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ALL THINGS TYPOGRAPHIC | MAY 2011
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>> Typographic Checklist
>> Justified Type on the Web
>> Louise Fili's Homage to New York's Subway Signage
>> Douglas Coffin, Lettercarver, and other videos
>> HOW DesignCast, Part 3: Web fonts
>> Bring Gourmet Typography to your venue!
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Typographic Checklist
In today's digital world, most graphic designers find themselves doing their own typesetting. Modern technology offers robust design software with myriad typesetting features. These enable previously unimaginable ease, flexibility and creativity, but are not in themselves a guarantee of typographic proficiency. A typographic checklist is a surprisingly simple and valuable way to ensure that your typesetting is both professional and
appealing. Read on...
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 TypeTalk: Justified Type on the Web
Q. Any tips for setting good-looking justified type on the Web?
A. The phrase "good-looking justified type" is often a contradiction of terms on the Web because we have much less control over how type looks online compared to print. Read on...
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 Louise Fili's Homage to New York's Subway Signage
Check out Louise Fili's new subway poster for School of Visual Arts. The design is an homage to the urban mosaic artisans of the early 20th century, and after hours of painstaking Photoshop work, John Passafiume and Dana Tanamachi agreed that it might have been easier to create it out of actual tiles. Read on...
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 Douglas Coffin, Lettercarver, and other cool videos
Have you checked out TypeCulture lately? This rich site is both a digital type foundry and an academic resource that streams some very cool typographic videos. The above mentioned is a must-see, but so are the others, including The Creation of a Printing Type, Letterpress Printing, and Typomania. Check it out...
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Until recently, Web site designers have had basically only two options for displaying type on the Web: the use of Web-safe fonts that are common to most MacŪ and PC operating systems, or to use type as image. But the days of being limited to the same 'ol Web-safe fonts are over.
Web fonts (not to be confused with Web-safe fonts) are available from a variety of Web font services, and are specially-developed fonts that can be used to display real text on a Web page. Join me for this live Webcast as I demystify this exciting topic. More info and registration 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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