Hi, Carl! I didn't make it to the typography panel, but I really wish I had. There were just so many good panels to go to...

It was great meeting you, however briefly, at the Godbit dinner in Austin last month. I'm finally getting around to visiting all the sites on the guest list that Matt Heerema passed around to everyone there. Just wanted to stop by and say hi!

Carl,

Sorry I missed your post, so I know my comment is way too late. I'm glad to hear that you learn a lot from SXSW, and as long as you're content, <em>of course</em> you should keep coming.

My personal experience is just that the presentations are a bit to superficial and not as in-depth as I'm looking for. But, other people might be just happy with the way it is is now, and I definitely wish you to be satisfied as well.

Thanks, Richard. Glad you liked the article.

Wonderful collection of things to study and a map to follow. Thanks!

One big way grids have helped me is in positioning elements after the masthead and in sidebars. I used to create a masthead then jam content and navigation under it.

Now with a grid, I have guidelines (pun intended) to follow when creating margins. I've adopted a trick I learned from Khoi Vinh of using a grid as a background image when developing your CSS. This is a great way to ensure that what I developed in Photoshop comes out the same or similar way.

I too think grid design is overlooked. It's an area I'd really like to improve myself in. :)

I keep waiting for Microsoft to fix their new home page. I find too many things are misaligned and improperly positioned on it.

Thanks for the encouragement, Dennis. Getting a pleasing set of fonts across a website is harder than it sounds.

Stuff is looking better. Typography is definately one of those areas where you'll see the biggest difference.