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ALL THINGS TYPOGRAPHIC | FEBRUARY 2011
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>> From metal to digital: Optimizing digital font readability
>> 2011: Matthew Carter's brilliant year
>> A Bodoni Is a Bodoni Is a Bodoni?
>> Top 10 Typographic Events of 2010
>> U&lc back issues now available!
>> Schedule of Events
>> Bring Gourmet Typography to your company!
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From metal to digital: Optimizing digital font readability
One size cannot fit all ... uses. Each digital font is designed to look its best within a particular point-size range, but you can easily adjust a font's built-in spacing to extend its "optimal readability range." Read on...
Read Part 1 here.
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 2011: Matthew Carter's brilliant year
The first month of the first year of the new decade was stellar for type designer Matthew Carter. He became the recipient of a five-year MacArthur Fellowship (widely referred to, though never by Carter himself, as a "genius grant"). MoMA selected seven of his digital typefaces for their permanent collection. And his newest typeface, Carter Sans - the first to bear his own name - has just been released. Read on...
More on Carter Sans, the typeface, here.
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A Bodoni Is a Bodoni Is a Bodoni?
Q. I'm confused by fonts that have many versions, such as Bodoni or Caslon. What is the difference between the versions?
A. "A rose is a rose is a rose", according to Gertrude Stein. It's not always so when it comes to fonts. There are multiple versions of many historical typeface designs, including Baskerville, Bodoni, Caslon, Century, and Garamond. Read on...
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 Top 10 Typographic Events of 2010
Check out the typographic highlights of 2010 as viewed from the perspective of Paul Shaw, noted letter designer and design historian, for imprint - the online community for graphic designers. Read on...
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U&lc back issues now available!
In 1974, ITC began publishing U&lc, The International Journal of Typographics. Herb Lubalin was the editorial and art director of the first issue and his seminal design set the stage for future issues of trend setting and award winning editorial creations. A few years after that, I had the great fortune of being hired by ITC to work with Ed Benguiat. A couple of years later, after the passing of Herb Lubalin, I became involved in the production and (eventually) creative direction of this renowned typographic journal. Read on...
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Schedule of Events
I will be partaking in a variety of typographic confabulations in the upcoming months - from workshops to webinars to salons to ongoing classes to a conference appearance. Please join in on the typographic fun! My Schedule of Events can be seen here.
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 These are some of the groups that The Type Studio has worked with or appeared at:
Time Inc. | Essence Magazine
Hachette | Grand Central Publishing
MeadWestvaco
Whole Foods
Harlequin Books
Integrated Marketing
Fisher-Price
Hasbro
GO Transit | Toronto
Nationwide Insurance
London Life
Alliance Atlantis
AIGA Boston
AIGA Philadelphia
AIGA Atlanta
TDC (Type Directors Club)
RGD Ontario
HOW Design Conference
USDA Conference
TypeCon
View our complete client list here: Let us know if your group is interested. For more info, email or call me at 203.227.5929. Ilene
"I want to thank you for the great workshop last Friday. You dusted off and reinforced all of those typographic rules that I have, and have not, lived by in all my years as a graphic designer."
"Your down-to-earth approach to type made the session breezy and fun, and I couldn't help but visually re-spacing all the headlines I had the time to linger on during my bumper-to-bumper drive back to home. Thanks again for reigniting my spark for type!" |
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NOTE: In opposition to my constant typographic badgering, you might notice the lack of smart typographic conventions in this emailing, including smart quotes, en and em dashes. This is due to the limitations of the email marketing service currently being used.
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