Just Enough Typography
summary
Makes concrete claims and gives tools: recommended body sizes 14–15px and 24–25px and line-height 1.5 (120–145%), use baseline multiples for vertical rhythm, and keep an anchor face plus at most one other — limit fonts to two. Cites real outcomes: NASA finds docs with fonts ~50% too small and road signs switched to Clearview reduced accidents, recommends Google Fonts, a contrast checker, hyphen/en dash/m dash rules, and links to a website with top‑10 actionable tips.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Start
- 2:09National Weather Service
- 7:08Readability and Legibility
- 8:01Font Sizes
- 9:29White Space
- 10:34Vertical Rhythm
- 11:07Hierarchy on the Web
- 12:37Contrast Checker
- 14:10Hyphens and Dashes
- 16:12Curly Quotes
- 17:12Selecting Typefaces
- 17:45Pairing Typeface
