Smashing Typography Study

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1	Typography Best Practices Analysis							Measurements in Pixels
2	Site Name	Body - Serif vs Sans-Serif	Content Font	Heading - Sans vs. Serif?	Heading Font	Content Background Color		Content Font Size (px or em->px)	Line Height	Line Height / Font size		Line-height from end of p to start of next (for calculations only)	Space Between Paragraphs	Paragraph Space / Line-height	Line-length (px)	Line-length / line-height	Line-length / Paragraph spacing	Horizontal left padding in the layout (px)	Header Font Size	Header FS / Content FS		Links Underlined?	Font replacement in use (sIFR & Co.)?	Characters per line? (With spaces, max)	Justified / left-aligned text?
3	A List Apart	Sans	Verdana	Serif	Georgia	White		11,434	20,583	1,80		37	16,417	0,80	545	26,47816159	33,19729549	0	18,983	1,66		Yes	No	96	left-aligned
4	Wired	Sans	Arial	Serif	Georgia	White		13,5	18,9	1,40		35	16,1	0,85	665	35,18518519	41,30434783	0	22,95	1,70		No	No	112	left-aligned
5	CNN	Sans	Arial	Sans	Arial	White		12	15	1,25		27	12	0,80	585	39	48,75	18	28	2,33		Yes	No	104	left-aligned
6	NY Times	Serif	Georgia	Serif	Georgia	White		15,21	22,83	1,50		38	15,17	0,66	595	26,06219886	39,22214898	11	24,33	1,60		Yes	No	87	left-aligned
7	Smashing Magazine	Sans	Verdana	Sans	Helvetica	White		12	20,63	1,72		35	14,37	0,70	655	31,74987882	45,58107168	0	44	3,67		Yes	No	103	left-aligned
8	SpeakUp	Serif	Georgia	Serif	Georgia	White		13	21,43	1,65		34	12,57	0,59	415	19,36537564	33,01511535	21	28	2,15		Yes	No	66	left-aligned
9	WebDesignerDepot	Sans	Verdana	Sans	Verdana	White		12,5	18,38	1,47		27	8,62	0,47	618	33,62350381	71,6937355	33	25	2,00		No	No	89	left-aligned
10	TechCrunch	Sans	Lucida Grande	Sans	Lucida Grande	White		13	19,5	1,50		33	13,5	0,69	639	32,76923077	47,33333333	16	26	2,00		No	No	97	left-aligned
11	Mashable	Sans	Verdana	Sans	Arial	White		12	18	1,50		30	12	0,67	648	36	54	0	24,97	2,08		No	No	102	justified
12	ReadWriteWeb	Sans	Arial	Sans	Arial	White		14	21	1,50		35	14	0,67	616	29,33333333	44	0	22,4	1,60		No	No	99	left-aligned
13	ArsTechnica	Sans	Arial	Sans	Arial	White		13	18,2	1,40		31	12,8	0,70	633	34,78021978	49,453125	21	16	1,23		No	No	111	left-aligned
14	Typographica	Serif	Georgia	Serif	Georgia	White		14	21	1,50		36	15	0,71	503	23,95238095	33,53333333	15	30	2,14		Yes	No	82	left-aligned
15	Digital Web	Sans	Lucida Grande	Sans	Lucida Grande	White		12,8	19,2	1,50		33	13,8	0,72	645	33,59375	46,73913043	23	17,9	1,40		Yes	No	110	left-aligned
16	NetMag	Sans	Helvetica	Sans	Helvetica	White		11	14,3	1,30		26	11,7	0,82	534	37,34265734	45,64102564	10	18	1,64		No	No	111	left-aligned
17	Time	Serif	Georgia	Sans	Arial	White		14,78	22,9	1,55		38	15,1	0,66	525	22,92576419	34,76821192	69	28	1,89		No	No	80	left-aligned
18	Slate	Sans	Verdana	Sans	Arial	White		12,13	18,2	1,50		42	23,8	1,31	575	31,59340659	24,15966387	37	35,56	2,93		No	No	90	left-aligned
19	BoxesAndArrows	Sans	Arial	Sans	Helvetica	White		13	16,9	1,30		26	9,1	0,54	738	43,66863905	81,0989011	21	20,8	1,60		No	No	125	left-aligned
20	Guardian	Sans	Arial	Serif	Georgia	White		14	19	1,36		33	14	0,74	460	24,21052632	32,85714286	0	26	1,86		No	No	74	left-aligned
