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LukeW’s Notes on Jenn Lucas’ Web Type for Developers from An Event Apart 2014

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summary of a post of LukeW’s on lukew.com Use style guides, pattern libraries, and general styles so all type gets styled Do a heading audit of your entire site so everyone know’s what the options are Web fonts do still have some cross-browser issues and will require testing time and budget Use audience analytics to see what devices your customers are using–and test your fonts across all the top devices Show type designs in HTML pages in browser, not in PDFs Consider using webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased for light text on top of dark colors Test in your least-favorite browser Monitor font-face performance times, … Continue reading LukeW’s Notes on Jenn Lucas’ Web Type for Developers from An Event Apart 2014

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LukeW’s Notes on Jason Grigsby’s Mobile First Responsive Design from An Event Apart 2014

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summary of a post by LukeW on lukew.com   Users expect sites to load in less than 2 seconds Slow sites are the main reason shoppers abandon eCommerce sites Here are some technical details of what you can do to improve your site’s performance on mobile: 1 Build mobile-first responsive designs Start with baseline mobile experience and enhance with a media cascade from small to large screens By building mobile first, you focus on key screens, flows and interactions. Your desktop site will also benefit from this focus 2. Keep CSS images in their place Scope images inside media queries and … Continue reading LukeW’s Notes on Jason Grigsby’s Mobile First Responsive Design from An Event Apart 2014