Archive for typo

typo: font quizzzes

the second one is quite hard though (did you succeed rainer? ;)

Sara Newton’s Fontastic Quiz

http://fontgame.ilovetypography.com/

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A | typografie + layout glossar

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Paper Engineering: popup abc

a very nice popup-book featuring letters from a to z

YouTube - ABC3D

*thanks iv - nice one!*

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motiondesign / typo : kinetic typography

kinetic typography is the art of representing spoken word as a typographic animation

http://www.alwayswatching.org/features/
great-scenes-television-and-film-told-using-only-typography

on youtube are quite many examples too:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=
kinetic+typography&search_type=

via nerdcore

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fresh fonts: gelvetica

gelvetica is voted for the best font name;)

http://www.autobahn.nl/freshfonts/

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typo: font recommendations

80 font recommendations for rock-solid design:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/08/
80-beautiful-fonts-typefaces-for-professional-design/

a vote for the best 100 fonts by fontshop:

http://www.100besteschriften.de/

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typo: anatomy of typeface

ever though about what the skeleton of a character would look like? find out here:

http://www.notcot.com/archives/2008/01/anatomy_of_a_ty.php#more

via notcot

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geo typo, web 2.0 style

write messages with google earth images of characters, wicked idea!

http://www.geogreeting.com/main.html

*thanks ste, nice one!*

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typo: meat font

a monospace font made with photos of meat

http://www.everyoneforever.com/content/
2007-04-13/value_pack/

*thanks iv*

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typo: type and vienna

an ongoing type project from austria

http://teachingtype.com/

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the components of type

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inspiration: logo design

an interesting ressource for logotypes and business cards

http://www.faveup.com/

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documentary: helvetica

a film on type, typography and the most stylish font of all

http://www.helveticafilm.com/

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motiondesign: typo animation

wim crouwel vs. bureaudestuct

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMCdmoJ8Ab4

what is typography is nicely shown in this movie from the vancouver film school

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14NY21zJcGo

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fonts: find out font names from images

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typo ressources on the web

an interesting list of typo ressources on the web

http://www.informationarchitects.jp/webdesign-is-95-typography-partii

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typo: nice modular fonts

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impressive portfolio: Ben Barry

breathtaking projects here:

http://www.forcedconnections.com/

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typo/logodesign: john langdon

this portfolio is really amazing, be sure to figure out what ambigrams are!

http://www.johnlangdon.net/ambigrams.html

*thanks christoph*

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typo animation: type in motion

typefaces are used to form images and faces, nice animation:

http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/gallery/swf/
index.html#u_sContent=wordsatplay

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typography in motion: jarratt moody

a visual interpretation ofa pulp fiction scene, sound from the film, animated typography for the visual
http://www.jarrattmoody.com/intonation.html

via lifelounge

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a fine list of graphic design books

a fine list of graphic design books, typo mainly

http://www.pingmag.jp/2007/01/22/toward-design-literacy/

*thanks rainer*

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an interesting font ressource

not for readable text, but dirty graphics:-

http://www.dafont.com/

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introduction into typography

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learn fonts - by play

the top 20 linotype fonts in a card game:

http://www.r9005.de/qt/qt.php

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test: helvetica or arial?

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a nice font ressource

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think diffrent: a font derived from a cigarette-box

a font made from a cigarettebox-layout

http://www.monacografico.ch/alice.html

http://www.monacografico.ch/grosscase_g.html

via debug:print

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typoblog: slanted

a very nice and complete typography-blog

http://www.slanted.de/

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tagging deluxe: zoomirphic calligraphy

“Developed in Turkey, India, and Iran in the 15th century, “zoomorphic calligraphy” is “not a matter of script metamorphosing into living forms which are also readable letters, but of using script to delineate such forms.”"

http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2006/06/zoomorphic-calligraphy.html

via boingboing

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find the right font

linotype offers a keyword search for fonts:

http://www.linotype.com/keyword/70s.html

the whole application is here:

http://www.linotype.com/5/fontfinder.html

a lot of free fonts you can find here:

http://www.acidfonts.com

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a clean and simple ASCII art generator

you can choose from different fonts:
http://www.network-science.de/ascii/


Have fun. Don´t forget to bookmark th

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create cheap and HUGE posters

you have a laser printer? go and use it:

http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/

 

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a very interesting linkpool on typography

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vintage design journal - online

the issues of the design journal from 1965 to 1974 are available online - international design with a nice vintage feeling

http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/diad_search.html

 

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very beautiful artwork: scott hansen

very special design, especially the print-portfolio is wonderful

http://www.iso50.com/

 

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fresh fonts every day: dailytype.ru

  • Daily Type is a creative project run by several russian type designers.
    Day by day, they create original typefaces and post their results along with routine.

http://dailytype.ru/

link via: http://www.k10k.net/

 

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a very special link-pool: wellvetted.com

only once in a month users are allowed to suggest their favourite links - therefore HQ links

http://www.wellvetted.com

also very nice links:

http://www.newwebpick.com

 

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online - learning: trainit

the online-learning platform of the johanneum university

topics:

2D Pixel2D Vector 3D Colors Illusions Imaging Interfaces Typography

http://trainit.fh-joanneum.at/

 international:

 www.totaltraining.com

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how to structure text

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typography tutorial

covering various topics, this site is quite complete:

http://www.typography-1st.com/

 

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how to write easy-readable text

find the answer here:

http://www.leichtlesbar.ch

 

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free pdf-magazine on swiss design: artstübli

this free pdf magazine is HUGE, crisp and, best of all: free. swiss graphic design at its best.

http://www.artstuebli.ch

issue no. 1 is also available for download

http://www.artstuebli.ch/uploads/artstuebli-01-2005.zip

 

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typetester

with typetester you can compare different fonts for screen display, quite useful.

http://typetester.maratz.com

 

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tips for typography

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list - books of interest

i made a list of books, interesting for pupils and students of visual arts and media

http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/tg/listmania/list-browse/
-/ZF3M7UPLDAS0/302-3771774-8222416

i also created a page on this blog, you can find it here.

 

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Book about Japanese Design

Today’s best Japanese graphics are gathered to make this must-have guide to contemporary aesthetics in Japan.

You can get it here:

http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3822825891/
qid=1128506110/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl/028-3816854-8982130

 

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