Jon Tangerine.

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

Sketch of a woman

Nena, 1991→ More

Preface

I’m Jon Tan, a designer living in Bristol, UK. I’m a partner at Fictive Kin, and co-founder of Fontdeck, and Mapalong.

Curious Asides

  1. Mapalong places.
  2. Twitter moments.
  3. Flickr tableaus.
  4. Instagram fun.
  5. Del.icio.us bookmarks.
  6. Lanyrd events.
  7. Explore asides →

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 {65}

    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 {3}

    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 {1}

    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 — {18}

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

Remarks from the Log

  1. By Martin Varesio in Ampersand, the Aftermath:

    His dry, droll, richly-flavoured delivery was a humorous counterpoint to some controversial asides…

  2. By Steve Blakeborough in Display Type & the Raster Wars:

    Hi Jon, In Elliot’s recent and informative article http://bit.ly/13sAS5X he suggested you might be bullied…

  3. By Pravat in We, Who Are Web Designers:

    Nice to read Jon. When I introduce myself I usually say ‘I’m a web strategist’. Because when I say…

  4. By Esteban Valles in Web Design as Narrative Architecture:

    Thanks, what a great article.

  5. By Shoutheasken1961 in Design Festival, The Setup, and Upcoming Posts:

    Most typographers do not design typefaces, and some type designers do not consider themselves typographers. In modern…

  6. By M. Slack in Designer PHP: A Dynamic Menu with If and Else:

    This is fantastic! I wish I would have found this sooner! Thank you.

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