Here are some iPhone apps for typography, I find them really interesting!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Helvetica or Arial?
Why are these two typeface are so similar? How do you tell them apart? What are the exact differences between these two fonts? The image overlays Arial and Helvetica on top of each other to help bring some of the subtle differences to light.
Helvetica
Designed in 1957 by Max Miedinger, Helvetica’s design is based on that of Akzidenz Grotesk (1896), and classified as a Grotesque or Transitional san serif face. Originally it was called Neue Haas Grotesque; in 1960 it was revised and renamed Helvetica (Latin for Switzerland “Swiss”).
Arial
Designed in 1982 by Robin Nicholas and Patricia Saunders for Monotype (not Microsoft), it’s classified as Neo Grotesque, was originally called Sonoran San Serif, and was designed for IBM’s bitmap font laser printers. It was first supplied with Windows 3.1 (1992) and was one of the core fonts in all subsequent versions of Windows until Vista, when to all intents and purposes, it was replaced with Calibri.
Geography Meets Typography..
Using Helvetica Neue font, the artist carefully positioned each letter to achieve the likeness of the conventional world map.
Typography Posters and Prints.
Here's a website i found where you can buy typography shirts, mug posters, prints and almost all kind of products.
Rare Book Room.
Last week, the class visited the Rare Book Room in Gleeson Library. It's strange that I've never heard of this room before. It was really fun seeing all the special collections like rare books, prints and historical manuscripts. I thought the rules would be more strict and I thought we can't touch anything. What was really interesting to me is the huge press print machine that was centered in the middle of the room. It was really nice seeing it specially when one of the groups were recently talking about it. You can see pictures of the visit below. Enjoy!!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
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When I first saw this picture, I remembered our website's background. The two messages are related in a funny way. I find this typeface amazing. How the E is facing two ways and connected to each other like it's forming a logo. And I find the P and the A really interesting, this small arm/ear hanging around. I'd like to know what typeface is that really..
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