Here’s an optical trick for designing italic fonts: keep the vertical stem at the regular slant, but add extra slant to the bowls to bring more energy and dynamism to the character.

#typography #design

Setting UI font metrics to ensure text appears vertically centered is a core principle at Yep! Type.

All my fonts follow this rule and will continue to do so. 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.

Check out this must-read article from @nikitonsky.
https://tonsky.me/blog/centering/