I just had to share this excellent video on typography. Explains names and basic idea of typography rather well. “Men who would letterspace blackletter would shag sheep” ~ Frederick Goudy ~ Thobias
Archive for the ‘typography’ Category
9 Oct
Celebrity Font Art
Taking a history class on fonts, design and typography I started poking around on the net for interesting things concerning the subject. One thing I came across was these amazing font art celebrities. They are adds for a Brazilian newspaper, Folha de S. Paulo, and absolutely brilliant. I don’t know it it is a good [...]
28 Sep
Book convention ’08
As previously stated, I attended the Book- & Library con in Gothenburg this Thursday. I thought I’d recount some of that experience here for the benefit of the ‘scryers’ of the TwilightShadows. Staying the night with two girls… The trip was paid for by the department I attend, the Department for Culture Studies, but of [...]
11 Sep
‘abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz’
Reading the excellent web design page by Mark Boulton I came across a fascinating video called ‘abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz’. “Watching Job draw the letterforms is mesmeric enough, but when his son (?) joins in, I found myself laughing as he tries to imitate his fathers work. This leads to some funny-looking characters (c and d are [...]
11 Sep
Helvetica
It may not be a very well known fact to people, but along with several other fetishes, I have a huge one for typography and fonts. Because of this I spent roughly one and a half hours this evening watching a documentary about a font… Specifically about Helvetica. In spite of all that was said [...]
