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Helvetica Now
Every single glyph of Helvetica has been redrawn and redesigned for this expansive new edition – which preserves the typeface's Swiss mantra of clarity, simplicity and neutrality, while updating it for the demands of contemporary design and branding. Helvetica Now comprises 96 fonts, consisting of three distinct optical sizes: Micro, Text and Display, all in two widths. Each one has been carefully tailored to the demands of its size. The larger Display versions are drawn to show off the subtlety of Helvetica and spaced with headlines in mind, while the Text sizes focus on legibility, using robust strokes and comfortably loose spaces. The Micro sizes address an issue Helvetica has long faced – that of being 'micro type challenged'. In the past, the typeface struggled to be legible at tiny sizes because of its compactness and closed apertures. Helvetica Now's Micro designs are simplified and exaggerated to maintain the impression of Helvetica in tiny type, and their spacing is loose, providing remarkable legibility at microscopic sizes and in low-res environments. There's also an extensive set of alternates, which allow designers the opportunity to experiment with and adapt Helvetica's tone of voice. This includes a hooked version of the lowercase l (addressing a common complaint that the capital I and lowercase l are indistinguishable) as well as a rounded G, and a straight-legged R, a single storey a and a lowercase u without a trailing serif. In the past, designers had to nudge, trim and contort the design to create stylish display-type lockups with Helvetica. Helvetica Now Display was designed and spaced with those modifications in mind—saving effort and providing more consistent (and more stylish) results. “Helvetica is the gold standard,' says Monotype Type Director Charles Nix. “To use it is to claim that you are the ultimate expression of whatever your brand aspires to be. Its blankness is its power.” Helvetica Now User Guide PDF.Featured in: Best Fonts for Resumes, Best Fonts for Websites, Best Fonts for PowerPoint, Best Fonts for Tattoos, Best Fonts for Tiktok, Best Fonts for Business Cards
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Public Sans
A strong, neutral, open source typeface for text or display.
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Introducing USWDS 2.0 | United States Web Design System
Today, we’re launching U.S. Web Design System 2.0 (USWDS 2.0), a new foundation for the future of our design system. This new version was designed to make it easier for any project to integrate USWDS and use it to support both your mission and the needs of your audience.
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Structured Content Design Workflow: A Case Study – Andy Fitzgerald – Medium
Over the last several years I’ve become an ardent advocate of structured content design. This is the process of designing digital…
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Building a UI Kit in Figma
The website of Robin Rendle, a designer and writer from the UK.
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Using the iPad Pro as my development machine
I purchased an iPad Pro with the Smart Keyboard and Pencil to use as my main computer. Can it replace my local workstation? Is it powerful enough for my day-to-day tasks? Let's find out.
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Sophisticated Partitioning with CSS Grid | Rob Weychert
Create compelling grid patterns by harnessing specificity.
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Five recommendations (and many examples) for how to nurture engagement in European newsrooms
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Going Offline—the talk of the book
…of the T-shirt.
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HTML, CSS and our vanishing industry entry points