Typography
This forum is for the passionate. It’s for those who are crazy in love with type, absolutely hate the problems fonts can cause, have an uncontrollable need to learn more about typography, or an irresistible desire to share typographic opinions and stories. This is not a place for the typographically indifferent.
From The Archives
- Type Design Influences: Lloyd Reynolds, Hermann Zapf, Jack Stauffacher
- by Sumner Stone
- Nov 10, 2004
- When I finally took Reynolds’ calligraphy class at Reed College, the picture in the back of the Graphic Arts Studio was, interestingly enough, a portrait of Rudolf Koch, not Edward Johnston, William Morris, or John Ruskin.
From The Archives
- Spacing and Kerning
- by Ilene Strizver
- Jul 02, 2004
- What makes a typeface look the way it does? The design of the letter shapes is a primary factor, but it’s by no means the only one. The spacing of a font has a large impact on how it looks when typeset, and should be taken into consideration when choosing and using a typeface.
From The Archives
- Typeco second font of 2004—Gothic Gothic.
- by James Grieshaber
- Apr 13, 2004
- Gothic Gothic is a fusion of old and new that is both Gothic and Gothic available from typeco.com
From The Archives
- Typeco first font of 2004—Super Duty.
- by James Grieshaber
- Mar 04, 2004
- Super Duty is a ready-for-action stencil font that is somewhere between serious and fun available from typeco.com
From The Archives
- For Your (Typographic) Information: Initial Letters
- by Ilene Strizver
- Mar 03, 2004
- The first in a series on typographic know-how by Ilene Strivener. Want to get your text off to a great start? Try initial letters.
From The Archives
- Goodchild
- by Nick Shinn
- Oct 21, 2002
- Nicholas Jenson's seminal type of the 1470s was a book face, around 16pt in size, and this has been reflected in the majority of Jenson revivals, which tend to have a bookish elegance with plenty of stress contrast.
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