After writing about vertical rhythms and using a fixed baseline to set type to fit perfectly onto a grid, I thought it fitting to release my Typographic CSS generator. It’s job is three fold, firstly, it resets all styles (negating the use for a reset.css), secondly it sets a cross-browser compatible baseline and adjusts all type to fit accordingly, and thirdly it kerns text to make it as readable as possible, especially at the smallest sizes. …
Day 010 : Typographic Baselines
After coding multiple sites this week and evangelising about fixed baselines last week, I have found myself constantly having to do irritating fiddly maths or copy-pasting previously worked out styles. The problem with this is two fold – firstly, many of my new projects are based on a 22 pixel baseline (rendering much of my old code obsolete) and secondly, headlines vary in sizes on every site dependent on the visual aesthetics of the content. …
Day 004 : Vertical Rythmn and Typography
Now that we have a basic layout, with boxes for all the relevent sections, it is time to start laying in content and styling it. The main issues to consider with type are readablity, proportions and the white space between sections. Each of these plays a significant role in how text flows around a page and how information is grouped together. …
MED Logo
New logo, old school software
Want music making to be instant and fun again? Try Med. As version 2 is finally nearing completion I have designer a new logo for the product. Made up of musical clefs, staves and punctuation, this is a super-musical logotype!
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Business Card Design
Tense and compelling
I created and designed this stylish business card for great alternative artist & actress Hilda Eusébio.
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Psykick Holiday
Future Retro Kitch
Designed as the main logo for the reborn ‘Box Office Poison’ band. Commissioned for the sleeve art, T-shirts and PR material, the logo is sultry and exotic, with just a cheeky dash of kitsch. …
