Monday, February 6, 2012

Saturday, February 4, 2012

The Machine That Made Us

Video about the Gutenberg press:


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdtq64_the-machine-that-made-us-1-3_shortfilms

Friday, February 3, 2012

I'm comic sans asshole

K, so we always hear how not to ever use comic sans (and papyrus) —which I would say is generally true, unless you are actually making a comic book (and even then ...I'm not sure)

This article anthropomorphizes comic sans, and other various typefaces (as did the video we saw during the first class) — which can help us to understand typefaces in terms of their connotative qualities.

I had this letter pinned up in my workspace and I am very happy that Jade from class brought this to my attention once again as I think it is a funny but effective characterization.

I'm comic sans asshole

enjoy.

Kerning excercise

Jade from class found this great little exercise, please take the time to try it out!
kern me

Max Miedinger

A fun type lesson