Typography in Web Design

With Jasmine Vesque in the Designer track

This presentation covers typography basics and best practices, examples of typography in web design, trends, personalities of type, an introduction to Google Fonts and different ways to enable fonts on your WordPress website.

The ideal audience is anyone looking to better understand Typography and how it relates to web design. They don’t need to have a coding or design background, but that would be an asset.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand the different types of fonts and when to use them
  • Recognize the various personalities and tones fonts have and how they can affect your message
  • Know what the current trends are in Typography and web design
  • Use theme options and/or plugins to modify fonts
  • Leverage Google Fonts and integrate them directly into your theme