Periodic Table of Typefaces. Large original English version HERESpanish version HEREPortuguese version HERE PRINTS, SOURCE FILES, and other Periodic Table of Typeface related goodies are available HERE The Periodic Table of Typefaces is obviously in the style of all the thousands of over-sized Periodic Table of Elements posters hanging in schools and homes around the world.
This particular table lists 100 of the most popular, influential and notorious typefaces today. As with traditional periodic tables, this table presents the subject matter grouped categorically. Each cell of the table lists the typeface and a one or two character "symbol" (made up by me simply based on logic), the designer, year designed and a ranking of 1 through 100. Ranking was determined by statistically sorting and combining lists and opinions from the the sites listed below. Unfortunately, the typefaces could not be sorted exactly numerically on the table while at the same time keeping them in groups of families and classes. The World's Best Presentations. Think you know PowerPoint? Think again. You haven't seen the real power of a presentation until you've taken a look at the winners of SlideShare's annual "World's Best Presentation" contest. SlideShare is a San Francisco-based company that operates a popular Web site used by business professionals and graphic designers to share ideas by uploading presentations.
The winners of the 2009 competition exemplify the best techniques of presentation design. "We don't just want to create a presentation-sharing company. We want to change the way people think about presentations" says SlideShare CEO and co-founder Rashmi Sinha. Dan Roam, visual-thinking expert and author of The Back of the Napkin, won first place for his collaboration with Dr. Big fonts, spare text, simple images"I learned long ago that when helping executives clarify their ideas, nothing is more powerful than a simple hand-drawn sketch. SlideShare's contest winners prove that PowerPoint is not evil, as some have suggested. Healthcare Napkins All. SlideShare, Inc.: Private Company Information. A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods.
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That simply means that the graph above shows relative density of each chain. And that, you could argue, is an indicator of relative brand strength: McDonald's doesn't have to have four stores in a single block, because people will come to the one that they do have. Read More: Infographic of the Day: McDonald's Heat Wave [Via Chart Porn] The Art of Complex Problem Solving. Graffiti.