in making your typography beautiful, and you won’t even have to leave your browser. (more…)

Sep4th In Inspiration 13

Henry Jones

33 Epic Works of Typography Art

If your creative typography juices aren’t exactly flowing, you’re at the right place. The impressive works of art below are all focused on typography and showcase a wide range of type treatments that are guaranteed to inspire. (more…)

Apr1st In Tutorials 25

Henry Jones

14 Most Impressive Photoshop Typography Effects

In web design, there are often times that you will have text to which you want to draw extra attention. We all know the power of Photoshop. So why not use it to add an impressive effect to that text that will be sure to get peoples attention. (more…)

Feb25th In Resources 39

Henry Jones

12 CSS Tools and Tutorials for Beautiful Web Typography

Achieving beautiful typography with CSS on the web is no easy feat, and there are many limitations to what can done with type on the web. However, there are generous people out there that have taken the time to build tools and write tutorials to help you overcome these limitations and create websites with beautiful typography. (more…)