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[ProProfs Quiz School] Who printed the frist book in Europe? Claude Garamond produced the typeface Garamond between what years?
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[Interpretation By Design] Interpretation By Design » Blog Archive » Get to Know a Typeface ...: Okay so this post isnt just about getting to know a typeface. I need some feedback too. Look at this post as a buy one (as if you actually had to pay to view IBD) get one free. This post begins in the land of Facebook several weeks ago. I took one of those “What _______ are you?” quizzes that are so prevalent on Facebook. This quiz was to figure out what “typeface” that I am. I had never taken one of these quizzes but this one intrigued me. After honestly answering all of the questions I came back as Myriad Pro. I was somewhat disappointed. I must say I see myself as more a Georgia or Minion but thankfully I didnt return as Papyrus. I do know a few that have returned as Papyrus and they shall remain nameless.
[Typophile - General Discussions, Design, Build, Release, News, Bitmap Display / Script, Bitmap Text, Blackletter / Uncial, Display, Motion / 3d / Experimental, Sans Serif, Script / Handwriting / Graffiti, Serif, Typography / Composition, Type ID Board, wiki] Fonts and Authority Perception (Psychology) | Typophile: They don’t recognize, understand, or believe in the value of typography as craft, and think that it should be reducible to an objectively manageable practice. As Christopher Dean puts it, “I also conduct experimental research designed to support or refute typographic conventions in accordance with objective measures of human performance and empirical data.”
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[MadSilence] I am Helvetica « MadSilence: Or is the influence of typography and graphic design, and the authority of global visual culture, more powerful than ever? Has their impact been multiplied as more & more of us view the world, and communicate, via digital media, emailing and texting at a tremendous rate?
[The Man in Blue] The Man in Blue > Handwritten Typographers: All the typography/type design students in my Art School in the Netherlands (a couple of them became quite famous) had more or less the same handwriting, very much influenced by our typography teacher who taught us hand letter writing.
[MetaFilter] Helvetica, a documentary film | MetaFilter: "Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which is celebrating its 50th birthday this year) as part of a larger conversation about ... I mean as far as front men go, why not some of the classic performers like Caslon, or Garamond? Or even one of the new up-and-comers like Slimbach or Caecilia? I'm just afraid this will be typical Hollywood fluff with a bunch of ...
[Mr. Shakespeare's blog] Mr. Shakespeare's blog: A Short History of the Printed Word: A Review: and its heroes are William Caslon and John Baskerville, in England, the Fournier and Didot families in France, Giambattista Bodoni in Italy, the Enschedé brothers in Amsterdam, and JoaquÃm Ibarra, Gabriel de Sancha, and Francisco Manuel de Mena in Madrid. It was the age of Steele, Addison and Defoe, and their famous journals;
[David Silverman] Quiz: Are You a Grammar Geek? - David Silverman - HarvardBusiness.org: I thought I was the only one who paid attention in my typing class in high school with regard to double spacing after periods (and single spacing after commas). I'm not sure why it angers me so much when I see this all-to-common error (as my own grammar leaves much to be desired), but when I do, I feel like grabbing a megaphone and admonishing the multitude of single spacers in the world.
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[Ryan Hayden] The Church Bulletin Turorial: Picking out the right fonts for your ...: I was switched onto design primarily through the work of Stephen Troell, the designer behind the bulletins and other printed material of Temple Baptist Church and Crown College. Stephen has kindly given me the pdfs of some of his bulletins for your viewing pleasure.
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[Making Light] Making Light: Open thread 63: Luxton, if you're designing your chapbook with desktop publishing software, you might consider visiting the Fontsite, which provides advice on typography and other DTP issues. Perhaps the first issue you need to resolve (if you haven' t .
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