On diacritics, an article from classmate David Březina, explores the fundamentals behind the use and design of Latin diacritical marks.
Tag: typography
Eric Gill’s unreleased typeface
Eric Gill’s unreleased typeface. Dan went digging around the Monotype archives and found some engineering drawings and a trial print.
The Practice of Typography
The Practice of Typography: Modern Methods of Book Composition by Theodore Low de Vinne is available in its entirety online. Originally published in 1904, the book is a treatise on typesetting and the arrangement of pages in books.
Trash Type
Trash Type, Rob Banham explores the lettering found on the side of wheelie bins. It’s something that I’ve always noticed too, maybe I’m just weird.
Helvetica and the NYC subway
Typefaces Used by Book Design Winners
The top 10 typefaces used by AAUP book design winners. There aren’t any big surprises, but it’s a good list of sturdy typefaces.
FF Trixie
FF Trixie has been updated and is looking good. I want it.
The lost art of type spec’ing
The lost art of type spec’ing. It can get even crazier when you look at the older designers like Tschichold, who could hand-draw type that looked like it was set by machine.
Belfast Signage & Lettering
Here’s a small photoset (slideshow) featuring lettering and signage from Belfast. I particularly liked the Fishing & Tackle and the Tyrone Produce signs.
On Emil Ruder
A Brief History of Emil Ruder, an introduction to one of the founders of the International Typographic Style and proponent of the grid.