7 Free Typography Ebooks We would all agree that content is the most important aspect of any website. And in most cases content is made up of type. So, as a web designer, it makes sense to have a strong understanding of typography. With that in mind, we rounded up some free ebooks that should help you strengthen your typography skills. Meet Your Type Meet Your Type, by the FontShop, will help you overcome common obstacles, and keep your heart thumping for your one true love: typography. Better Font Stacks A comprehensive comparison of various font stacks. The Typographer’s Glossary The Typographer’s Glossary, by the FontShop, is a glossary of typography related terms. The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web In order to allay some of the myths surrounding typography on the web, this ebook is structured to step through the principles found in Robert Bringhurst’s The Elements of Typographic Style, explaining how to accomplish each using techniques available in HTML and CSS. Type Classification About the Author
Pictures of Clouds and Sunsets - What a Wonderful World Long’s Peak – Sunset Pictures of Clouds and Sunsets credit: David Evenson These pictures of clouds, nature and landscape are really inspirational. Clouds are created when rising air, through expansion, cools to the point where some of the water vapor molecules “clump together” faster than they are torn apart by their thermal energy. Some of that (invisible) water vapor condenses to form (visible) cloud droplets or ice crystals. After cloud droplets form, one of two things happen. In any case the beauty is impossible to ignore and our Grand Architect surely has an excellent eye for design. Hint: Use “J” and “K” keys to navigate from picture to picture. July SunflowersPictures of Clouds and Sunsets credit: David Evenson Vanishing Points“I’ve never seen such prominent anticrepuscular rays as we had this evening. Valley Tractor Sprinkler & SunsetPictures of Clouds and Sunsets credit: David Evenson Late Summer – Northern Colorado Pictures of Clouds and Sunsets credit: David Evenson
Sci-fi 'gothic' architecture brought to life Swiss architect has built fantastical form using "subdivision algorithm"Column is composed of 16 million faces generated by computerComputational architecture increasingly key to architectural practice London, England (CNN) -- It looks like an architectural fantasy from a world far in the future, but Michael Hansmeyer's complex column design is so real you can touch it. His work is composed of sixteen million faces and made from 2,700 layers of cardboard. "Some people say it looks like a reptile, some people think it looks like an underwater creature and other people bring up the Gothic," said Hansmeyer, an architect and computer scientist based at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. The incredible complexity of the column's fractal surface is the product of what is known as a "subdivision algorithm," a process that used a computer program to divide and sub-divide the the facets of a classical Doric column. He is busy creating a forest of similar Gothic-style columns.
sidewalk chalk guy sidewalk chalk guy «« back to gprime.net all material copyrighted by its original creator | The 3D Type Book: A One-of-a-Kind Typographic Treasure - Maria Popova - Life The most comprehensive book of three-dimensional letterforms ever helps us understand the expressive power of objects After months of anticipation, The 3D Type Book by London-based design studio FL@33 is finally here. Dubbed "the most comprehensive showcase of three-dimensional letterforms ever written," the book is nothing short of stellar: With more than 1,300 images by over 160 emerging artists and iconic designers alike, it spans an incredible spectrum of eras, styles, and mediums. From icons like Milton Glaser and Alvin Lustig to contemporary Brain Pickings favorites like Stefan Sagmeister, Marian Bantjes, Ji Lee, Stefan G. The 3D Type Book by FL@33 from Tomi Vollauschek on Vimeo. From toothpaste typography to sperm alphabet to typonoodles, the book's typographic specimens both make us see with new eyes the seemingly mundane building blocks of language and reconsider ordinary objects, materials, and media as extraordinary conduits of self-expression.
