If one aspect of design has suffered most in its transition to the Web, it is the art of typography. For years, Web typography involved little more than choosing a typeface and font size. Unstyled Times New Roman was the norm, and the integration of established typographical techniques and rules was unimagined.

But times change. Since the adoption of CSS into mainstream Web design, we have entered a new age of Web typography. This facet of design has been opened up to the Web designer in a way that wasn’t possible in the past. We now have the tools to return typography to its true role within the sphere of design.

However, if we’ve learnt anything over the last ten years, it’s that the Web is not print. The basic principles of typography will cross over to any format, but it’s vital that we allow the features of the medium — in this case, the computer screen or monitor on which our type is displayed — to define the rules and techniques that we practice. Full article

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