Everything in the 'Typography' category

A Typographer Makes The Type Taste Good

A 2-minute animated look at typography titled Typographics [vimeo link]. Created by Vancouver Film School students Ryan Uhrich and Marcos Ceravolo through the VFS 3D Animation & Visual Effects program....

The Real Thing Gets More Real

It’s no secret that I have an unnatural fascination with packaging design. Coke’s package design has been in constant flux for years and usually just seems noisy to me. I...

Typography Tuesday 005: Helvetica, Not Helvetica, and TypeCon2007

Mostly link-slinging this week, but I have to post something on Tuesdays or Typo Tuesday is typeless.

Typography Tuesday 004: Why Your Holiday Newsletter Sucks

Before you get all huffy about the inflammatory headline, I’m not saying the uh, fascinating details of your family’s life suck. Nor does this apply solely to your yuletide publishing...

Typography Tuesday 003: Where Did Letter Cases Come from?

I’ve been doing quite a lot of reading and research this week. Three reasons;

Typography Tuesday 002: Link Slinging Spectacular

It’s a good thing I started doing this Typo Tuesday thing. (It’s painfully obvious that I haven’t posted since last Tuesday.) It has kept me in a heightened level of...

Typography Tuesday is Born

I was reading up on the background of a typeface I’ve had a lot of interest in lately—Brothers (Emigre)—when I was reminded of what a ridiculous typography nerd I really...