Improving Web and Mobile App Typography - 5 basic guidelines

One of my goals this year is to digest important concepts in design and then try to explain them in a concise, easy-to-follow format. My first attempt is on typography. I studied from the best and I was able to list five essential principles to improve the typographic quality of your web and mobile app products in this video. I hope you like it—your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Here are five essential practical guidelines to improve your typographic quality of your web and mobile product designs.

1. Start by choosing your body text typeface.
2. Try to avoid mixing typefaces.
3. Watch your line length.
4. Balance line height and point size.
5. Use proper Apostrophes and Dashes.

I plan to go more into detail in a crash course on typography that I’ll publish here. We’ll talk about the difference between typefaces and fonts, how to choose the right type, where to discover good typography, pairing typefaces, and more conceptual stuff. In the meantime, check out these awesome resources:

RESOURCES:

To find fonts for the web and mobile apps
https://typekit.com/
https://fonts.google.com/

Typewolf, a great source of inspiration and resources
https://www.typewolf.com/

Just My Type, learning how to mix typefaces
http://www.justmytype.co/

Jessica Hische’s fantastic guide on type for the web
http://jessicahische.is/talkingtype

Professional web typography by Donny Truong
https://prowebtype.com/

Butterick’s Practical Typography
http://practicaltypography.com

Style Manual by Andy Taylor
http://stylemanual.org/

Fonts have feelings too, by Mikael Cho (great read)
https://medium.com/who-what-why/fonts-have-feelings-too-1523564d966c#.boqxndw40

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