Once Upon a Drop Cap: A Look at Typography as UX
summary
Argues that variable fonts (OpenType 1.8) can replace the 18 separate web font files demoed, shrinking 549 KB of font baggage into one adaptable file and potentially cutting assets to ~200–300 KB; demos load Google fonts, use CSS font-variation-settings, and run in a nightly Safari build from a GitHub prototype (bitly/jpVFcode). Notes WOFF support ~92% and WOFF2 ~64%, shows responsive typographic axes (weight, width, x‑height) actually working in the browser and stresses performance tradeoffs.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Start
- 2:02Typography and Ux
- 2:14Typography as Part of Design
- 7:20The Johnson Typeface
- 8:27Impart Authority
- 10:24Where Is the Voice and Authority of Garmin
- 13:07Web Fonts
- 14:23How We Practice Typography
- 18:15System Fonts
- 28:47Opentype 1 8
- 30:18Single Font File
- 37:29Questions
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