Refresh DC November Meetup: Web Typography Beyond Times & Arial November 20, 2008
Falls Church, Virginia
The type you use in your design will say as much to your audience as the actual words on the page, but, up to now, Web designers have an extremely limited palette of fonts to choose from. All design is about overcoming the limitations of the medium, and Web design is no different. In this session, Jason will show you how to use fluid typography, browser-safe fonts, and type on images to create robust scalable designs without having to resort to type in images or Adobe Flash. We'll also take a look at how CSS allows you to download any font you want to use in your Web designs, and how to begin using downloadable fonts now.
Jason Cranford Teague is the Director of Web Design Standards for AOL Global Programming, overseeing design and development of one of the largest sites on the Web. He is also a member of the W3C’s CSS Working Group, on the advisory board for Sessions.edu, and regularly contributes software reviews to Macworld Magazine. As if that wasn’t enough to keep him busy, he is also the Internet Strategist for Yuri’s Night (yurisnight.net) the World Space Party. Jason writes books (mostly so he can remember how to do all of this stuff) including the best selling CSS, DHTML, and Ajax Visual Quick-start Guide (Peachpit Press) and is working on a new book, Speaking in Styles: A CSS Primer for Web Designers (www.speaking-in-styles.com). He lives with 2 cats and 2 kids, but only the one wife.
Official Website: http://refresh-dc.org/
Added by whafro on November 14, 2008
Comments
kgiff
Bummed I can't make it.
whafro
holy schnikies, I see that ksmith is coming... that's a reason to come right there!
thepencilpusher
I assume meeting at Dogwood Tavern is *afterwards*? the event itself is at 400 S Maple, correct?
thanks
whafro
Of course... we do our drinking after our learning.
rarickdg
This will be my first meeting, I'm excited to meet some other like minded professionals in the industry!
melissaclark
I can't go. I have to meet with a client. Argh.
aebsr
Can't make it. Getting backed up with projects suddenly. I'll be on the look out for slides though. :(
whafro
Viget's a 10-15 min walk from East Falls Church, but if you're not a walker, the 3A/B, 2A/B/C, and 26E/W can all get you to the office from the Metro.
We'll meet up at the Dogwood Tavern on Broad Street in Falls Church for anyone looking to grab a drink afterward.