Type Tips
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Typography Basics
Refresh yourself with the terminology and fundamentals required for sound typesetting.
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Typography Tutorials
Step-by-step methods for getting the most out of your fonts and graphic design software.
Jonathan Hoefler & Steven Heller On “Please Explain: Typography”
Jonathan Hoefler and Steven Heller explain on The Leonard Lopate Show how typefaces are created and why typography is important to communication and design.
Read moreNew End User Licence Agreement For FontFonts
The new FontFont EULA permits embedding in any non-editable document, application, and even device, as long as the font is embedded as a subset in a secure format.
Read morePainless Font Installation
Installing fonts the old-fashioned way made easy with FontShop’s slide shows that show you step by step what to do with the font files.
Read more“Typography For Lawyers” Gives Basic Type Tips
Matthew Butterick is a type designer turned lawyer who provides valuable typographic information on his educational website “Typography for Lawyers”.
Read moreATypI’09 Preview | Mexico, Forging The Character
“Mexico, Forging The Character” gives a concise overview of the history of type and lettering in Mexico.
Read moreCocoe Produces Typographic Commercial For El Tesoro Público
Another creation by The Cocoe Conspiracy who were featured on The FontFeed with their splendid PsychoTypoGraph.
Read moreOn The Evolution of Type by Means of Technological Advancements and Cultural Shifts
This interactive Twentieth Century Timeline of Typography is a concise overview of the pertinent moments in typography in the past century.
Read moreRelated Posts
- Hoefler & Frere-Jones’ Talk “Better Living Through Typography” Added To TYPO Berlin VideoBlog
- Jonathan Hoefler & Tobias Frere-Jones’s presentation “Better Living Through Typography” from TYPO Berlin 2004 “Schrift” has now also been added…Read more
- Chance Encounters On The Magazine Rack
- Two images posted on Grid, the official SPD blog feature chance encounters between unrelated magazine covers, creating new unexpected readings.…Read more
- Robothon 2009
- In one and a half months The Hague in the Netherlands will be the epicentre of the type design world.…Read more
- Tobias Frere-Jones on Wim Crouwel, Gerrit Noordzij Prize 2009
- At the occasion of the Gerrit Noordzij Prize 2009 Tobias Frere-Jones introduced the work of Wim Crouwel. His presentation is…Read more
- Portrait of Matthew Carter, Type Laminitis
- The Washington Post’s portrait of Matthew Carter made its way to a blog by means a little detour through translation…Read more




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