Jon Tangerine.

Pith & pulp — not an image, but perhaps a reversion to type.

Setting Bell Centennial at 6pt in 8 Faces #2, 2010→ More

Preface

Hello, I’m Jon Tan, a designer, typographer and co-founder of Fontdeck. I run and work from Mild Bunch HQ in Bristol, UK.

Curious Asides

  1. Mapalong places.
  2. Twitter moments.
  3. Flickr tableaus.
  4. Instagram fun.
  5. Del.icio.us bookmarks.
  6. Lanyrd events.
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Lately in the Log

  1. Anakin — Tue, 26th Jun 2012 {4}

    I’m pleased to be able to say that Analog is joining forces with Fictive Kin! We already work together on Brooklyn Beta…

  2. We, Who Are Web Designers — Mon, 19th Sep 2011 {66}

    In 2003, my wife Lowri and I went to a christening party. We were friends of the hosts but we knew almost no-one else…

  3. Ampersand, the Aftermath — Wed, 22nd Jun 2011 {4}

    The first Ampersand web typography conference took place in Brighton last Friday. Ampersand was ace. I’m going to say…

  4. Design Festival, The Setup, and Upcoming Posts — Mon, 20th Jun 2011 {2}

    Wow, this has been a busy period. I’m just back from the Ampersand web typography conference in Brighton, and having a…

  5. Web Design as Narrative Architecture — Wed, 30th Mar 2011 {12}

    Stories are everywhere. When they don’t exist we make up the narrative — we join the dots. We make…

  6. You can browse all entries in full via the log archive →

Conferences and Talks

  1. Ready to Inspire

    The Magic Behind Type. 10–12 Jun 2014 in Leiden, The Netherlands..

  2. WXG

    (TBD). 24 Sep 2014 at G Live, Guildford, UK..

  3. An Event Apart, Disney World (Special Edition)

    The Magic Behind Type. 27–29 Oct 2014 at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA..

  4. An Event Apart, San Diego

    Big Type, Little Type. 18–22 May 2013 at Marriot Marguis and Marina, San Diego, USA.

  5. An Event Apart, Atlanta

    Big Type, Little Type. 18–20 Feb 2013 at InterContinental, Atlanta, USA.

  6. New Adventures in Web Design

    Big Type, Little Type. 23–25 Jan 2013 at The Albert Hall, Nottingham, UK.

  7. An Event Apart, San Francisco

    Big Type, Little Type. 12–14 Nov 2012 at The Palace Hotel, San Francisco, USA.

Featured from the Log

  1. Quotation Marks & Texture — {21}

    A quick discourse on single versus double quotations marks (or inverted commas for us prosiac Brits) and typographic texture.

  2. The Paragraph in Web Typography & Design — {38}

    The many styles of the humble paragraph from pre-history to the Web, with practical examples using CSS.

  3. The Incredible Em & Elastic Layouts with CSS — {79}

    What is an “em”? Using ems to create an elastic layout with scalable images. Also in Italiano, Deutsch, Español & Russian.

  4. What Future for Web Typography & Screen Fonts? — {12}

    The status of the core web fonts and the font-face property with a few thoughts on making quality faces ubiquitous.

  5. Smoothing out the Creases in Web Fonts — {19}

    Exploring optimal anti-aliasing for core Web fonts and the rendering engines that make it all possible.

Remarks from the Log

  1. By OddsRİng Giriş in Ides of March:

    hourse to go where doing pts to 72pt (an inch high) and sometimes bedava rulet oyna 84pt and 96pt, or as large as a…

  2. By OddsRing Giriş in Ampersand, the Aftermath:

    hourse to go where doing pts to 72pt (an inch high) and sometimes bedava rulet oyna 84pt and 96pt, or as large as a…

  3. By OddsRing Giriş in Design Festival, The Setup, and Upcoming Posts:

    hourse to go where doing pts to 72pt (an inch high) and sometimes bedava rulet oyna 84pt and 96pt, or as large as a…

  4. By OddsRing Giriş in We, Who Are Web Designers:

    pts to 72pt (an inch high) and sometimes bedava rulet oyna 84pt and 96pt, or as large as a printer could afford. ucuz…

  5. By Otomatik Rent A Car in Typeface != Font:

    each typeface has its own personality, appropriate to the message it has to convey suit the usual measurements of…

  6. By OddsRing Giriş in Typeface != Font:

    pts to 72pt (an inch high) and sometimes 84pt and 96pt, or as large as a printer could afford. ucuz ukash Type…

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