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Quipsologies. • Quipsologies, is a division of UnderConsideration, chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis. • Quipsologies uses TypeKit to render P22 Underground, Skolar Web by TypeTogether, and Coquette by Mark Simonson. • Quipsologies is run with Six Apart’s MovableType 6.3.2 • Syndicate / RSS Feed • All comments, ideas and thoughts on Quipsologies are property of their authors; reproduction without the author’s or Quipsologies’s permission is strictly prohibited • Contact us by e-mail • Search through our archives (starting with Vol. 45 September 2010) UnderConsideration is a graphic design enterprise that runs a network of blogs, publishes books, organizes live events, and designs for clients. online Brand New / Displaying opinions, and focusing solely, on corporate and brand identity work.

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FPO (For Print Only) / Celebrating the reality that print is not dead by showcasing the most compelling printed projects. Ask H&FJ: Four Ways to Mix Fonts. The Big Book of Font Combinations. What is this book not?

The Big Book of Font Combinations

It is not intended as a showcase of typography. It is a tool. A workbook. A sketchpad. Your favorite layout application document captured 350 times in the process of trying different typefaces on for size. How were the typefaces chosen? They were selected by collating several independent sources of research to come up with a list of the most popular typefaces in history. What is the best way to view the font combinations? Nothing beats a high-quality print out. Why did you design such a busy layout for the sample pages? See the previous question for more detail.

Are you promoting old typefaces versus new ones? It would seem that because many new and popular typefaces are not included in this work (like the ever-popular Gotham by HF&J), that there is a bias against new typefaces designed by living type designers over and against old typefaces designed by generations of past type designers. Should designers buy new typefaces? Yes. Should graphic designers know how to draw or not?

Is there a consensus on whether or not graphic designers should know how to draw?

Should graphic designers know how to draw or not?

Should drawing and sketching be a part of the creative design process? And is the answer relative? No, the answer is not relative. While drawing a still life and designing on a grid are different tasks, both are skills that rely on the ability to discern spatial relationships and piece together a composition using some form of mechanical skill. Software-based design is really only a digital approximation of its analog predecessor: pencil and paper. The deception of digital tools Digital tools do away with things like erasers and smudges, but they don’t give us more skill—and neither do they take any away. Photoshop is not a pencil But drawing is different. For instance, the fastest way to learn a piece of music is to play it live, not piece it together in a music composition application. Artistic relatives So what is the consensus? Do you have to draw to be a good designer or not?

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