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Typecast

How remiss of us! We thought we’d written about Typecast before, but on searching the archives it appears we were mistaken. Still, it’s never too late to rectify a problem, and we hope our friends at Front will forgive us the oversight.

With real web fonts now a part of our everyday workflow, the ability to create rich typographic layouts natively in the browser can save considerable time and heartache. Typecast makes designing typographically rich sites a breeze, allowing you to rapidly build and compare typographic palettes. Easy and free to use (while the product’s in beta) it allows you to create beautiful, readable typography with the minimum of fuss.

If you haven’t already tried it, we’d urge you to do so now.

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In addition to their role as lecturers in interactive design at the University of Ulster at Belfast, where they have been active in promoting a web standards-based curriculum, Christopher Murphy and Nicklas Persson are practicing designers and digital artists. Their work has featured in a variety of design books and magazines alongside numerous internationally respected designers and they are regular speakers at design conferences and workshops worldwide.

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