21	psd tuts+	Sans	Verdana	Sans	Helvetica	White		11	17,6	1,60		39	21,4	1,22	637	36,19318182	29,76635514	0	28,6	2,60		Yes	No	115	left-aligned
22	AIGA	Serif	Georgia	Serif	Georgia	White		13,21	19,83	1,50		33	13,17	0,66	585	29,50075643	44,4191344	11	27,16	2,06		Yes	No	98	left-aligned
23	LA Times	Sans	Arial	Sans	Arial	White		13	16,9	1,30		33	16,1	0,95	500	29,58579882	31,05590062	0	30	2,31		No	No	82	left-aligned
24	BBC News	Sans	Verdana	Sans	Verdana	White		13	18,2	1,40		28	9,8	0,54	466	25,6043956	47,55102041	0	24	1,85		No	No	68	left-aligned
25	Boston Globe	Serif	Georgia	Sans	Arial	White		15	21	1,40		36	15	0,71	540	25,71428571	36	10	22	1,47		No	No	78	left-aligned
26	Newsweek	Serif	Georgia	Sans	Arial	White		13,2	21,12	1,60		39	17,88	0,85	640	30,3030303	35,79418345	0	26,4	2,00		Yes, dotted	Yes, only on FP	106	left-aligned
27	Wall Street Journal	Sans	Arial	Serif	Georgia	White		13	19,5	1,50		33	13,5	0,69	555	28,46153846	41,11111111	23	28	2,15		No	No	97	left-aligned
28	Design Observer	Sans	Verdana	Sans	Arial	White		11	15,39	1,40		31	15,61	1,01	524	34,04808317	33,5682255	11	24	2,18		No	No	96	left-aligned
29	designworkplan	Serif	Georgia	Serif	Georgia	White		13	20	1,54		36	16	0,80	545	27,25	34,0625	0	35	2,69		Yes	No	90	left-aligned
30	GOOD	Sans	Arial	Sans	Arial	White		12	18	1,50		36	18	1,00	582	32,33333333	32,33333333	28	28	2,33		Yes	No	110	left-aligned
31	Jon Tangerine	Serif	Georgia	Serif	Baskerville	White		14	22	1,57		44	22	1,00	420	19,09090909	19,09090909	0	22	1,57		Yes	No	64	justified
32	New Yorker	Serif	Times New Roman	Serif	Times New Roman	White		14	18,2	1,30		32	13,8	0,76	470	25,82417582	34,05797101	25	22	1,57		Yes	Yes, image repl.	81	left-aligned
33	New Scientist	Sans	Arial	Sans	Arial	White		12,8	17,9	1,40		38	20,1	1,12	460	25,69832402	22,88557214	0	19,2	1,50		No	No	83	left-aligned
34	Huffington Post	Serif	Georgia	Serif	Georgia	White		13	20	1,54		34	14	0,70	575	28,75	41,07142857	27	32	2,46		No	No	93	left-aligned
35	Boing Boing	Serif	Georgia	Serif	Georgia	White		13	18,98	1,46		38	19,02	1,00	525	27,66069547	27,60252366	4	20	1,54		Yes	No	88	left-aligned
36	Kottke	Sans	Arial	Sans	Arial	White		14	22	1,57		41	19	0,86	496	22,54545455	26,10526316	0	23	1,64		Yes, dotted	No	82	left-aligned
37	Business Week	Sans	Helvetica	Sans	Helvetica	White		14	21	1,50		36	15	0,71	600	28,57142857	40	24	28	2,00		Yes	No	94	left-aligned
38	Le Typographe	Serif	Georgia	Serif	Didot	White		14,3	21,45	1,50		30	8,55	0,40	496	23,12354312	58,01169591	13	31,9	2,23		No	No	83	left-aligned
39	Sitepoint	Sans	Verdana	Sans	Verdana	White		13	16,88	1,30		32	15,12	0,90	566	33,53080569	37,43386243	22	25	1,92		Yes	No	92	left-aligned
40	Wilson Miner	Serif	Palatino	Sans	Helvetica Neue	White		16	24	1,50		25	1	0,04	475	19,79166667	475	0	48	3,00		No	No	69	left-aligned
41	ILoveTypography	Serif	Georgia	Serif	Georgia	White		16	24	1,50		48	24	1,00	520	21,66666667	21,66666667	0	28	1,75		Yes, dotted	No	76	left-aligned
42	inspirationbit	Serif	Georgia	Serif	Baskerville	White		14	13	0,93		23	10	0,77	440	33,84615385	44	0	31,2	2,23		No	No	69	left-aligned
43	Gapers Block	Serif	Georgia	Serif	Georgia	White		14	24	1,71		45	21	0,88	533	22,20833333	25,38095238	0	20	1,43		No	No	89	left-aligned
