Visualgui 2019 Iteration 6: Reading Experience

As a voracious reader of physical books, I wanted to turn this blog into a book reading experience. The background color was chosen to mimic the paper. I also limited the color to mute. No more red links. Even the logo is more subtle.

For the typeface, I am setting the main text in Schotis, designed by Juanjo López and inspired by Scotch Romans. López writes, “The Scotch Romans are a strange case in the history of typography. Although they were one of the most used letters during the 19^th and early 20^th century, they don’t have their own place in the main typographical classifications.”

For small text, I turned to Adelle Sans, designed by Veronika Burian and José Scaglione. I like the way Schotis and Adelle Sans complements each other. For code excerpt, I am sticking with Input Mono, by DJR.

After using big text in the previous iteration, which did not even last a month, I kind of like the quietness of this version. Hopefully, it will last until next year before I switch it up again. It always nice to have a personal website to experiment with typography and to hone my development skills.