Type Tips
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Typography Basics
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Typography Tutorials
Step-by-step methods for getting the most out of your fonts and graphic design software.
The Typography of Dexter, Serial Cover Star
The inventiveness of the promotion for the hit television series “Dexter” is up to par with the overall quality of the series. The most striking part of the recent campaign is a slew of print advertisements made to look like mock covers of popular magazines. It was created by Red Group, an internal creative unit at Showtime, and the Initiative unit of the Interpublic Group of Companies, the Showtime media agency.
Read moreQuestions About All Caps Setting
Is all caps setting really so poorly readable that one can’t use it in headlines of let’s say maximum three lines, or is the unfavourable effect negligible?
Read moreFont or Typeface?
As we’re collaborating with multiple authors on the FontFeed, we compiled a list of guidelines for ourselves and guest contributors. One of our concerns is […]
Read moreThe Magic That Is Letterpress
Some of you digital age kids ;) may not recognize what the images in our introductory post are, so maybe there’s some ’splaining to do. […]
Read moreEmbrace The OpenType Hype
We love OpenType. It’s not just the latest font technology, but also the most advanced, poised to replace the old TrueType and PostScript formats. This […]
Read moreFiguring It Out: OSF, LF, and TF Explained
Numerals (or figures) can take various forms. The figure style you choose ought to be appropriate to the project you are working on. Readability is […]
Read moreOpenType FontFonts and the Languages They Speak
The OpenType format offers typographers more glyphs, and (sometimes) more confusion. As the FontFont library is converted to OpenType, premium fonts are continually released with […]
Read moreTutorial: Photorealistic Perspective
Sometimes, flat just doesn’t cut it, and we need to find other, more attractive ways to present designs to our customers. One technique I’ve been […]
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