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Designing Readable Code Blocks: Fonts, Sizes, and Spacing for Developers

Designing Readable Code Blocks: Fonts, Sizes, and Spacing for Developers

Developers spend hours tuning the font, size, and theme in their editor, then publish documentation with code blocks set in 12-pixel Courier, cramped

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Typography for Email: Fonts That Survive Every Inbox

Typography for Email: Fonts That Survive Every Inbox

You design a newsletter with a lovely custom typeface, send a test to yourself, and it looks perfect in Apple Mail. Then a colleague forwards a scree

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Writing and Styling Microcopy: The Typography of Small Text

Writing and Styling Microcopy: The Typography of Small Text

Look at a sign-up form and count the pieces of text that aren't headings or body copy. "Must be at least 8 characters." "We'll never share your email

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Typography for Data Tables and Dashboards

Typography for Data Tables and Dashboards

Open almost any admin panel and you'll find the same problems: numbers in a column that don't line up, a revenue figure that jitters every time it up

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Mobile Typography: Designing Readable Text for Small Screens

Mobile Typography: Designing Readable Text for Small Screens

You design a page on a 27-inch monitor, check it in the browser's device toolbar, and it looks fine. Then you open it on an actual phone on a sunny a

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Typography for UI Design: Choosing Fonts for Buttons, Labels, and Forms

Typography for UI Design: Choosing Fonts for Buttons, Labels, and Forms

Most typography advice is written for paragraphs: line length, leading, rhythm, the feel of a long column of text. Then you open a settings screen or

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