This is a guest post from Chris Hughes.
At one time, I was probably the biggest typographical snob (and bore) you were ever likely to meet. I grew up in a house littered with books about typography, and beautiful books. My grandfather typeset private press books, using hot metal, well into his eighties. My father had [...]
A Flickr set of public signage typography, from goenetix:
From xkcd.
[Imagine this: giving Dan Wagstaff a card in Comic Sans.]
On a recent visit to Toronto, I went to a bookstore in Kensington Market(?) with Mark of index // mb. Saw this book:
With this note added by the bookshop staff:
From Stephan Joker Lionetti:
[via I love typography, via @JAFurtado]
By hugh on
January 19, 2009 in art |
Great blog, I love Typography:
I love Typography (iLT) was born on August 8, 2007; I, on the other hand was born in 1969. iLT was born from a desire to bring the subject of Typography to the masses. All too often, articles on typography are rather bland and, although informative, do little to elicit feelings [...]
I think more needs to be thought about digital design of books. It took a long time to get web sites working right, since we had to learn that neither magazine design, nor software design trasnlated directly to the web browser. Designing for eBooks will be a new challenge.
This is not totally related, but here [...]
The Importance of Good Book Design
I’ve had a few discussions recently with bookmakers, designers, and typesetters about the “importance of good book design.” There is a particular philosophical position that goes something like this: good book design is to some degree hidden. When you pick up a book and flip through it, well-wieghted fonts, pleasing [...]
From the encyclopedia that anyone can edit:
Typographical personifications are usually better known by a myriad of colorful and fanciful names, such as Typo fairies, Typo demons, and the like. They are fictional beings commonly used as an explanation (or excuse) for typos. Though mostly known nowadays for their appearances from typed documents to instant messenger, [...]
