Typography for Web Designers

Organiser
The Brisbane Web Design Meetup Group
Date
Thu, 8 Oct 2009, 09:00 - 11:00 (Add to calendar) GMT
Venue
(Exact location not available) , Brisbane, AU
Cost
Free

7.00 Doors Open

7.15 Welcome and introductions

7.30 Leon Poole - Typography for Web Designers

There are many areas of discussion that fall under the Typography umbrella, but in tonights talk we'll be focusing on the web designer/developer perspective.

Hopefully we'll cover topics including:

Typography, 101 - Setting up your CSS type foundation (font-family stacks, scales and baseline grids etc)

Typography, more than just fonts. - Formatting type with CSS - Type layout design with CSS - Examples

Font Replacement Technologies - sIFR, Cufon, @font-face etc.) If someone is able to talk on this subject please let me know !

The Future of Typography for Web designers - Font licensing, TypeKit etc.

8:45 Head to Milano's for drinks and more discussions.

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