Comments on: wp-typogrify http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/ design and programming hybridized Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:44:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: johno http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1997 johno Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:59:01 +0000 http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1997 Of course, that's why typogrify isn't working for my pages (e.g. my about page). It's not designed to. Is there, then, a way of calling the plugin for individual pages? Still an amazing plugin. Of course, that’s why typogrify isn’t working for my pages (e.g. my about page). It’s not designed to. Is there, then, a way of calling the plugin for individual pages?

Still an amazing plugin.

]]> By: Karl Bedford http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1992 Karl Bedford Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:45:03 +0000 http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1992 Great, great plugin! Is there a way to allow this script to apply tp WP Pages as well? As far as I can see it currently does not. Keep up the good work :) Karl Great, great plugin!

Is there a way to allow this script to apply tp WP Pages as well? As far as I can see it currently does not.

Keep up the good work :) Karl

]]> By: Kyle Meyer http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1800 Kyle Meyer Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:00:07 +0000 http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1800 Hello there, Thanks for the amazing plugin, it really saves me a lot of time and worry and I install it on every site I have running and those that are in progress. I did however, notice that if you install it on a site that you have previously manually inserted non-breaking spaces at the end of paragraphs, that it adds yet another one prior to them. This results in three words wrapping to a new line rather than two. Is there anything I can do to remedy the problem without manually removing all of the existing non-breaking spaces? Hello there,

Thanks for the amazing plugin, it really saves me a lot of time and worry and I install it on every site I have running and those that are in progress.

I did however, notice that if you install it on a site that you have previously manually inserted non-breaking spaces at the end of paragraphs, that it adds yet another one prior to them. This results in three words wrapping to a new line rather than two. Is there anything I can do to remedy the problem without manually removing all of the existing non-breaking spaces?

]]> By: Sunday type: ampersand type | i love typography, the typography blog http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1753 Sunday type: ampersand type | i love typography, the typography blog Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:39:45 +0000 http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1753 [...] wondered how some sites set ampersands (&) in a different typeface? Well, with the typogrify plugin it’s easy. In the typogrify admin, just check the “style ampersands” box, [...] […] wondered how some sites set ampersands (&) in a different typeface? Well, with the typogrify plugin it’s easy. In the typogrify admin, just check the “style ampersands” box, […]

]]> By: Hamish http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1745 Hamish Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:13:34 +0000 http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1745 Thanks <a href="http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1743" rel="nofollow">John</a> for your response. <a href="http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1742" rel="nofollow">Alenônimo</a> Thanks for your comment! It's really appreciated. John gave a good example for the ampersand. I would also add that you might want to use some alternatives as well. I.e., <code>.amp { font-family: 'Hoefler Text', 'Palatino Linotype', 'Adobe Caslon Pro', serif; }</code> Since the user might not have the exact font you specify. Another thing I do is lower the font size of anything wrapped in <code><span class='caps'></code>. <code>.caps { font-size: 85%; }</code> It's purely aesthetic. But I like the change. The original <a href="http://static.mintchaos.com/projects/typogrify/" rel="nofollow">typogrify demo page</a> shows some of this in action. Thanks John for your response.

Alenônimo
Thanks for your comment! It’s really appreciated.

John gave a good example for the ampersand. I would also add that you might want to use some alternatives as well. I.e.,

.amp { font-family: 'Hoefler Text', 'Palatino Linotype', 'Adobe Caslon Pro', serif; }

Since the user might not have the exact font you specify.

Another thing I do is lower the font size of anything wrapped in <span class='caps'>.

.caps { font-size: 85%; }

It’s purely aesthetic. But I like the change.

The original typogrify demo page shows some of this in action.

]]> By: johno http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1743 johno Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:10:19 +0000 http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1743 @Alenônimo The ligatures thing is interesting. However, it wouldn't look good for all typefaces. For example, if your tesxt is set in Georgia, Georgia doesn't have an st ligature, so you'd get the standard 'unicode' one. Re the CSS options you could change the ampersand (&) for a pretty one (e.g. Hoefler Text). so, where you have: & just use the following CSS rule: .amp { font-family: 'Hoefler Text'; font-style: italic; } The italic ampersand in Hoefler Text is gorgeous! @Alenônimo
The ligatures thing is interesting. However, it wouldn’t look good for all typefaces. For example, if your tesxt is set in Georgia, Georgia doesn’t have an st ligature, so you’d get the standard ‘unicode’ one.

Re the CSS options you could change the ampersand (&) for a pretty one (e.g. Hoefler Text). so, where you have:

&

just use the following CSS rule:

.amp {
font-family: ‘Hoefler Text’;
font-style: italic;
}

The italic ampersand in Hoefler Text is gorgeous!

]]> By: Alenônimo http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1742 Alenônimo Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:45:15 +0000 http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1742 About the ligatures, why don't you create an option to search and replace some common ligatures like "Æ", "æ", "Œ" and "œ"? You could even create an separate option for Unicode ligatures ("IJ", "ij", "ff", "fi", "fl", "ffi", "ffl", "ſt" and "st"), even if they're barely supported. Well, we must start from somewhere. You could give the option to exchange the " " entity to the actual non-breaking space character (Alt+0160 on Windows). Every character with an Alt code on Windows have a large degree of support. And, finnaly, you could make suggestions to use with the CSS options. I really want to know what I could do with these classes but I'm not too creative. Sorry for bothering you with so many suggestions. I really apreciate your plugin for WordPress. About the ligatures, why don’t you create an option to search and replace some common ligatures like “Æ”, “æ”, “Œ” and “œ”?

You could even create an separate option for Unicode ligatures (“IJ”, “ij”, “ff”, “fi”, “fl”, “ffi”, “ffl”, “ſt” and “st”), even if they’re barely supported. Well, we must start from somewhere.

You could give the option to exchange the “ ” entity to the actual non-breaking space character (Alt+0160 on Windows). Every character with an Alt code on Windows have a large degree of support.

And, finnaly, you could make suggestions to use with the CSS options. I really want to know what I could do with these classes but I’m not too creative.

Sorry for bothering you with so many suggestions. I really apreciate your plugin for WordPress.

]]> By: the hamstu » Wordpress 2.5 and wp-typogrify http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1634 the hamstu » Wordpress 2.5 and wp-typogrify Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:55:52 +0000 http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1634 [...] for wp-typogrify; there’s a bug that I’ve noticed (and been told about before) that I haven’t [...] […] for wp-typogrify; there’s a bug that I’ve noticed (and been told about before) that I haven’t […]

]]> By: Dickson Fong » Blog Archive » A Website Is Born http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1621 Dickson Fong » Blog Archive » A Website Is Born Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:26:57 +0000 http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1621 [...] Hamish Macpherson’s wp-typogrify [...] […] Hamish Macpherson’s wp-typogrify […]

]]> By: Upgrades and design tweaks at deanjrobinson.com http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1496 Upgrades and design tweaks at deanjrobinson.com Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:08:07 +0000 http://blog.hamstu.com/2007/05/31/web-typography-just-got-better/#comment-1496 [...] also added a new plugin called wp-typogrify which as the name implies helps with the typography of blog entries and titles. The changes is make [...] […] also added a new plugin called wp-typogrify which as the name implies helps with the typography of blog entries and titles. The changes is make […]

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