44	Monocle	Sans	Arial	Serif	Image repl.	White		13,51	18,25	1,35		37	18,75	1,03	310	16,98630137	16,53333333	0	25,27	1,87		No	Yes, image repl.	47	left-aligned
45	Welt Online	Sans	Arial	Sans	Arial	White		12	18	1,50		26	8	0,44	476	26,44444444	59,5	8	19,2	1,60		No	No	85	left-aligned
46	Newsvine	Sans	Lucida Grande	Sans	Lucida Grande	White		12	18	1,50		31	13	0,72	660	36,66666667	50,76923077	30	23	1,92		Yes	No	104	left-aligned
47	Veer	Sans	Lucida Grande	Serif	Georgia	White		11,2	19,03	1,70		29	9,97	0,52	460	24,17235943	46,13841525	0	26,88	2,40		No	No	81	left-aligned
48	Mark Boulton	Sans	Lucida Grande	Sans	Helvetica	White		11	16,5	1,50		26	9,5	0,58	410	24,84848485	43,15789474	0	18	1,64		No	No	71	left-aligned
49	Subtraction	Sans	Arial	Sans	Helvetica	White		12	19	1,58		26	7	0,37	395	20,78947368	56,42857143	0	18	1,50		No	No	73	left-aligned
50	CopyBlogger	Sans	Verdana	Serif	Helvetica Neue	White		13	20	1,54		40	20	1,00	472	23,6	23,6	20	24	1,85		Yes	No	73	left-aligned
51	Type Theory	Sans	Verdana	Sans	Helvetica	White		13	21	1,62		39	18	0,86	503	23,95238095	27,94444444	19	20	1,54		Yes	No	80	left-aligned
52	FontFeed	Serif	Georgia	Sans	Helvetica	White		13,27	19,9	1,50		30	10,1	0,51	502	25,22613065	49,7029703	15	20	1,51		Yes	No	82	left-aligned
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57				Heading	Body Text			Content Font Size							Header FS							Links Underlined?		64 - 66	2
58			Sans	30	33		10px	0						12	0				12 - 14	0	Yes	23		67 - 69	3
59			Serif	20	17		11px	6						13	0				15 - 17	1	No	27		70 - 72	1
60							12px	10						14	0				18 - 20	11				73 - 75	3
61				Body Text	Heading		13px	19						15	0				21 - 23	8		Image repl.?		76 - 78	2
62			Georgia	16	14		14px	11						16	1				24 - 26	11	Yes	3		79 - 81	4
63			Arial	14	14		15px	3						17	0				27 - 29	9	No	47		82 - 84	6
64			Verdana	10	4		16px	2						18	4				30 - 32	5				85 - 87	2
65			Lucida Grande	5	3									19	3				33 - 35	1		Justified?		88 - 90	5
66			Helvetica	3	10									20	4				36 - 38	1	Yes	2		91 - 93	2
67			Times New Roman	1	1									21	1				39+	2	No	48		94 - 96	3
68			Baskerville	0	2									22	4									97 - 99	4
69			Other	1	2		Average Line length / Line height							23	3									100 - 102	1
70								28,3124603						24	4									103 - 105	3
71														25	4									106 - 108	1
72				White	Dark		Average Line height / Font size			Average space between paragraphs		Average Paragraph Space / Line height		26	3									109 - 111	4
73			Background	50	0			1,480052837			14,46834		0,7539095193	27	2									112+	3
74														28	7
75														29	1									Average	88,74
76							Average Horizontal left padding			Average Heading Font size / Body copy font size		Average number of characters per line		30	2
77								11,7		1,96			88,74	31	1					Body line height
78														32	2				13px	1
79							Average font size for body copy							33	0				14px	1
80														34	0				15px	2
81								13,07688						35	1				16px	1
82							Average font size for headings							36	1				17px	3
83														...	...				18px	12
84								25,63340426						44	1				19px	8
85														48	1				20px	5
86																			21px	10
87																			22px	2
88																			23px	2
89																			24px	3
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