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3.14.2008

Why typography matters online

This from the archives: a popular little link, short but sweet.

Today's tip: Typography does matter on the web. Really. A List Apart has a nice summary of why. One thing they mention that I've been telling people for about seven years: SHORT PARAGRAPHS GET READ. Oh, and don't capitalize whole words, much less sentences.

My favorite line from the 2001 article:

Cary Grant, that most stylish of British gentlemen, warned: "it takes five hundred small details to make one favorable impression."

This is a typographic truism (and really, a design truism) if I've ever heard one.

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