... school last year and have yet to use it (asides from the pica ruler) or receive adequate instruction on how to use it. A few of my type teachers have mentioned how they are handy, and everyone should have one, ...

Forum topic - myoung - 1 Oct 2004 - 7:51am - 6 comments - 0 attachments

If you like the Strokes , you'll like The White Stripes even more. Happy and ... Two other sites worth visiting include ... reception it always gets when it finds its way into the studio playlist. :groan: I think I’ve posted in I think I've ...

Forum topic - Joe Pemberton - 5 Sep 2007 - 10:54pm - 518 comments - 0 attachments

... A subject that I find myself currently debating. That is the fact that I am designing a tattoo (for myself), and trying to ... too funny. Skin trapping. Sounds like something a cannibal type designer would do. BTW, Tony di Pietro also has a type tatoo he's ...

Forum topic - Hildebrant - 4 Sep 2003 - 8:14pm - 91 comments - 0 attachments

... Typophiles, what are your favorite quotes from famous type designers. Can't tell you why, it is a surprise. However, we could also put these in the wiki. I'll start: "Anyone that would letterspace blackletter would ...

Forum topic - Miss Tiffany - 5 Jul 2005 - 4:47pm - 119 comments - 0 attachments

... doing a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design and at the moment doing a type and typography project. I have been trying to find information about ...

Forum topic - alison - 30 Nov 2004 - 7:20am - 45 comments - 0 attachments

... Program along with a faculty member/design professional. The program will involve researching typography, studying typefaces, ... interface, and is a more direct design tool. Many type designers still use Fontographer for creating glyphs and basic ... I started out using paint and brush, then Font Studio (which I fondly remember), then Fontographer. A year ago I ...

Forum topic - rootedideas - 18 Apr 2005 - 6:02am - 56 comments - 0 attachments

Does somebody know the font used for Volvo-headlines? thanks That would be ... made/customized by someone called "The Electronic Studio" or is that a software that I never heard of They probably did ... fonts are digital renditions of old display type. So I wouldn't be surprised if both Volvo Broad and Elston came ...

Forum topic - nike - 24 Mar 2009 - 5:31pm - 15 comments - 0 attachments

... experiences, so we can build a "knowledge base" so the speak. What are good pricing schemes for commercial licenses and ... 'hobbyist' pricing, because one could not do type design professionally, as the sole or primary means of earning a living, ...

Forum topic - hrant - 8 Mar 2007 - 2:02pm - 34 comments - 0 attachments

... too (which is used in EVERY movie poster) but the N threw me. Ever notice that they use the same voice for all the ... I made the ID from Jaspert et al's Encyclopaedia of Type Faces, but the sample given there doesn't show the U, so it's hard ...

Forum topic - arcanegel - 5 May 2008 - 12:33am - 33 comments - 0 attachments

Does anyone remember the name of the serif used in the titles of Kill Bill. The two-story g did not ... good shots of the main titles, not to mention any other type that is used in a film--especially if it is used badly. As you might ... Avant Garde for the proverb, a bit of Busorama for the studio titles... pause for the prelude... okay there's some Friz Quadrata ...

Forum topic - jonathanlawley - 19 Nov 2008 - 1:34pm - 28 comments - 0 attachments