History of Western Typography Etymology[edit] Typography (from the Greek roots τύπος typos = "impression" and -γραφία -graphia = "writing"). Medieval design roots[edit] Typography, type-founding and typeface design began as closely related crafts in mid-15th-century Europe with the introduction of movable type printing at the junction of the medieval era and the Renaissance. infographics, simulations, and online courses This page links to samples of interactive graphics, simulations, and other materials from many different sources. These are not examples of my work, and inclusion on this page doesn’t mean I endorse them. Maybe they’ll give you ideas for your own projects. More examples: See the elearning examples category on this site. Simpler interactions
List of Font Creation Software Share on Tumblr Below is a list of software that allows you to create and modify a font. Fontlab Studio is a professional font editor for both Windows and Mac OS. It allows you to design typefaces and create or modify fonts and it supports all major outline font formats, including Type1, TrueType, Multiple Master and OpentType. [$649] Font Creator is a shareware TrueType font editor for Windows. It has all the features for you to make new fonts, edit existing fonts and you can also use its advanced import features to make your handwriting font or add signatures, logos and symbols to existing fonts. [$79~299]
Adobe Illustrator Tutorials to Fuel Your Creative Vector Skills While Adobe Photoshop is considered the most famous and important application in the bitmap graphics and photo editing. Illustrator is the pioneer in the vector graphic and illustrations. Not only because it is one of the most powerful tools in this field, but also it integrate with other Adobe applications such as Photoshop, Flash, After Effects…etc. However, learning Adobe Illustrator is one of the important steps in the life of each designer. Dirt Poster Dirt Poster is a Design and Graphic-Design work made by Roland Reiner Tiangco, a new graduate of a Design School, living in New York. While handling the poster, your hands starts to get dirty, and this dirt allows you to see what’s the poster is all about. Check out also the artist’s Website. Dirt Poster
Hellbox The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000. Houghton Mifflin Company. [1]Fleischman, J (1977). "A Linotypist's Notes: Being an Account of a Brief Apprenticeship in an Obsolete Trade". [2] Curated Content Research Library Guild Research delivers four specific types of research reports whose single goal is helping you make sense of the depth of our field. We work with great thinkers to analyze existing and new sources of knowledge and bring you concise reports that you can use to make important decisions, inform practice, and keep up-to-date. This is where you will find out about research in the field, new technologies, and what your peers are doing and thinking, in practical language. More Info >
How to design your own typeface After many years as a graphic designer and type enthusiast, I decided to channel some of my passion into my own lettering and typography design projects. After researching how to make your own font, it seemed a natural evolution to try my hand at designing a typeface. Much has been written about type design; on the history, drawing and technical complexities of creating typefaces (I've linked to some excellent resources at the bottom of this article) and many typography tutorials. But where exactly do you begin if you want to make your own font? If you're a designer or illustrator new to this discipline, what are the first practical steps, the common software and early considerations to get you going?
illustrator tutorial: create a seamless folk pattern illustrator tutorial: create a seamless folk pattern In this tutorial you will learn how to create a seamless pattern composed of simple folk-flavored flowers. In the first part we will create an individual flower. In the second we will focus on constructing a pattern and define a seamless Illustrator pattern swatch.