Text is at the core of every UI. Innovator Grotesk, with its optimized vertical metrics and tall x-height, is an ideal fit for on-screen design.
[#]ui #development #typography #design
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Use tabular figures for any numbers in your UI that update in real time.
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Including italics in the same design space as upright font styles allows using intermediate slant values.
In Innovator Grotesk, you can set any slope between 0 and 12° for a more subtle tone.
This wouldn’t be possible if italics were a separate font file.
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P. S. In reality, display design is far more intricate. Pixels in LCDs are illuminated by LED backlights, while OLED displays use individual light-emitting diodes for each pixel.
Still, the core idea remains the same: anything that emits light creates a visual glow.
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Here’s why text in a dark UI often looks better when it’s slightly lightened. (Sound on!)
Think of it this way: screens are made up of millions of tiny light-emitting bulbs that create a glow. This glow visually “bleeds” into the surrounding dark areas, making black lines on a white background appear thinner than white lines of the same thickness on a black background.
That’s why it makes sense to adjust for this effect when designing text.
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A friendly reminder: if you have a variable font, you can easily adjust the weight for light and dark themes at no extra cost.
In the video, notice how the font stays visually consistent, even though the weight changes a bit to maintain that look.
[#]uidesign #ui #webdev #typography
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Well, it’s a pivot! Yep! is switching from making fonts to roasting coffee beans 🔥
Here’s the draft of my packaging design. What do you think?
(Just kidding! Anything’s possible, though.)
[#]coffee #packaging #typography
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The numeral design in Innovator Grotesk.
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Setting font metrics to ensure text is centered within its bounding box is a fundamental principle for all fonts from Yep! Type.
This ensures that text labels are balanced within containers like buttons and list items, and align perfectly with icons.
It’s a small detail that makes a big difference in digital design.
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This feature is like free Wi-Fi in cafes: I believe every font should have it!
Notice how the colon and dash automatically align with the height of surrounding numbers and capital letters.
It makes times and ranges in text look much better.
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The character ‘a’ plays a big role in defining a typeface’s personality. With Innovator Grotesk, designers can choose from the default ‘a,’ a tailed version, or a single-storey alternative.
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2️⃣ In CSS: Use the text-stroke property and—here’s the trick—set the paint-order property to stroke fill.
And don’t forget to double the stroke width since text-fill-color will take up half of it.
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Alright, last time we discovered that variable fonts could work better when keeping inner vector overlaps. So, how does a designer handle outlined text with variable fonts?
1️⃣ In Figma: Set the stroke position to Outside. With the stroke applied to the outer contour, the inner parts won’t show.
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These tricks help the font look better when it changes dynamically through variable axes like weight and slant.
Better calculations are achieved when the vector paths inside the glyphs stick to simple shapes, like straight lines and circles.
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Have you ever noticed this effect?
Certain glyphs in fonts reveal their construction when a stroke is applied. In the video, you can see that ‘b’ and ‘y’ consist of separate parts, while the paths of ‘6’ and ‘e’ overlap.
It’s not a bug; it’s a feature!
[#]font #typography
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The subtle design details that define Innovator Grotesk’s unique character and charm.
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Italics in a font are more than just skewed characters—curved elements need careful adjustments to avoid overly sharp bends.
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Designing a typeface that strikes the balance between neutrality and distinction takes genuine thought and care.
In Innovator Grotesk, the unique design details stand out in larger text sizes but subtly fade away in smaller ones.
This creates the harmony between readability and character.
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How would a @leicacamerausa lens look with Innovator Grotesk? Maybe one day we’ll see it happen! Why not?
Innovator Grotesk’s subtle industrial flavor makes it perfect for both hardware and techy UIs.
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Another subtle design detail that greatly impacts a font family’s character is letter proportions.
For Innovator Grotesk, I chose modern proportions to reflect its theme of progress and innovation.
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