UI Typography Fundamentals

Welcome to this comprehensive course about UI Typography fundamentals!

Typography is a key element in design, breathing life into your work and guiding your audience.

In this one-hour course, I would like to give you an overview of the more technical side of setting up and working with typography for the web.

We will start with the basics, such as where to find typefaces, how many you need for a good UI setup, and why Superfamilies are so fantastic.

I will show you how to create a solid hierarchy by setting up a type scale and different ways to do that. We'll learn to name text styles effectively, ensuring we do not interfere with code setup and SEO. I'll demonstrate why using REM units over pixels is so important as soon as our design comes alive in code.

We will learn about font-weight and variable fonts. I will explain how to line-height works in CSS, what that means for your UI typography setup, and why whitespace is your best friend.

We'll also explore the importance of colour contrast and how to check and document it. And most importantly, we'll closely examine how to deal with typography across different screen sizes. This includes exploring setups with breakpoints and more modern approaches for fluid typography using CSS clamp.

While the focus is on the theoretical aspect, bridging the gap between design and code, we will also take a peek into practical implementation using tools like Figma, from basic text settings to more advanced techniques like using styles, variables, and modes.

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced designer, this course is tailored to help you refine your typography skills and technical setup.

This is a course by moonlearning.io

We will cover:

Typeface vs fonts
Serif, sans serif & superfamilies
Where to find fonts
How many typefaces
The typescale
Different scaling systems
Why rem and not px
Font weight and variable fonts
Demystifying line height
A word on naming
Typography in Figma
Figma variables for typography
White space is your superpower
Optimal line length
Colour and contrast in typography
Responsive typography with breakpoints
Fluid typography with CSS clamp()
Responsive typography in Figma with styles
Automating Figma typography with variables and modes
Some real-life examples

Christian Oweazim

Product designer & Webflow dev

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