Episode 79: Typography in UI Design with Rafal Tomal

Typography might be hard to discuss in a podcast, but we're giving it a try! Today our guest is Rafal Tomal, VP of Design at Rainmaker Digital. You'll learn about the current state of web typography, why fonts play such a huge role in usability and branding, and how to make sensible font choices for your software product.

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Show Notes

• Rainmaker Digital — Rafal's company (also StudioPress, Copyblogger)
• typespiration.com — Rafal's typography project
• The Essential Web Design Handbook — Rafal's book on designing websites
• Hack Your Design — Rafal's new book with Chris Garrett
• Museo Sans, Merriweather — some of Rafal's favorite web fonts
• Acumin Pro, Roboto — some of Jane's favorite web fonts
• Streamline Icons, Symbolset, Dutchicon — our favorite icon resources
• Typewolf — a typography project by Jeremiah Shoaf that inspired Rafal
• Rafal's website (some amazing illustrations there)
• Follow Rafal on Dribbble
• Follow Rafal on Twitter: @RafalTomal
• Get 20% off Rafal's book

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