... on them. You people seem to know a lot about good typography! <!--attachment: ... The cover of this book is what first got me interested in typography last winter! In the same section I found the series on ... you can take a look at it and tell me if it still needs to be changed. Also, I did try reducing the word spacing bit and I do ...

Forum topic - nepenthe - 8 Nov 2004 - 9:37pm - 48 comments - 0 attachments

... my own work . Now I'm really lost between music and typography. Ooh, Oranger! I was Ooh, Oranger! I was introduced to them a ... on that long list. Maybe I should see if the Smithsonian needs any more fossils. Just got through a great Just got through a ...

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

... to. My guess, for what it's worth. ƒ “Typography has one plain "Typography has one plain duty before it and that ... must be secured by means that are rational. Distinction needs to be won by simplicity and restraint. It is equally true that these ...

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

... Me!" on a wall does it say more than a perfectly formatted typography in the most readable face known to science? Context matters, layout ... 5. Hyper large building size type probably has it's own needs... 6. Neon too. 7. Driving signage... Have I left anything out? I ...

Forum topic - Nick Shinn - 18 Dec 2009 - 12:21pm - 57 comments - 0 attachments

... error" tasks. Frankly your example is of "hideous typography" to put it "pleasantly". You don't like 18 units on ... of deviations from some "deliberative ideal" that needs to be applied to a given size. The deviations are in width, color, ...

Forum topic - gerald_giampa - 27 Aug 2003 - 7:03am - 101 comments - 0 attachments

... or FOG file to check out construction, see how much work needs to be done, etc. Flash files, gifs, links web showings, etc., are a real ... (Can you imagine your avg. joe designer typing typography.net when seeking for new fonts? Or even typing "typography" into a search engine?) This reminds me: i've been ...

Forum topic - sean - 19 Dec 2006 - 9:45am - 45 comments - 0 attachments

... this pandered greed? Goods are made to satisfy human needs, not only to be traded. Human creations are done to be shared, not to be ... Free fonts do nothing for an education about typography. How could they? What would the message be? Is this your ...

Forum topic - dan_reynolds - 28 Jun 2004 - 4:26am - 67 comments - 0 attachments

... letter that doesn't 'lock' properly with the other letters needs to be redrawn. This overlapping of characters is something fundamental to ... handwriting. It will take someone with a background in typography to finally crack it, rather than simply compiling a set of letters ...

Forum topic - sbt - 5 Jan 2005 - 6:14pm - 22 comments - 0 attachments

... to the word 'Princess'. I am no a expert in typography or font 'engineering' but am interested to create/modify the ... wide. Much inproved chilla! About your swash it needs a little more work. Maybe you can curve the end of the swash to ...

Forum topic - chilla - 25 Aug 2004 - 8:50am - 38 comments - 0 attachments

... professional. The program will involve researching typography, studying typefaces, typographic classification, and meeting with ... won't see the light of day until 2006. So "Rooted" still needs to make a choice based on what's available today or at least within the ...

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