Jason Pamental
Jason is a Principal Designer at Chewy.com, helping lead their design system efforts across ecommerce, enterprise, and mobile app experiences; an invited expert to the W3C Web Font Working Group; and insatiably curious about pretty much everything.
Previously, he spent much of his time working with clients to establish their typographic systems and digital strategy, helping design and development teams works smarter and faster, and running workshops about all of the above. He is a seasoned design and user experience strategy leader with over 20 years' experience on the web in both creative and technical roles. Past clients range from state governments, type industry giants, Ivy League and High Tech, to the NFL and America's Cup.
Jason researches and writes extensively on typography for the web. He's author of Responsive Typography from O'Reilly, pens articles for .Net Magazine, PRINT Magazine, HOW, Monotype.com, frequently joins as a guest on podcasts, and has authored online courses for Aquent's Gymnasium platform and Front-end Masters. Jason's an experienced speaker and workshop leader, having presented at over 100 national and international conferences.
The real story: mainly he just follows Leo and Henry around Turner Reservoir, posting photos on Instagram.
Typographic Curiosities
Type is the voice of our words—and the majority of what we put on screen (the rest is dog pics and cat memes). Ever wonder why it doesn't work better? Me too.
So let's explore ways we can do it better, faster, and with greater finesse. How do we unblock render and display content faster? Can we respond to device size, settings, and layout more intuitively? Could we be more expressive and refined without resorting to hard-coding? Typographic curiosities to satisfy these challenges abound—so let's explore them together!
- On the web
- https://chewy.com
- On LinkedIn
- jpamental
- On Bluesky
- @jpamental.bsky.social