Last winter session I took an Interactive Multimedia Design course here at school with a focus on website designing. We learned to write code for our own websites from scratch, but the main thing we worked on and were graded on was typography. Typography always seemed to me like one of those fancy words that people use without really knowing what it means. However, I quickly learned how important things like readability and legibility actually are in the design of a website. We don't always think about aspects like letter spacing and contrast, but we notice, whether we realize it or not. There's a reason why companies are willing to pay good money for a website designer who knows what they're doing.
More on what exactly typography is...
Some examples of exceptional typography in website design:
http://www.awwwards.com/websites/typography/
http://ilovetypography.com/
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