I'm still digesting all the cool things I came across at SXSW. The last day I was there I went to a panel called Web Typography Sucks put on by Richard Rutter and Mark Boulton. I walked out with main points from their presentation:

• Use the proper characters to represent your meaning. “Quote things correctly” trail off properly… compute with the right symbols 1−3×2= etc.
• Compose your pages with a vertical rhythm.
• Use grids to build page layouts.

I wanted to try formatting this site using a vertical rhythm but quickly got frustrated with doing all the math. Being a programmer I decided to just put together a tool to create CSS with vertical rhythm.