Typography Cheat Sheet: The 6 Big Mistakes To Avoid
Typography is one of those strange skills — too mathematical to be pure art, but a touch too intangible to be pure science. Our modern life is awash with text, so all front-end devs really need to have a thorough working knowledge of the “art of arranging type”. So, let’s run through a quick-fire cheat sheet of some of the most common typography mistakes — and ways to avoid them. Mis-judged Text Line Lengths Many designers tend to not pay enough attention to the number of characters in an average line of their text and adversely affect the readability of the text. Happily, this is an easy mistake to avoid, as the optimal length has long been identified. The great Swiss typographer, Emil Ruder did a lot of work on this topic in the 1950′s. In his seminal essay, “Typographie: A Manual of Design”, he concluded that the ‘sweet spot’ for line length was around 50 or 60 characters. Shorter line lengths slows comprehension as the eye spends more time tracking back to the next line. Badly Paired Fonts
Lexique typographique
’unité de base de la typographie est donc la lettre. Plus précisément le signe typographique puisque les 26 lettres de l’alphabet, sous leur forme majuscules ou minuscules, sont inséparables d’une série de caractères indispensables à la composition de texte à commencer par la ponctuation et autres signes spéciaux (comme le désormais indispensable ‘@’). Depuis l’invention de l’imprimerie, une nomenclature a été progressivement élaborée, afin de désigner précisément les différentes parties des lettres. En maîtrisant ce vocabulaire, le typographe affûte son sens de l’observation et peut ainsi mieux appréhender la complexité de l’alphabet. Il faut d’abord distinguer les majuscules des minuscules, les capitales ou haut de casse au bas de casse, comme les désignait autrefois l’imprimerie traditionnelle (en référence à leur place dans le casier à caractères du compositeur appelé ‘casse’). Ligne de pied: ligne sur laquelle s’alignent les caractères.
Just don't do it: 14 type crimes to stop committing
Getting your typography correct is not an easy thing to do. Like graphic design as a whole, is has to be both aesthetically pleasing and functional. Just like you do in a logo, when you’re working with big blocks of text in a print or web design, you have to put a lot of thought into how the type is working. We’ve assembled 13 crimes against type you need to avoid. An example of creative management for a lot of text, by Atelier Martino&Jaña for the European Capital of Culture. 1. Yes, this one is subjective. Comic Sans is almost always disdained, and Helvetica is so frequently a top choice, that it’s overused in popular culture. When making your design put thought into the font you choose. 2. There are SO MANY font faces out there. You only need 2 or 3 — one for the title (maybe subtitle), and one for the body. 3. There are typefaces meant for titles, and typefaces meant for body. 4. 5. Fonts are created with love and joy, and it takes a lot of work to make them work. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
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Typography
In philately "typography", especially in the case of 19th century stamps, refers to letterpress printing. Typography is performed by typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic designers, art directors, manga artists, comic book artists, graffiti artists, clerical workers, and everyone else who arranges type for a product. Until the Digital Age, typography was a specialized occupation. §History[edit] Printing press, 16th century in Germany The essential criterion of type identity was met by medieval print artifacts such as the Latin Pruefening Abbey inscription of 1119 that was created by the same technique as the Phaistos disc. Modern movable type, along with the mechanical printing press, is most often attributed to the goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg. Computer technology revolutionized typography in the 20th century. §Evolution[edit] The Roman typeface’s development can be traced back to Greek lapidary letters. §Experimental typography[edit] §Scope[edit] §Text typography[edit]
Classif Thibaudeau
Typographe parisien (1860-1925), Francis Thibaudeau a été amené à concevoir le premier système rationnel de classement des caractères en élaborant les volumineux catalogues typographiques des fonderies Renault et Marcou et de Peignot et Cie. Il présente celui-ci dans deux ouvrages magnifiques : La Lettre d’imprimerie (1921) et le Manuel français de typographie moderne (1924). Il assoit la classification qui porte son nom sur la forme des empattements : empattement triangulaire : Elzévir, empattement filiforme : Didot, empattement quadrangulaire : Egyptienne, empattements absents : Antique. Il est à noter que cette classification ne contredit en rien l’Histoire. En effet, si on reprend la biographie du caractère romain depuis la Renaissance, on constate que les premiers imprimeurs, Jenson en tête, ont fait usage de caractères à empattements triangulaires. Cette méthode, encore aujourd’hui, demeure la plus simple et la plus pratique de classer des caractères typographiques.
50 Helpful Typography Tools And Resources
Advertisement We love beautiful typography, and we appreciate the efforts of designers who come up with great typographic techniques and tools or who just share their knowledge with fellow designers. We are always looking for such resources. To help you improve the typography in your designs, we’re presenting here useful new articles, tools and resources related to typography. You may be interested in the following related posts: Typography: References and Useful Resources The Taxonomy of TypeThis article’s purpose is to help us as designers to distinguish basic properties of types. Typedia: A Shared Encyclopedia of TypefacesTypedia is a resource to classify, categorize, and connect typefaces. Typeface Anatomy and GlossaryMany fonts have abbreviations in their names. Typographic Marks UnknownThere are many typographic marks which are familiar to most, but understood by few. Periodic Table of TypefacesA reference table for most popular typefaces and their classifications. Combining Type
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