September Salutations. Here's the typographic 411. -- TypeTalk: You ask, we answer!
-- Nonbreaking Hyphens
-- Gourmet Typography at School of Visual Arts in NYC
-- Stone Type Foundry Student Discount -- Alpha Coffee Table -- Gourmet Typography Training
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TypeTalk: You ask, we answer! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. I need a sound recording copyright
symbol (the letter P in a circle) for a CD
cover I'm designing. I can't find one
anywhere. Can you help? Hmm...Q. What is the difference between a character and a glyph? Hmm... Q. How can I disable auto-numbering in Microsoft Word? I've looked in Preferences as well as the Bullets and Numbering palette but can't find the option. Hmm... Q. When I'm using Adobe Illustrator, how can I access the true-drawn small caps available in many OpenType fonts? Hmm... Read the answers to these and more in TypeTalk, my weekly Q&A blog (formerly a monthly column). Now you can post your comments and read others. You ask, I answer! Send your questions to typetalk@thetypestudio.com. A complete directory of past columns is here.
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Nonbreaking Hyphens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Setting professional-looking typography is
all about attention to detail. Hyphenation is
one of these critical details: what and where
to hyphenate, and, in some cases, what not to
hyphenate. There are times you don't want
text to break at the end of a line, such as a
proper name, a phone number or a URL. But if
you leave the choice up to auto-hyphenation,
it can happen without your consent. This is
when the nonbreaking hyphen comes in handy.
Read
on...
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Gourmet Typography at School of Visual Arts in NYC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
My Gourmet Typography class at the School of
Visual Arts in New York City begins Tuesday,
September 16, 6:30 to 9:30 pm and runs for 12
weeks. This class incorporates learning a
broad range of typographic skills and
aesthetics with challenging assignments
intended to applying the principles to actual
designs. Lectures, presentations and
assignments with detailed critiques are the
best way to learn and apply typographic
concepts. Details...
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Stone Type Foundry Student Discount ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Stone Type Foundry is currently licensing
their entire library to colleges and
universities (with 50 computers or less) for
$300. This library contains a variety of
fonts that are of practical and historical
significance for students. Sumner Stone,
formerly Director of Typography for Adobe
Systems, Inc., started the Foundry in 1990,
and is still the sole proprietor. More
info...
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Alpha Coffee Table ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Every typophile will want this one-of-a-kind
coffee table with raised letters and numbers.
Designed for Crate & Barrel by a London
graphic designer with a large personal
collection of antique printers' blocks. Check
it out...
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Gourmet Typography Training ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bring Gourmet Typography Training right to
your company, school or organization!
Workshops are customized for groups of any
size and designed to fit your specific needs.
Sessions are scheduled for your convenience -
daytime, evenings or weekends. We will design
a program customized for your particular
requirements. "I found your training to be the missing link in the field of graphic design. I have had type classes before and the content is mostly about the structure of fonts, word usage style and then how to see type as a design element. Very important classes, but not all inclusive. Having been in the field for over 16 years, I was surprised how much I learned and some of the practical information about what to do with fonts. Thanks again." For more info, click here or call 203.227.5929.
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