Jan172008
Part 3: Siècle des Lumières
Welcome to part three of our Type Terms series. In part one we travelled all the way back to the 15th century to take a closer look at the Humanist or Venetian style types with their distinctive lowercase ‘e’ (remember that sloping crossbar?). In part two we considered the Old Style […]
Jan152008
Incunabula
De la dentisterie à l’élevage des chiens, chaque sujet possède son propre jargon, un champ lexical qui lui est propre. La typographie ne fait pas exception, et en appréhender le vocable ne peut que la rendre plus accessible. Ce qui en définitive mène à une meilleure compréhension et appréciation de toute chose «typo».
Aujourd’hui il ne sera […]
Jan152008
Incunabula
Cada tema, desde a odontologia até manipulação do cão tem o seu próprio vocabulário - termos que são peculiares (único) para ele. A Tipografia não é excepção. Aprender a língua franca (lingo) dos tipos vai fazer a tipografia muito mais acessível, e que irá, por sua vez, conduzir a uma maior compreensão e esperamos um […]
Jan132008
More Edible Type
We’ve had chocolate type, but that’s just for dessert. Well, here’s some carbohydrates in the form of potato type. How do you like your type? Baked, boiled, fried, sautéed, perhaps? Which type would you use for your own potatoes? I’d go for sautéed Parisine.
ATypI membership
It’s January and ATypI membership for 2008 is now open to […]
Jan122008
By Alec Julien
Andas sempre à procura por inspiração tipográfica, trago uma caligrafia barata orientada no Verão, convencido que os meus gatafunhos fariam letras mágicas.
Uma semana e dezenas de páginas depois, não tinham nada interessante ou vagamente artístico. Depois, uma noite, cansado e desesperado, e não tendo tinta preta, tapei com cartucho vermelho, e esbocei o alfabeto […]
Jan122008
FF Unit Rounded Ready to Roll
News just in from Erik van Blokland writing on SpiekerBlog is that Unit Rounded is now complete.
One of the dangers inherent in creating one of these rounded types is the ‘sausage effect’. Those rounded corners may well look OK at one weight, but what happens when you want numerous additional weights? That’s […]
Jan102008
An Interview With Ellen Lupton
Graphic designer, curator, artist, educator and writer, Ellen Lupton is perhaps best known for her Thinking With Type — a book that in many respects opened up typography to a wider audience. Many have remarked that she made learning about typography fun; and ‘do I look fat in this paragraph’ and ‘typography is […]