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.
ATypI’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 moreStyles, Weights, Widths — It’s All in the (Type) Family
In a previous Type Basics we examined the difference between a typeface and a font. Both terms refer to a single manifestation of type. In this episode we will look at how individual typefaces/fonts relate to each other.
Read moreTutorial: Festive Engraved Type
This tutorial shows how to create delicate shadow lines and shaded engraved type.
Read moreNYU Researchers Discover Defining Factor for Legibility
The study “The uncrowded window of object recognition” advances the thesis that character spacing is the defining factor for legibility.
Read moreQuestions About All Caps Setting
Is all caps setting really so poorly readable that one can’t use it in headlines of let’s say maximum three lines, or is the unfavourable effect negligible?
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The latest in the world of typography, lettering, and type design.
Whether they’re newly released, stalwart classics, or hidden gems, these typefaces deserve special mention.
Improve your typography skills with these basic tips and advanced tutorials.
Specimens are nice, but we love to catch a typeface in the wild, where it can truly show how it performs in the real world.