News of J. R. Boynton
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Mobile Selector proposes a method to allow users with handheld devices to select between normal and small-screen versions of a website, and discusses the business requirements leading to this solution.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Table of line lengths for web fonts. The accompanying spreadsheet calculates ideal line widths for all the commonly useful web typefaces at all the commonly useful font sizes.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Measure for web fonts. What font size and other specs would you choose for verdana, arial, and georgia to get roughly 60 characters on a 435 pixel line?
In praise of a pretty line. RogerBlack.com currently pulls off something extraordinary: they justify their body text, and it comes out ok without hyphenation!
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Happy Birthday, me. (From mon Pere.)
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Pelosi in '07.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Back from exciting European vacation. Thanks Dad, Anne, Anna! Saw an unusual percentage of interesting type (and lettering) on signs in Honfleur, France.
Warning: 3+MB of images in invalid html open in a new window!
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Welcome back.... So, yada yada.
Here's a note on grid-based layouts for the web.
And here are two appropriate uses for 'ajax'.
Tuesday, January 4, 2005
Welcome back, Happy New Year!
Besides the website overhaul, the big news is upgrading the Ipaq's Linux to run a version of Mozilla. We're just getting started with small devices connected to the internet, and it's going to be a big thing.
If you're new to the site, don't miss the ever popular: The New Publishing: An Information Choreographer's Manifesto.
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