The Big Web Show

Jason Santa Maria of Vox Media & A Book Apart discusses his new book, On Web Typography, with host Jeffrey Zeldman. The two designers discuss writing on trains, placing objects and playing with type, the new web designer, designing the Typekit logo, editorial design and Vox Media, three years and two editors, heavenly italics, type classification systems, Dieter Rams and "touch-ability," design as strategy, hitting it with the pretty stick, and more. Links for this episode:jasonsantamaria.comA Book ApartOn Web TypographyTypedia (a "'wikipedia' for typography" by JSM and friends)TypekitVox Media blogabout Vox Media (Wikipedia)The Verge (a Wikipedia content property)AmtrakMark Simonson's type siteAbout Dieter Rams (Wikipedia)About Good Design (Dieter Rams)On the Typekit logoFonts by type designer Joshua DardenEllen LuptonAmazon.com