A collection of podcast appearances, articles, interviews, and online courses
19 May, 2025
In this episode I get to chat with Oliver about what creative possibilities variable fonts bring. We also dive into web font performance, how to improve loading speed with practical tips, and why this all will become obsolete in the nearer future.
Talking Drupal #503 - TD Cafe #0027 May, 2025
I got to chat with my friend Christian Heilmann and his colleagues about how over a third of iOS users increase their text size, breaking most websites. Learn how to build resilient layouts that embrace user choice instead of fighting it.
WeAreDevelopers LIVE12 Oct, 2023
Variable fonts are reinventing type on the web. I get to talk with Oliver Lindberg, editor of .Net magazine, to discusses benefits, adoption and a promising new concept that is set to massively improve the performance of web fonts
Interview text21 Sep, 2023
I got to chat with Chris Strahl, CEO of Knapsack, and Juli Sombat from Spotify as we unravel the evolution of digital typography, emphasizing the shift from dictation to suggestion. They explore the dynamic between designers and users and the transformative power of user customization.
Design Systems Podcast ep. 8423 Aug, 2022
In this episode I get to chat with Oliver about what creative possibilities variable fonts bring. We also dive into web font performance, how to improve loading speed with practical tips, and why this all will become obsolete in the nearer future.
Pimp My Type podcast ep. 319 Dec, 2019
In this episode I get to talk to Drew about variable fonts. What are they, how do they differ from regular fonts, and how can they help in the design and performance of our websites? Apart from Drew’s terrible pun about me being a font of knowledge on the matter, it was pretty ok :)
Smashing Podcast Episode 54 Dec, 2019
Nerd bucket list: got to contribute an article about variable fonts for the 2019 24ways Advent Calendar.
2019 Advent Calendar8 Oct, 2018
The awesome folks at the Thunder Nerds podcast invited me to sit down with them at An Event Apart Orlando to talk about anything and everything type-related (ok so mostly variable fonts). We had a great time and they asked a ton of really great questions.
Thunder Nerds episode1 Oct, 2018
I got to be Jeffrey Zeldman’s guest on episode 179 of The Big Web Show. For more than an hour, we got to geek out over responsive typography, the history of type on the web, and the explosive creative potential of the new variable fonts.
The Big Web Show ep. 17915 Aug, 2018
I recorded an update to my full-day Responsive Typography workshop to include a whole new typographic system and variable fonts. It covers screen scaling, modern font loading techniques, and a whole lot about variable fonts. I hope you’ll check it out!
Responsive Type & Typography workshop1 Jun, 2018
I originally wrote this essay as part of the FF Meta variable font demo that Monotype commissioned me to create. It’s now been published on the main Monotype.com site in their resources section. Really pleased with how well-travelled this article has become.
Monotype.com link15 Apr, 2018
In this seminar, with the help of some photogenic puppies, I’ll guide you through the history and importance of typography and how the evolution of technology can bring us to a new design Renaissance that will satisfy style guides and content management systems, and delight users.
Watch on the All You Can Learn site (subscription required)20 Mar, 2018
A webinar discussing new advances in web layout techniques that will impact web designers and developers in the near future. Rachel and talk about grid and other new and emerging CSS capabilities, and how variable fonts and typography work hand-in-hand with them.
Watch on the Gymnasium site15 Feb, 2018
I talk with Paul and Leigh about design workflow, tools, and a little side-trip about variable fonts. But mostly it’s a deep dive into different design tools, how to use them together with development methodologies like Agile, and lots of bad jokes.
Listen on the Boagworld site6 Feb, 2018
For centuries, typography has shaped the way we ‘hear’ what we read. In our web work, though, we’ve had to balance our typographic desires with user experience and performance, knowing that every weight, width, or style of a typeface required a different file download. Variable fonts change that, as they include every width, weight, slant, and other permutation of a typeface, all in a single file not much bigger than a regular font file. Now, beautiful web typography can be crafted to respond to screen size, language setting, even ambient light. In a detail-packed talk, Jason will show you not just how far the new capabilities can take us, but how to make use of them right away.
Webinar Playback29 Jan, 2018
I had a great time talking to Chris and Dave about variable fonts, responsive typography, and how performance is only a part of the story when learning what variable fonts can add to the design and user experience of a site or application.
Listen to the episode on the Shoptalk site22 Dec, 2017
Authored for the free Gymnasium platform from Aquent, Responsive Web Design Fundamentals is a hands-on, code-intensive course on how to build high-performance, responsive websites that look great across multiple screen sizes and devices.
Check out the free online course2 Jan, 2017
Variable fonts are an evolution of the OpenType font specification that enables many different variations of a typeface to be incorporated into a single file, rather than having a separate font file for every width, weight, or style. This article will give you all you need to know to get you started using variable fonts.
Variable Fonts Guide on MDN1 Jan, 2017
Font features or variants refer to different glyphs or character styles contained within an OpenType font. These include things like ligatures (special glyphs that combine characters like ‘fi’ or ‘ffl’), kerning (adjustments to the spacing between specific letterform pairings), fractions, numeral styles, and a number of others. This article provides you with all you need to know about using OpenType font features in CSS for better typography.
OpenType Font Features Guide on MDN10 Dec, 2015
Paul, Marcus and I talk about how organizational structures impact user experience, and how sometimes the real work is in connecting parts of the organization that wouldn’t otherwise have talked—leading to new ideas, new connections, and vastly better outcomes.
Listen on the Boagworld site24 Nov, 2015
How can we build a better web experience? By unboxing the fascinating history of the paragraph, and figuring out how to best apply it in our interactive work today. (My talk on the history of the paragraph, in article form, from the Fall 2015 issue of PRINT Magazine)
Read on the PRINT Magazine site21 Oct, 2014
Responsive web design helps your site maintain its design integrity on a variety of screen sizes, but how does it affect your typography? With this practical book, graphic designers, web designers, and front-end developers alike will learn the nuts and bolts of implementing web fonts well, especially how to get the best appearance from type without sacrificing performance on any device.
After examining typography fundamentals and the evolution of type on the Web, author Jason Pamental provides useful approaches, real examples, code, and advice for making your type performant, progressive, proportional, and polished—the primary ingredients of responsive typography.
Get it on Amazon17 Oct, 2014
I got to sit down with Jen Simmons while we were at CSS Dev Conf to talk about graphic design, typography, and making sure it actually shows up (and still making the site look good even if the fonts never get there).
Listen on The Web Ahead site