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Designing type is like driving a car…

…in that you need to get somewhere safely, hopefully with some style, ideally without being maimed or coming to the attention of law enforcement.

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Typophobe / Typophile

Are you looking for an application to simulate color blindness? Do you want to know how to implement multiple baseline grids in InDesign? What is it about the Em Square that sets moveable type apart from calligraphic stroke and how is a digital world removing this difference after 500 years? These topics and so many more are on tap daily at Typophile.

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Yakov, my Yakov.

The beautiful, late-career typographic illustrations of Yakov Chernikhov (1889–1951) have been published in a new, georgous volume, Graphic Masterpieces. There is loveliness in the hand drawn, cryllic forms.

Posted in Amusement, Artists & Designers, Course Related, Editorial, Repost From Cited Source, Typography

Oh, la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la. Polygamy suits you, Mrs. Eaves

Who knew that Mrs. Eaves would ever marry; and to brothers at that?! Eaves never struck me as a Tibetan name, but I don’t get out much.

Posted in Course Related, Typography

Tres Logos

Three smart ideas to inspire you.

Posted in Amusement, Course Related, Typography, Visual Concepts