Web Typographers

I recently rediscovered the personal site of Jason Santa Maria, which has been completely redesigned since I was last there. What I like most about the change is that the layout of each post is customized. This gives it a very magazine-like quality that is lacking on the web today. He has also paid quite a bit of detail to typography and I would say that the bar has been set very high. It seems that there are very few designers who have the technical and typographical skill to design as well for the web as anyone in the past has done for print. I can see the attraction that permanence of the printed page brings in all it’s glory, but on the other hand it is not sustainable nor environmentally friendly (people who tell you otherwise are wrong). It’s inspiring to know that there are a few out there who are pushing design on the web. As I write this post on wordpress, it is ironic because Jason helped to design the identity and admin interface I’m currently using. Anyway, definitely check out the site and the work that he’s doing.

Posted on: September 13th, 2008 by Dante 2 Comments

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  1. loren says:

    very very cool. it’s definitely taking blogs to a whole new level.
    but man, that seems like a ton of work just to post some news! I wouldn’t want to take on such a burden if I had a personal blog.

  2. Dante says:

    I think you’re right. It would be hard to find the time, but it seems that he only updates a few times a month.

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