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Sans fonts for designers
With the thousands of different typefaces available, it’s helpful to have a few dozen that act as the base of your collection. Listed below are dozen popular fonts ( and a little history ) that you’ll...
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Typographic treats
We all know some people love their typography, but wow. If it’s not enough for you to sit at your typographic chair and table you can always give yourself a good scrub with this soap. Read on for more...
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Why equal point sizes of type are not the same
If you’ve done any amount of graphic design or typography you’ve no doubt noticed that the apparent size of type varies greatly between fonts when used at the same point size. Some appearing almost...
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The Periodic Table of Typefaces
As we all know there are thousand and thousands of fonts out there, of the few hundred of good ones you can probably remember one or two dozen, and beyond that you’ll need some reference. This is the...
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Using comic sans in secret: Disturbing revelations
Now, I don’t know exactly what Google bases it’s auto-complete suggestions on, but presumably it’s built around popular search terms. If this is the case, the graphic design community may be...
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Typography for moustache lovers
Courtesy of {wit + delight}. A pencil thing Didot, a nice thick Hoefler, or something in between? Which is the typographic moustache for you? Typography for moustache lovers
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Adobe Font Folio 11 preview
Quite some time ago I posted a brief look into some of the fonts included in Adobe Font Folio 11 collection. Too brief in fact. Included here is a wider sampling; including sans, serif, script and...
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I wish the English language had more interesting characters
“I wish the English language had more interesting characters”. A fun typographic poster design, by Mcianco Punto. I wish the English language had more interesting characters
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You’re not a lemonade stand
Sound typographic advice if your business is more serious than a lemonade stand. You’re not a lemonade stand
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Gothic fonts for your inspiration
There’s more than enough serifs and san-serifs typefaces out there, so how about adding a few good Gothic fonts ( or Ye Olde English if you prefer ) to your typographic collection. Clairvaux LT Std...
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Read your bookcase
Read your bookcase. A fantastic modular, typographic bookcase by Saporiti. Read your bookcase
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Keming
A comical lesson in typography: Keming, the result of improper kerning. I’m afraid I don’t know who the creator of this is as it was forwarded to me from a friend, so I can’t give credit. If you do...
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Typeface design for doctors
The first subject taught at medical school for prospective doctors? Pretty sure it’s terrible hand writing. My doctor has certainly mastered it. Via Orion Creatives. Typeface design for doctors
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Comic sans logo parodies
You’ve no doubt read articles by plenty of other graphic designers and typographers railing against Comic Sans, but they say a picture paints a thousand words. Comic sans was designed in the early...
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