Any application of typography can be divided into two arenas: micro and macro. Understanding the difference between the two is especially useful when crafting a reading experience, because it allows the designer to know when to focus on legibility and…

Rivers are eye-catching cracks in text formed by meandering trails of word spaces running from one line to the next. Here’s why they happen, how to avoid them, and how to fix them.
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The humble footer – long ignored by web designers – has become a site of a sudden burst of creative energy in the past few years, as designers realize the flexibility of the footer as more than a mere placeholder…

A review by James Puckett
Jim Williams is a senior lecturer at Staffordshire University, where he compiled an excellent series of student handouts about typography. In 2010 the handouts were featured on Creative Review’s blog which generated interest from publishers.…

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A friend recently asked a funny question: “What song did you listen to right after losing your virginity?” While I really don’t remember, it very well could have been “A Thousand Stars Burst Open” by the always underrated Pale Saints.…

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It’s been almost twenty years since the first branded Content Management Systems (CMSs) hit the market. They were an unbearable kluge back then, and didn’t work well; but hey, if you had a bajillion dollars to toss at MarchFirst or…

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“Hey, I want to show you something I built. Ignore the design please, it is not finished yet.”From school science fair projects to real world product prototypes, if I had a nickel every time I heard that sentence I would…

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It’s hard to believe that all of these beautiful pictures are pencil drawings and not digital. Pencil, paper, creativity and a heck of a lot skill are the only attributes of these masterpieces. Check them out:Gurn DrawingChristopher ReeveFuFuWhat a Lovely…

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