Thursday, September 30, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Jessica Hische video
in this "interview ish" video, typographer and illustrator Jessica Hische talks about her "daily drop cap" project (basically a fancy illuminated letter kind of thing) and I really found it interesting because she talks about ideas that I am personally interested in in my design/creative work, especially for this first logotype project. but i just thought it would be a neat video to share with everyone else.
LINK : http://vimeo.com/13683523
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Sweet Typography
Hey guys, came across a website with some cool typography. Check it out :)
http://www.graphicmania.net/typographic-ideas/
http://www.graphicmania.net/typographic-ideas/
Friday, September 24, 2010
Tart Workshop
Hey guys I found this cool blog that belongs to Crystal Kluge, who has designed many interesting typefaces. Check out her site:
http://tartworkshop.blogspot.com/
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Adobe Kuler
If you're experimenting with color palates, you need to check this website out. Basically, it's a repository with thousands of user-submitted color palettes that are tagged with keywords.
So, typing in "clouds" gets you stormy, serene or muted colors.
It's also integrated into CS4 and 5. Go to Window-> extensions -> Kuler to check it out.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Notes on 'Text' from 9/21
Text
1. The body text is the main block of text.
2. Designers treat body text by breaking it up into pieces to make it easier to read. For example, the use of indentation or links.
3. The term "avoiding" reading refers to making it easier to read, keeping the reader from struggling and have better readability.
4. The importance of movable type allows for mass production and cost reduction. The function of it allows for more accuracy and gives the editor's an easier job of making corrections.
5. Technological tools have changed the way we proofread, correct and manage copyright in that there are no more original manuscripts, things can be reformatted, repurposed and recombined. Also, redlining is replacing hieroglyphics.
6. Spacing is the physical object that is placed between letters. Leading is the horizontal space between lines.
7. The deconstruction theory relates to the alphabet by representing sound; it has no function without silent marks and space. Typography provides the silent marks and employs habits and techniques.
8. Linearity is a singular body of a traditional text page, one page in and out. Designers can control and manipulate the viewers.
9. Examples of linearity is the CNN scroll, Powerpoint and designers can control how the viewers eye moves across a page.
10. Typography as 'Discourse': Traditional dichotomy was shifted so images can be analyzed like text and text like images. We are communicating through text.
11. Web reading is based off culture of productive, not contemplative layout. There is impatience in digital reading, as opposed to print reading.
12. Dada and Futurism, in typography , created texts whose content was inextricable from the concrete layout of specific letterform. They combined form and content while Modernists pulled it back apart.
13. Example of how typography can change the construction and use of mediums, products and interfaces --- Typography is the main part of the iPhones usability and interface. If replaced with perhaps a serif font, it would completely change the design and readability of the iPhone. This may even discourage costumers to by it.
1. The body text is the main block of text.
2. Designers treat body text by breaking it up into pieces to make it easier to read. For example, the use of indentation or links.
3. The term "avoiding" reading refers to making it easier to read, keeping the reader from struggling and have better readability.
4. The importance of movable type allows for mass production and cost reduction. The function of it allows for more accuracy and gives the editor's an easier job of making corrections.
5. Technological tools have changed the way we proofread, correct and manage copyright in that there are no more original manuscripts, things can be reformatted, repurposed and recombined. Also, redlining is replacing hieroglyphics.
6. Spacing is the physical object that is placed between letters. Leading is the horizontal space between lines.
7. The deconstruction theory relates to the alphabet by representing sound; it has no function without silent marks and space. Typography provides the silent marks and employs habits and techniques.
8. Linearity is a singular body of a traditional text page, one page in and out. Designers can control and manipulate the viewers.
9. Examples of linearity is the CNN scroll, Powerpoint and designers can control how the viewers eye moves across a page.
10. Typography as 'Discourse': Traditional dichotomy was shifted so images can be analyzed like text and text like images. We are communicating through text.
11. Web reading is based off culture of productive, not contemplative layout. There is impatience in digital reading, as opposed to print reading.
12. Dada and Futurism, in typography , created texts whose content was inextricable from the concrete layout of specific letterform. They combined form and content while Modernists pulled it back apart.
13. Example of how typography can change the construction and use of mediums, products and interfaces --- Typography is the main part of the iPhones usability and interface. If replaced with perhaps a serif font, it would completely change the design and readability of the iPhone. This may even discourage costumers to by it.
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