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    Refresh yourself with the terminology and fundamentals required for sound typesetting.

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    Step-by-step methods for getting the most out of your fonts and graphic design software.

 

Typography For Lawyers – The Book

Review of “Typography for Lawyers”, the first guide to the essentials of typography aimed specifically at lawyers.

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Tim Brown on More Perfect Typography

More Perfect Typography is an inspiring presentation by Tim Brown, Type Manager for Typekit, at the latest Build conference.

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Erik Spiekermann On Fonts* On Deutsche Welle TV

A short video about typography by Erik Spiekermann – typographer, information designer, and founder of this incarnation of The FontFeed.

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Foundry Focus: Bold Monday

An interview with Paul van der Laan en Pieter van Rosmalen of the Dutch Bold Monday type foundry.

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OpenType in Adobe Creative Suite
The Raiders of The Lost Glyphs Pt. 1

This first tutorial looks at the Glyphs window in Adobe CS, and which OpenType functions can be accessed through the Character window.

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A Typographic Anatomy Lesson

Ligature, Loop & Stem have produced a modernist-style limited edition print with an overview of the vocabulary of typographic anatomy.

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Free Fonts: Technical And Artistic Quality

In this third episode of the Free Fonts series we examine their technical and artistic quality.

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Free Fonts: Free Is Not Always Free

In this second episode of the free Fonts series we look at the different types of free fonts.

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Refresh yourself with the terminology and fundamentals required for sound typesetting.

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