Archive for Typography Tag
The short film showing the process of printing business cards on 1920’s printing presses.
Ellen Lupton’s Typographic Oscars, at printmag.com
The written word is generally seen before it is read. Typographical layout sets the mood before a single word enters consciousness.
Nice presentation from Paul Irish.
Some of the “nondesigned” typography will have been made with commercial or political intent, some will be serendipitous, or simply caused by neglect.
Recommended article. Well written as always.
Textorize is a Ruby-based font rasterizer command line utility for Mac OS X.
It is difficult to imagine any information that does not involve some degree of interpretation. Our contemporary distinction in typography between information and persuasion reflects historic concerns about the merits of plain and ornamental styles of presentation.
In the early years of a child’s reading development, the attainment of mechanical skills is gained initially with the aid of a finger to help left to right progression and accurate return sweeps from the end of one line on to the beginning of the next.
Legibility and readability are not the same. Legibility certainly influences readability and vice versa, but to understand how one influences the other it is necessary to consider them separately.
