Posts Tagged ‘Typography’
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Opinion ColumnWhy Won’t Helvetica Go Away?
- December 6th, 2012
- 106 Comments
The other day someone sent me a link to a website with the preposterous title of “The 100 Best Typefaces of All Time”. Topping the chart was Helvetica, and that stirred my ire. I dismissed the list because it was based on marketing figures from one source, FontShop, coupled with the ...
Read more...History Of TypefacesIndustrial-Strength Types
- November 2nd, 2012
- 16 Comments
The Industrial Revolution gave us a new iron age, one of cast iron, which a devotee of Vulcan told me he thought was the highest achievement of man — or, as he put it, “the hairless ape.” In the 18th century, cast-iron bridges sprang across British rivers such as the ...
Read more...Design ProcessTypography Carved In Stone
- September 20th, 2012
- 18 Comments
Every name here is a tragic story of loss and heartbreak. The Garda Memorial Garden, or Gairdín Cuimhneacháin an Gharda Síochána, is located in the heart of Dublin city. This memorial is a contemplative garden with large stone plinths and a lot of names and numbers. The list of names, this ...
Read more...Drawing And Mark-MakingThe Creative Way To Maximize Design Ideas With Type
- September 7th, 2012
- 8 Comments
As with most designers, being sure that we explore and select the most successful, memorable and stimulating designs is a vital aspect that underpins every project we undertake. For us, the beginning of a new challenge has never been as simple as asking ourselves what might be the best avenue ...
Read more...A Practical Case-StudyLegitima Typeface: An Experience Of Fossils And Revivals
- August 6th, 2012
- 12 Comments
Just as living species depend on mutation and adaptation to survive, typefaces too depend on their features to optimize the performance of text in a given environment. This principle seems to determine, in a way, the degree of failure or success that printing types (old and new) have in the ...
Read more...Is Web Design 95% Typography?One More Time: Typography Is The Foundation Of Web Design
- July 24th, 2012
- 34 Comments
For years you have been searching for it. You hear the question being asked in your dreams as you go on an Indiana-Jones-type-crusade to find the answer. When the answer comes to you, you know that the confetti will fall from the ceiling and the band will start playing your ...
Read more...New High-Quality Free Fonts
- July 20th, 2012
- 47 Comments
Every now and then, we look around, select fresh free high-quality fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice out there is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually time you should be investing in your projects. We search for them and ...
Read more...Fixing Type MistakesAvoiding Faux Weights And Styles With Google Web Fonts
- July 11th, 2012
- 21 Comments
If you’re using Google Web Fonts on your websites, then there’s a very good chance that 1 in 5 visitors are seeing faux bold and italic versions of your fonts — even if you correctly selected and used all of the weights and styles. That’s because the implementation method recommended ...
Read more...Rebirth of Script TypefacesHands-On Experience: The Rehabilitation Of The Script
- July 2nd, 2012
- 4 Comments
Serifs, sans serifs and… scripts. In theory not a bad typographic palette to play with, but when it comes to practice, the options are always far fewer. One member of that stylistic trio could never quite punch its weight. But over the last few years we have seen something of a ...
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