Richard Rutter
Cofounder at Clearleft
Brighton, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRichard Rutter is a seasoned digital product and UX leader with over two decades of experience designing commercial websites and co-founding Clearleft, where he has helped major organisations rethink their digital presence from strategy through delivery. He led UX at Multimap before its acquisition by Microsoft and has driven high-impact projects such as Gumtree’s location-based search, a responsive redesign for Kew Gardens, and a council-wide rebuild for Kensington & Chelsea. A passionate typographer, he co-founded Fontdeck, organises the Ampersand web typography conference, and authored a self-published book on web typography, combining design craft with hands-on front-end work. He maintains practical front-end skills evidenced by contributions to webtypography tooling and site code, focusing on CSS, semantic HTML and performance. Named among Wired UK’s top 100 digital power brokers, Richard blends consulting leadership with product-minded execution and an unusual background in chemical engineering that informs his structured approach to problem solving. Based in Brighton, he continues to shape digital strategy for charities and public institutions while evangelising better web typography.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BEng, Chemical Engineering, BEng, Chemical Engineering at University of Bath
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Github Skills (6)
html10
css10
font-face9
fonts9
responsive-design8
google-chrome6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
clagnut/webtypography
Feb 2014 - Jan 2019
The source code for WebTypography.net, a practical guide to web typography.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 34 commits, 8 PRs in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Richard primarily focused on front-end development, making changes to the website's CSS and HTML structure. They updated the website's design, including font choices and styling using CSS. The user made edits to existing content to fix typos, and improve the visual layout of the content, particularly the table of contents and footers. They also refactored code for improved performance and maintainability.
javascripttypographypractical
clagnut/TODS
Jul 2024 - Jan 2026
Typography and Opentype default stylesheet
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 16 pushes in 1 year 6 months
opentypestylesheets
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