From cb41f3cebc1eea1cb32014268e29f9a971b81de0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: lilith Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2025 02:15:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Explain typeface and font-size choices and usage --- styleguide/typography/index.html | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+) diff --git a/styleguide/typography/index.html b/styleguide/typography/index.html index 3e108cd..f80921b 100644 --- a/styleguide/typography/index.html +++ b/styleguide/typography/index.html @@ -50,6 +50,35 @@

Typography

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The design contains multiple typefaces, which are intended to be used for different types of text. Below + you'll find an explaination about which typeface should be used for which context, as well as a table + containing specific font-sizes together with previews.

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Paragraphs/Wildcard:
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In general, everything that doesn't fall under the following categories, should use the Athiti + typeface, unless your use-case calls for something else. This is just a guide and design + recommendation after all.
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Headings:
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We believe that almost no one requires more than four levels of headings. Therefore we only define + font-sizes for this many. But you can of course define your own additional levels. But be it slides, + webpages or whatever else; headings should always use our custom made neon-sign font, Argon Glow. If + you are curious about why we created a custom font, we explained the decision further below.
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Subheadings:
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This applies to secondary titles directly following a primary title, as is typical on title-slides + and similar. Use Athiti, but larger than the text size of the main content. See the table below for + a size guide.
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Code/monospace:
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For monospace content, we think, Departure Mono is a fitting choice, to further add to the 80s retro + vibe of the neon look, by leaning into a more digital, pixelated theme. Beware: it won't work nicely + with all font sizes, because it tries to heavily rasterize. This makes it a subadequate choice for + terminal emulators and editors. Use your monospace typeface of choice if Departure Mono doesn't work + for your use-case.
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Font Table

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    Our custom font: Argon Glow

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    As mentioned above, we created Argon Glow ourselves. While researching libre typefaces (OFL or similarly + licenced) with a neon-sign look, we found quite a few candidates. But each of them made some sort of + design choice we didn't like.

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    Major issues were gaps and line lengths. Neon signs are made using bent tubes. Some shapes would require + either multiple tubes or involve very tight bends and layering in the third dimension. Some typefaces + did try to imitate layering, but because typefaces are usually two-dimensional, this didn't really look + satisfactory.

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    When using multiple lines, some typefaces really likes the more is better approach, using + unnecessary gaps that one wouldn't do when creating physical signs, simply because it would be a useless + amount of additional work.

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    Bending tubes is difficult, requiring a minimum radius to not damage the pipe or cause flattening. So all + typefaces using corners on the inside of bends were a no-go. Some typefaces on the other hand liked + bends so much, they added extra bends to the end of lines, which did a full 180. Maybe to try and + imitate serifs? Either way, we didn't like that.

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    So in the end, and over the course of multiple months, we made our own custom typeface that meets all of + our desired properties and is freely available under the OFL version 1.1. We hope y'all like it. And who + knows, maybe someone will use it for completely unrelated projects than this Easterhegg.