Frere-Jones Type | Typeface Mechanics: 001 Our conscious minds want to draw one shape, but our eyes need to see another. Part of typeface design is managing this eternal friction between logic and optics. It’s always there, no matter the style. This new series of posts will explore what I call “typeface mechanics”, the behind-the-scenes work that makes typefaces visually functional. The typeface design process has many counterintuitive moments. Square shapes like H have a simple and stable relationship to the baseline and cap height. If the “correct” height appears inadequate, “too much” will look right. If curves need overshoot because they don’t behave like squares, pointed shapes are even less like squares, and accordingly get more overshoot. But like many aspects of type mechanics, overshoot comes in degrees. Even within a single family, variations of weight and width can alter a shape’s exterior, and require a recalibration of alignment. Sloping serifs can make matters harder again. But those come next.
Dugudus Typopassage Online Graphic Design Courses - The Creative Edge Welcome to class! It’s a new era of graphic design. In a discipline that has always grown with, and been defined by technology, the computer is now one of the sole forces moving the medium. We are now able to teach ourselves and work for ourselves, from wherever our computers may be. Oh, and it’s free. Thanks internet! Here we have compiled a design course just for you, featuring all the steps we believe will make you an even more killer designer than you already are. We will: Start with principles of designBuild skills with hands-on tutorialsGet into your client’s headGrow your freelance business Although most of these online educational options will not grant you a degree, some of them have the option of acquiring a certificate of completion. Alright class, lets begin! 1. Duke Graphic Design Principles Index Let’s get started with your basic design principles. About Design Principles some great articles on the basics of graphic design. AIGA: Graphic Design Theory GraphicDesignHistory.org 2.
Typographer's Glossary Serif: Serif's are semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols. A typeface that has serifs is called a serif typeface (or seriffed typeface). Some of the main classifications of Serif type are: Blackletter, Venetian, Garalde, Modern, Slab Serif, Transitional, and Informal. Our Favorite Typefaces of 2004 As the new year began I asked Typographica readers and contributors to share their top picks from the fonts released during 2004. Here are the results in no particular order. Bello [MyFonts] Akiem Helmling, Bas Jacobs, Sami Kortemäki Prior to its release, the sign-painterly inkings of Bello existed in the Underware and Typeradio wordmarks. Frankly, I adored the unassuming playfulness of those logos more than what many may deem as healthy. Olduvai Randy Jones After exciting the Typophile crit boards with a couple clever interpretations of past types (Neweue Helpetica and Saint Nicolaus), Randy Jones hit us in early 2004 with a wholly original design, a handlettered roman (drawn at 1 cm.) inspired by archeological digs at the craddle of man. Auto Akiem Helmling, Bas Jacobs, Sami Kortemäki The following confessions were found in an unnamed schoolgirl’s diary: I think I want Auto 3 Italic to be my boyfriend.Where in the rule books does it say that counters must be closed? – Zara Evens
Stop Harcèlement de rue | Diglee (c’est quoi le slut shaming? Clique) L’article que j’ai écrit sur Madmoizelle raconte comment j’ai récemment répondu à différentes agressions verbales sexistes et/ou sexuelles (grâce notamment aux conseils du blog « Projet Crocodiles »), et vous pouvez le lire ici. Voilà. Cette (première?) petite mise au point me semblait nécessaire.Ceux qui me connaissent dans la vie savent que je suis intransigeante dès qu’il s’agit de l’égalité homme-femme. Je ne me sens pas tant « femme » qu’ « individu », et ça me va très bien comme ça. Alors quand je subis des situations injustes liées à mon sexe, je suis colère colère COLÈRE. Qu’on soit clair: les hommes, je les aime. Alors pitié, vous les hommes, ouvrez-la aussi! Je reste persuadée que la meilleure façon de dénoncer une injustice, c’est d’abord de prouver qu’elle existe. Je vous invite donc à rendre vos messages de soutien PUBLICS, pour que votre parole, femmes et hommes concernés, soit entendue. Love,Maureen
Thinking with Type | Home 100 amazing Adobe Illustrator tutorials Since its release, Adobe's Illustrator has grown to become the designer's right-hand man when it comes to creating premier vector graphics and elements. There's so much you can do with it that it can be difficult to know where to start. Happily, we're here to round up the best Adobe Illustrator tutorials, covering everything from illustration to logo design, adding depth to your typography and much more, to help you get the most from this amazing app. Jump directly to a section using this handy category guide, or just get started browsing the whole list! With so many to choose from, you're sure to find a project to inspire you, whether you're using an older version of Illustrator or are signed up to the Creative Cloud. Adobe Illustrator for beginners: 11 top tips If you're just starting out with Illustrator, here's a fantastic guide to some of its tools. Setting up a new document In this video tutorial presented by Angie Taylor, you'll learn how to set up a new Illustrator document.
The 100 best free fonts | Design In this freshly updated free fonts for designers post, we bring you the world's best free fonts. We've filtered out the diamonds from the thousands of less perfectly designed free fonts available online, for you to use in your designs and illustrations. Get Adobe Creative Cloud now This list represents the 55 best free fonts we've found in eight categories. Don't forget, we have many other articles covering specialist font types including handwriting fonts, kids' fonts, cursive fonts, beautiful fonts, web fonts, professional fonts and more. Most of the typeface collections listed here can be used in your projects for free, but please be sure to check the terms. Serif fonts 01. This free serif display font takes inspiration from the late 18th century European Enlightenment and the work type designer John Baskerville. The typeface design is a project led designed by Dutch designer Claus Eggers Sørensen. 02. Lora is a free font that has its roots in calligraphy. 03. Image 1 of 2Image 2 of 2
25 Fresh Examples of Beautiful Typeface Combinations in Web Design Typography is a very important part of design and choosing the right type for your design can be very challenging. From print to web layouts, typography is the center piece of a good design and today we gathered a few examples of beautiful typeface combinations in web design to inspire you. In web design, typography can be used in different forms, big bold headers, simple and clean menus, explanatory text and so on. Finding a good combination of typeface is more than only good taste, it's an art Typography is a very important part of design and choosing the right type for your design can be very challenging. To discover the fonts used in each design I used the WhatFont tool, which is pretty good (besides Firebug and other tools). Colbow Design Futura PT (header) – Yellowtail (center). Ana Majik FF Tisa (header and footer) – Josefin Slab (everything else). Fatum Helvetica Neue and Octin College Regular. nest nest is beautifully mixing Fuller Sans DT Bold and Fuller Sans DT Regular. Tommy La Wine