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Matthew Butterick’s Practical Typography – A web-based book

http://practicaltypography.com/

“Ty­pog­ra­phy is the vi­sual com­po­nent of the writ­ten word. And be­ing a pub­lisher of the writ­ten word nec­es­sar­ily means be­ing a ty­pog­rapher. This book will make you a bet­ter typographer.”

Getting started with variable fonts, by @clagnut

http://clagnut.com/blog/2389/

Richard Rutter explains the basics of variable fonts and the new values coming with CSS4.

Get the Balance Right: Responsive Display Text, by @clagnut ◆ 24 ways

https://24ways.org/2016/responsive-display-text/

Richard Rutter (Clearleft) shows how to use vmin and a hybrid method of sizing text using CSS calc() to achieve balanced font-sizes for different viewports.

Designing for the Web, by Mark Boulton

http://designingfortheweb.co.uk/index.php

Modern web design is a discipline that spans a huge range of skills. In his book, Mark Boulton masterfully guides you through things like process and workflow, research, typography, colour, layout, and much more.

A #cheatsheet of the A-Z of #typography jargon, by Fontsmith

http://www.itsnicethat.com/news/fontsmith-typography-jargon-dictionary-300616

London foundry Fontsmith has produced an in-depth glossary of typography jargon in infographic format.

The New Web Typography

https://robinrendle.com/essays/new-web-typography/

A wonderful piece by @robinrendle about the aesthetics, the quirks, the flexibility, and the fragility of web typography.