Typography

It is with great enthusiasm that I learn more about the person behind many of the fonts that I, as well as many others, use. Imagine, finding your path in life at an early age. It was ray Larabie's grandmother who ignited the 'font loving fire' with a stack of Letraset, which are dry-transfer lettering pages she would bring home from work There he learned much about fonts became a self proclaimed "font junkie" (Typodermic Font). The combination of his very first computer and font editing…

According to Amy Fox-Angerer's document on how to write essays, there are five basic structures of a five paragraph essay. The first part of the paragraph essay is the introduction it should contain Hook and Opening statement, Background Information, Context of Topic and the Thesis Statement. Your introductory is your road map into your essay, this one paragraph is what you use to impress your readers at minimum its should be atleast 5 to 7 sentences. The next part of the paragraph is the body…

Didot was created by Firmin Didot. Didot typeface was developed in the period 1784. Firmin Didot was a French printer, engraver, and type founder. Another seeing what John Baskerville designed. Firmin Didot was inspired by John Baskerville, first transitional typeface called Baskerville. That was when Firmin Didot decided to design his own typeface. Didot font was considered as the first Modern typeface. It has high contrast between thick and thin strokes, thin serifs with no joining, and…

A graphic designer is an important aspect of any marketing campaign. From designing a pleasing website to creating flyers and mailings, as well as advertisements for print media, they are an integral part of your business. Whether you plan to hire a one, or whether you are looking for someone who can provide work for you on a contract basis, it is important for you to make the right choice. Here are the five most important things to consider as you make this important decision: 1. Portfolio. It…

his unique aesthetic breaking the conventional rules and grid and type system. This aesthetic is called “Grunge Typography”. Carson is the original and a pioneer of “Grunge Typography”. When his work was known to public in early 1990s, his experimental typography and magazine design inspire young designers and produced a plenty of imitators. He makes young generation to accept typography as a medium of expression. He gained his recognition when he was an art director of the magazine Ray Gun. He…

Herb Lubalin is a worldwide known typographer, designer, and teacher who has contributed many forms of typefaces to the typography world. He has never seen himself as a typographer because he felt that there was a beauty in the design of letters and numbers that qualified them to be seen as a work of art in their own accord. Lubalin stated once that, “What I do is not really typography, which I think of as an essentially mechanical means of putting characters down on a page. It's designing with…

out of college but stayed around as a drop-in. I found that interesting because before, I didn’t think you could take other classes you weren’t assigned to, but as Jobs states in his speech, he took a calligraphy class because he found the art of typography in the…

told "Shape Follows Function", which implied making correspondence outlines that suited current society; this developed to be perceived as New Typography. Typography workshops lead by Moholy-Nagy and Herbert Bayer built up the possibility of Hitler kilter sort, communicating a pledge to functionalism, which turned into the trademark of Bauhaus typography. Joint efforts between Bauhaus, Lissitzky, Van Doesburg and Kurt Schwitters (German Dada craftsman) in mid-thirties made another outline…

Making the message convincing, typography is an essential element of written communication. Crisp (2012:12) frames typography as a system of interrelated concerns. Martin Solomon (1995) Online Journal of Art and Design, volume 1, issue 3, 2013 38 considers typography to be an art and expresses his opinion like this: “Typography is the art of mechanically producing letters, numbers, symbols, and shapes through an understanding of…

designers of all time, and is still recognized to this day for the elegance of his typefaces. Garamond has made an immeasurable impact on typography in modern design. Claude Garamond was a Parisian designer who lived during the 16th century. Garamond was obviously most well-known for his signature typeface Garamond. However there were other contributions to typography and modern design that are often over shadowed. Garamond as also designed such fonts as Granjon, Grecs du roi and Sabon.…