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Joseph Alessio plays 7 musical instruments, is left-handed and once shot an evil raccoon out of a tree with a .38 revolver. Incidentally, he also designs, illustrates and draws letters, as an independent design professional. You can keep up with some of what he's doing on his Dribbble profile, and he often talks about life, design and current events in 140 characters.

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Complex, Yet SimpleMaking Sense Of Type Classification (Part 1)

In my previous article on Smashing Magazine (“Understanding the Difference Between Typography and Lettering”), I wrote about how understanding type terminology can help us better appreciate the arts of typography and lettering. This article again deals with terminology, probably more specifically than most designers are used to, and the title gets ...

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The Myth Of Hand-Lettered TypographyUnderstanding The Difference Between Type And Lettering

Coming out of the grunge, graffiti and David Carson era through the 90′s, there has been a major resurgence of interest in typography. We have seen a number of designers and artists make their careers out of designing type or custom lettering, and it has become common to list typography ...

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