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I like San Francisco signage

Jun 17, 2007

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The last time I was in San Francisco, I battled with a bout of nostalgia as I missed the real City. But hanging out in North Beach yesterday, I remembered the thing about San Francisco I noticed a few years back: The signage hasn’t been updated in 20 years or so. Check out the old-school…

Introducing the Copyblogger Theme for WordPress — Pearsonified

Jun 2, 2007

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Ryan Sholin

in Newstangle

From the maker of Cutline comes another typographically elegant theme with great SEO logic built-in. I haven’t dug into the content classes yet, but if this doesn’t do what Sandbox does, it’s not all that useful to me. Introducing the Copyblogger Theme for WordPress — Pearsonified

Contrast and Meaning – A List Apart

Apr 24, 2007

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Ryan Sholin

in Newstangle

Design notes on using contrast to convey different meanings, starting with similar blocks of text and ending up with two distinct pieces of a page. Contrast and Meaning – A List Apart

A List Apart: Articles: Setting Type on the Web to a Baseline Grid

Apr 9, 2007

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Ryan Sholin

in Newstangle

More in the vein of ‘composing to a vertical rhythm.’ Crucial stuff to make text look as good as it does at A List Apart, the New York Times, Subtraction, etc. A List Apart: Articles: Setting Type on the Web to a Baseline Grid

Web Typography Sucks | Slides and notes from SxSW 2007

Mar 19, 2007

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Ryan Sholin

in Newstangle

Seven crucial web type links at the bottom of this page. Web Typography Sucks | Slides and notes from SxSW 2007

Times Online U.K.

Feb 5, 2007

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Ryan Sholin

in Newstangle

The Times redesigns, apparently forgetting to style typography in the process. Tiny fonts, unreadable headlines without a decent line-height, and don’t get me started on div class=”padding-left-9 padding-top-1″ Times Online U.K.