Submarine style typography

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Today I mostly laid on the couch, struck down with illness. I threw on the Richard Ayoade film Submarine in the afternoon and I absolutely love the titles. The 60s (I think?) style typography, with massive kerning/tracking to fit it in lines and bold colour is gorgeous.

I did some research and it looks like it was a custom font that was made for the film, so I tried to do my own riff on the style. This is what one does when one is bored.

Submarineinspired

A great guide to CSS Typography

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Playing with websites and content for most of the day, I've come to appreciate the subtleties of a beautifully crafted paragraph. However, something that a lot of people don't understand is that the aesthetic elements of the paragraph are just as important in achieving a readable, balanced paragraph. There are some rules when it comes to line heights, paragraph widths and letter spacing, and I can never remember what they are, which is why I love this article.

three styles have done a handy guide on everything typography when it comes to web design. Check it out here.