Typographic web design
How to think like a typographer in HTML and CSS.
About the Author
Laura Franz is an Associate Professor of Design in the Design Department at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
She teaches a wide range of type classes, including Type as Information, Type in Context: Print and Web, and Undergraduate Research Projects in Typeface Design. She is also Co-coordinator of The Graduate Certificate In Web and Interaction Design at UMass Dartmouth, in which she teaches a Web Typography class.
Professionally, she designs for both print and the web. Ongoing creative research projects include: historictype.com, goodwebfonts.com, and The New Bedford Typeface project. She has presented lectures and workshops on Typographic Web Design, and has written a course on the topic for Lynda.com
She is particularly interested in how we teach future typographers the art and responsibilities of our craft.