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Typography feedback on website
Posted by chrisburton in
24 Feb 2013 — 1:00pm
24 Feb 2013 — 1:00pm
Would anyone mind giving some feedback on the overall use of the chosen webfonts and design?
The webfonts used are:
Old Standard - My name, page titles, article numbers and article titles
Benton Modern RE - Body text
Benton Sans RE - Menu links, article dates, footer copyright and Kirby CMS info
The only thing I dislike about it is the dates under the article titles.
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24 Feb 2013 — 1:01pm
Might help if I add a link.
http://chrisburton.me/dev
Note: The page I linked is the only page that is somewhat complete.
24 Feb 2013 — 1:27pm
"THOUGHTS & OPINIONS" looks a bit small to me under that headline.
With that much leading you might need a wider gutter between the columns.
What would the dates look like in one of the serif types?
24 Feb 2013 — 2:49pm
I was trying to get the main focus on my name and then on to the articles section so I didn't want to set "Thoughts & Opinions" at a medium-large font-size. Basically that is why the menu and that title has a lower font-size. Anyway, I bumped it up 1 pixel and I think it works better with the menu already, what do you think?
I also changed the date to Benton Modern RE, thoughts on that as well?
24 Feb 2013 — 3:15pm
I think keeping the sans to the header and footer looks good.
Is that the default wordspacing in the article titles? For some reason it looks wide to me.
Also for your to-do list: making it work on mobiles:
24 Feb 2013 — 4:20pm
Yes, thank you. Everything will degrade gracefully on mobile before I push it live. That's for sure. The spacing between words is normal, it isn't altered in any way. The only dislike I have for Benton Modern RE on the dates is that the weight contrast between it and Old standard in the titles are too significant.