A Web Directions event Respond 2017 Australia's Front End design conference

Session Details

Mike Riethmuller

Responsive, progressive fluid typography

Mike Riethmuller Web Developer

Type that responds to the user's screen size, orientation and resolution is a holy grail of responsive design.

In this presentation, Mike Riethmuller will provide a general overview of unit types and values in CSS, with a specific focus on how viewport units and calc() expressions work. Armed with this understanding, we're going to learn how to create a function with CSS that uses viewport units as a variable. Milke will then demonstrate some practical uses for this technique including:

  • min and max font sizes,
  • fluid typography,
  • fluid modular scale headings, and more

Finally, let's discuss the future of fluid design and through variable typography our relationship with media queries.

And we'll see how each of the typography techniques can be used today and applied with progressive enhancement!

Mike Riethmuller

From major Federal Government sites to innovative agencies, Mike Riethmuller has worked on some of Australia's largest websites as well as some of the smallest community sites, and since first speaking at Web Directions 2015, has spoken at events all over the world.

When he's not building sites or blogging he likes to experiment with code, learning new things and finding techniques that challenge what we think is best practice.

And when he's not exploring the digital landscape he likes to explore the world.

Don't miss your chance to see Mike Riethmuller and many other inspiring speakers at Respond 17.

Tickets start at $999, for an in-depth day with the world's leading Front End design experts.

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Australia's Front End design conference, now in Sydney and Melbourne.

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What is Respond?

Australia's Front End design conference, now in Sydney and Melbourne

Now in its fourth year, and curated by John Allsopp, cited by Ethan Marcotte as one of the originators of Responsive design, Respond goes beyond the technology, to address the myriad challenges we face in delivering modern, responsive Web experiences.

Featuring a mix of renowned international and local speakers, Respond is one of the World's leading events for the Web industry.

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Praise for past Web Directions events

Web Directions is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development.

Phil Whitehouse, General Manager, DT Sydney

I’ve been admiring the Web Directions events for years, and was honored to be part… What a fantastic event!

Ethan Marcotte, inventor of "responsive Web design"

Out of any conference, Web Directions is far and away our favourite

Dave Greiner, founder, Campaign Monitor

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About Us

Co-founded and now run by John Allsopp, Web Directions has for over a decade brought together leading developers, engineers, visual, IxD, UX and product designers, Art and Creative Directors, indeed everyone involved in producing web and digital products to learn from one another, and the World's leading experts across this vast field.

We spend our lives thinking about what comes next, keeping up with trends in technology, practices and processes, and filtering the hype, to make sure you don't miss trends that matter, and don't waste time on hype that doesn't.

We promise attending one of our events will leave you significantly better versed in the challenges you face day to day, and in solutions for addressing them.

In 2017, we'll be organising Respond in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane Transform in Canberra, Code also in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, and Direction in Sydney.

vignettes form our events, social, speakers and more. Includes Hannah Donovan skylarking.

John Allsopp

John Allsopp has been working on the Web for over 20 years. He's been responsible for innovative developer tools such as Style Master, X-Ray and many more. He's spoken at numerous conferences around the World and delivered dozens of workshops in that time as well.

His writing includes two books, including Developing With Web Standards and countless articles and tutorials in print and online publications.

His "A Dao of Web Design" published in 2000 is cited by Ethan Marcotte as a key influence in the development of Responsive Web Design, who's rightly acclaimed article in 2010 begins by quoting John in detail, and by Jeremy Keith as "a manifesto for anyone working on the Web".

Code of Conduct

For over a decade, we've worked hard to create inclusive, fun, inspring and safe events for the Web Industry.

As part of our commitment to these values, we've adopted a code of conduct for all involved: ourselves, our speakers, our partners and our audience.

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