Last Saturday I had the pleasure of presenting my first presentation on typgraphy, at Canberra’s very first BarCamp. The talk was titled “Beautiful Web Typography: 7 tips on de-sucking the web” and is available via:
- Slideshare;
- Slideshare as a PDF (requires an account);
- here as a PDF;
- and thanks to Nathanael, as a MP3 audio file.
I think I crammed too much into the 20-minute time slot — I didn’t leave time for comments and questions — on the other hand I’d love to give future iterations of this presentation so I can add many other tips and tricks I left out.
I’d like to add additional CSS examples and make more of a note of the YUI library’s CSS which almost anyone can make instant use of. A few screenshots of existing web applications and web sites showcasing the tips in action also can’t go awry.
In closing I should note that I owe thanks to a few type nuts – see the last slide in the presentation.
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Your slides were great, and I’m sure your presentation was fantastic.
I especially liked the 7th tip(s).
You might also want to check out Ellen Lupton’s “Thinking With Type”. http://tinyurl.com/46xyg5. It’s a great general reference to the world of typography, and she cares about the web too!
@Lindsay Holmwood: I’ve had my eye on Thinking With Type for while but haven’t ever ordered it or wandered into a bookstore to grab it — I think I now know what to get with my 50-dollar voucher from BarCampCanberra tomorrow!
Great set of slides, I’ll have to have a listen to the mp3 when it is released. It would be good to set the slides to the mp3 in a video, as there are a few people I’d like to throw the presentation at.
@Ycros: Thanks. I believe video footage was taken of each of the presentations but I’m not sure what’ll be happening with that — I’ll ask.
Great presentation! I really enjoyed watching it – sleek presentation, very good content, I learned a lot.
Would it be possible for you to share it as a PDF? The link on Slideshare requires registration, and the Slideshare slideview is only moderately convenient…
Thanks a lot in any case!
@Olivier: Thanks — I’ve uploaded it and added the link in the list above.