Tag: point

0. Introduction If you’ve been visiting this blog, you might be wondering why I’m writing another article about this subject. You’ve probably read Bézier Curves And Type Design: A Tutorial and Bézier Curve Quick Tips: Two Methods For Smooth Curves, along with AGSC’s article So What’s the Big Deal with Horizontal & Vertical Bezier Handles Anyway?, and […]

Fixing curves, for me, is an every day activity. Sometimes they look oddly pointy, too steep or too wide, guiding my eyes to awkwardness. And since I’m an optimization freak (as you could tell on my previous article on Bézier curves), I end up using some procedures to tackle problems. So, today I want to […]

With the implementation of the em unit in CSS and it’s handy use in responsive webdesign, all of a sudden it got famous outside the typographic realm. 1. The Simple Answer An em is the same size as the font’s point size. There, as simple as that. But if we already have the point unit, […]