Jason Cranford Teague

Jason Cranford Teague is an Internet Strategist and Instructor who wants to help people use technology to create a better world. He has over 15 years of experience in the online world, starting in 1994 when he designed the first Web based magazine, "Computer Mediated Communications." More recently, he has worked as the Director of Web Design for AOL Global Programming, overseeing the design and development of one of the largest sites on the Web. He also has advised the W3C's CSS Working Group and is the Internet Strategist for Yuri's Night: The World Space Party. Jason writes books (mostly so he can remember how to do all of this stuff) including the best selling CSS, DHTML, and Ajax Visual Quick-start Guides (Peachpit Press).
  • Five Tips for Choosing the Best Webfonts
    Features: Written by Jason Cranford Teague on November 28, 2011

    Web and print typography have a lot of obvious differences. Beyond resolution, variable medium sizes, user interface, and the fact that one medium reflects light while the other radiates it, the most frustrating historical difference has been the lack of fonts to choose from on the web side.

  • What You Need to Know About Webfonts: Part 2
    Features: Written by Jason Cranford Teague on October 10, 2011

    The best estimate I've come up with is that there are around 150,000 digital fonts, at least for print design. You might think that as long as you can convert them to the proper file formats, then you can use any of those fonts in your Web designs. However, there are actually only about 40,000 you can use legally in Web designs.

  • What You Need to Know About Webfonts: Part 1
    Features: Written by Jason Cranford Teague on August 31, 2011

    Imagine if we lived in a world where there were only five voices, where one in every five people sounded exactly the same. That's where we were with Web typography before today. Five typefaces have been used on virtually every website in existence—five voices to express a limitless number of ideas. Because of webfonts, the way in which we present text on a screen has changed forever.

    font :: type
    voice :: speech

  • CSS Fundamentals
    Features: Written by Jason Cranford Teague on August 17, 2009

    This article is excerpted from Speaking in Styles: Fundamentals of CSS for Web Designers by Jason Cranford Teague. Copyright © 2009. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc. and New Riders.

    Syntax is how you put words together to create meaning: Punctuation and parts of speech are placed in a specific order to describe something. How you combine these elements has a direct effect on the meaning of what you are trying to communicate.