
The vertical proportions between the two designs also differ slightly, so that SF Text can appear a little bit bigger at the same point size, and therefore being more legible when used small. For instance, the space between letters in SF Text and Display is adapted to the fact that one design will be used small and other one large. They allow us to better control the details that affect legibility. These variants are what we call optical sizes. We designed SF Text for small sizes below 20 points and SF Display for 20 points and above. And we achieved that by introducing two variants that you're probably familiar with. Our team put a lot of effort in making sure that SF would look great at any point size. To describe what optical sizes are, I'd like to go back a few years when our main system font, San Francisco, was first designed. It'll be a refresher, since some of those APIs are not new, but we do also have some updates on the topic. Two of our core typographic tools to achieve great UI design.

Last but not least, Jiang will delve into Text styles and Dynamic Type. They're essential parts of text layout, so it's definitely worth taking time to become more familiar with them. Then I'll get into a topic that affects UI Design directly: tracking and leading.

This is a format that's letting us refine the behavior of text on our platforms and can improve the typography of your apps too. Right after optical sizes, I'll talk a bit about variable fonts. Learning about optical sizes is key to a better understanding of legibility, which is something you should always try to care for. For most people, dealing with type is as simple as picking a font and choosing a point size, and it's really how it should be.īut with our first topic, I'd like to show you how changing the size of text actually has many subtle consequences. Then Jiang will show you around useful APIs and best practices when dealing with typographic styles and layout. So first, I'll talk about about fonts and their aspects that are relevant to UI design. Overall, all the topics we'll cover are really about understanding the dynamic behavior of text on our platforms. In this session, with my colleague Jiang, we'll introduce you to the details that matter for great UI Typography and the tools that will allow you to achieve that for your app. I'm a type designer on the Apple Design Team.

“Now I can say that I look forward to the future of working with Alex Rotter, who is extremely talented, but also one of my best friends.Hi. “Two years ago I did this sale called Looking Forward to the Past,” Gouzer wrote in an email.

Gouzer previously worked under Rotter at Sotheby’s, and per the house’s news release, the two will be responsible for “senior business-getting, working closely with key members of the team to expand Christie’s services to collectors and further its scope of market coverage”. That sale set records for the most expensive painting-Picasso’s Les femmes d’Alger (Verson ‘O’) (1955), which sold for $179.3m-and the most expensive sculpture, Alberto Giacometti’s L’homme au doigt (1947), sold for $141.3m. been instrumental in driving markets for artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Martin Kippenberger, Yves Klein and Raymond Pettibon,” and that his Looking Forward to the Past sale in May 2015 totaled $705.8m. They were also supplementary to Christie’s main auctions, adding another valuable evening sale to the calendar during a period when the demand for art seemed to be insatiable. He has over the past few years made a name for himself with thematic auctions that mix Modern and contemporary works of art, most recently a sale titled Bound to Fail in May 2016. The Swiss-born Gouzer, who has been with Christie’s since 2011, is known for befriending deep-pocketed collectors like Leonardo DiCaprio and a willingness to use guarantees as a bargaining instrument to win high-value lots. Along with Alexander Rotter, the former worldwide head of Sotheby’s contemporary department, who joined the house in March, the two fill the void left by longtime chair Brett Gorvy, who announced a partnership with the dealer Dominique Lévy in November. Christie's announced that it has named Loic Gouzer as the co-chairman of post-war and contemporary art in the Americas.
