Tag Archives: legibility

The Color of Type

 hen choosing the color of type to be used on a project, consider the medium first. In print, everything is reflective. That is, everything is printed on paper and light is reflected off the paper. Most often, type in print…

My Top Five Typography Tips

 There are a few simple techniques you can use when setting type for your print or web projects which can make a world of difference to the overall legibility of the project. Many designers seem to forget that typography is more about legibility than about design. With the techniques described below, you can find a way to create well-designed typography that's also highly legible.

My Apostrophe, ‘Tis Of Thee

 After recently viewing a local travelling exhibit of a deceased, famous Princess of Great Britain, I found myself completely distracted by the display boards. Every board used a combination of “straight” and “curly” apostrophes.

It’s A Blackletter Day

 Based in Perugia, Italy, Philippe Nicolas is a French graphic designer with a real talent for typography and hand-lettering. His hand-lettered examples shown here, “fraktur minuscule,” represent his latest works. See more of his work after the jump, or visit…

Type Desk Reference

 It’s rare to find a contemporary book with such clarity which details the details of typography. This book serves as a handy desktop reference book yet is chocked full of details for a more in-depth study of typography.

14 Web Design Cheat Sheets

 This article provides a very useful list of downloadable cheat sheets for Photoshop, Adobe Tool Cheats (useful in multiple Adobe products), CSS and more. If you’re a web designer, or any designer who uses Adobe products (and who doesn’t), these…

Times Redesign

 On Saturday, January 24, 2009, The Times appeared in its new incarnation. The new broadsheet design (maybe we call it “retro”) harkens to its past and leaves today’s info-byte/tabloid skimmers with something to sink their eye teeth into. Though the…