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ALL THINGS TYPOGRAPHIC | SEPTEMBER 2011
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>> TypeTalk: Three-letter Approach to Kerning
>> The fy(t)i Guide to Typestyles: Didone Typefaces
>> Album Covers Inspired by Blue Note Records
>> Make your own iPad ebook with Book Creator app
>> LAST CHANCE to sign up for Gourmet Typography
>> A HAIRLINE AWAY: Online Type Classes & Webinars
>> Bring Gourmet Typography to your venue!
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TypeTalk: Three-letter Approach to Kerning
Q. Can you explain the "three-letter approach" to kerning?
A. When I first began learning about typography, the concepts of kerning and proper letterfit were mysterious and challenging. Then Ed Benguiat, the world-renowned lettering artist, taught me a way to better see spatial relationships between letters when kerning a headline or any display type. Read on...
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The fy(t)i Guide to Typestyles: Didone Typefaces
The term Didone, a combination of Didot and Bodoni, aptly describes Neoclassical (or Modern) typefaces. Here is a showcase sampling seven well-designed options that are both useful and versatile. Read on...
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Album Covers Inspired by Blue Note Records
Remember album covers? I'm referring to the 12 x 12" cardboard sleeves for those cool vinyl discs. Album covers were a fantastic medium for exciting and creative design. Check out Yves Peters' article comparing covers from the legendary Blue Note Records to others that were heavily influenced by them. Read on...
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Make your own iPad ebook with Book Creator app
Book Creator is a spanking new iPad app for makes fixed layout ebooks. No need to do your own code, simply drag and drop images, type and style text, and you are on your way. You can create children's picture books, photo books, cook books, manuals and textbooks for starters. (Personally, I can't wait to play around with it!) Read on...
Check out ebook expert Liz Castro's review of this app in her blog here.
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LAST CHANCE to sign up for Gourmet Typography at SVA in NYC
Class begins next Tuesday evening, September 20, so hurry and register if you want to attend my Gourmet Typography class at School of Visual Arts in NYC. Learn the typographic skills and secrets of type experts, including selecting the right typeface, mixing type, techniques for emphasis, fine-tuning your type, kerning and spacing, type on the Web, as well as typographic do's and don'ts. Check it out...
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 A HAIRLINE AWAY: Online Type Classes & Webinars
In response to popular demand, The Type Studio will be rolling out a series of typography Webinars and online classes in October (OK, so I missed my September deadline, just want to get all the details right!). Everything from Solving Typesetting Mysteries to The Ten Worst Type Crimes to OpenType Demystified to Type on the Web and Web Fonts, as well as a full-blown version of the Gourmet Typography class I teach in New York City. Future Webinars with guest presenters are planned as well.
Wanna be part of this exciting new program? Then sign up (if you are not already), stay tuned, and don't forget to spread the word!
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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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