Most Fascinating Geological Wonders On Earth Mar 08, 2011 / Category : Misc / 37 Comments This planet we live on offers us beauty beyond words. Every country has its own special region that takes your breath away with the magnificence of it. Here we can see some places that are a geological wonder that you may know about already, or maybe not? Antelope Canyon, Arizona, USA Antelope Canyon is one of the world's most beautiful canyons. Pamukkale, Turkey These stunning terraces of water are found in Pamukkale Turkey and were shaped from a substance called travertine, which forms from the build-up of sediments of calcium carbonate deposited in water from hot springs. The Wave, Arizona, USA This incredible formation of sandstone rock is stunning in its colors. Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand The Moeraki Boulders are amazing boulders found on the New Zealand coast. Bungle Bungles, Australia Bungle Bungles are found in the the Purnululu National Park in Western Australia, also a World Heritage Site. Fantasy Cave, Bermuda Wave Rock, Australia
Celebrating Linotype, 125 Years Since Its Debut - John Hendel - Technology Around for a century, Linotype machines were made obsolete in the 1970s by changing technologies -- but they have not been forgotten To embark on Linotype was to embark on greatness. Linotype machines powered newspapers, factories, a whole industry that was as American as any and existed for a century, at least until the tides of technology wiped it out as an occupation in the 1960s and 1970s -- and now, Linotype is nearly extinguished from American memory. The summer of 2011 marks 125 years since the Linotype machine's innovation entered the newspaper world -- the New York Tribune first integrated the machine into its operations in July 1886. A German immigrant named Ottmar Mergenthaler invented it in the 1880s and continued to promote and expand its use until dying in Baltimore in 1899. The Mechanism of the Linotype Full Screen Illustration from a 1916 treatise on the invention (The Mechanism of the Linotype) Please use a JavaScript-enabled device to view this slideshow
From the Photo Desk Toronto Star Picture Editor Wanda Goodwin shares these delightful images from a little known animal sanctuary in Costa Rica. The center shelters over 100 orphaned and injured sloths which receive rehabilitation before being returned to the forest, according to Judy Arroyo, a co-owner of the sanctuary. A rescued baby sloth rests over a stuffed toy at the Sloth Sanctuary in Cahuita de Limon August 25, 2010. (REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate) A baby sloth is fed by Teresa Gonzales at the Sloth Sanctuary in Cahuita de Limon August 25, 2010. A rescued baby sloth receives a bath by Teresa Gonzales at the Sloth Sanctuary in Cahuita de Limon August 25, 2010. A rescued sloth receives food at the Sloth Sanctuary in Cahuita de Limon August 25, 2010. A rescued baby sloth sunbathes at the Sloth Sanctuary in Cahuita de Limon August 25, 2010. Volunteer worker Claire Trimmer from Britain holds a sloth while she writes information about them at the Sloth Sanctuary in Cahuita de Limon August 25, 2010.
Visual arts The current usage of the term "visual arts" includes fine art as well as the applied, decorative arts and crafts, but this was not always the case. Before the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and elsewhere at the turn of the 20th century, the term 'artist' was often restricted to a person working in the fine arts (such as painting, sculpture, or printmaking) and not the handicraft, craft, or applied art media. The distinction was emphasized by artists of the Arts and Crafts Movement, who valued vernacular art forms as much as high forms.[4] Art schools made a distinction between the fine arts and the crafts, maintaining that a craftsperson could not be considered a practitioner of the arts. The increasing tendency to privilege painting, and to a lesser degree sculpture, above other arts has been a feature of Western art as well as East Asian art. Education and training[edit] Training in the visual arts has generally been through variations of the apprentice and workshop system.
The Sky Blue Mushroom It looks like it could be something offered to Alice just before she makes a journey in to Wonderland but this sky blue mushroom is not a product of the imagination of Lewis Caroll. It can be found on both islands of New Zealand – and bizarrely enough in a few places in India. The sky blue mushroom does not have a common name other than, well, sky blue mushroom but if you have a moment for a real tongue twister its scientific name is Entoloma hochstetteri. It gets its very distinctive blue color from pigments within the body of the fruit known as azulene. Azulene is found in nature as a constituent not only of pigments in mushrooms but of some marine invertebrates. The mushroom appeared briefly along with five other native fungi on a set of stamps issued by the New Zealand government in 2002 and it can also be seen on the reverse of the country’s $50 note which was released in 1990.
Selection of Animals - Adrik Schmid 57 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed Hello and how are you from Disney World! With most of the Mashable staff in Orlando for Mashable Connect, we've had our hands full. However, that hasn't stopped us from turning out another week of digital media tools and resources. Have a look through this megalist for stories on YouTube alternatives, crowdsourcing and global communities, connected TVs and how social media has changed marketing campaigns. Looking for even more social media resources? Editors' Picks Celebrities on Twitter: 30 Famous First TweetsFrom Bieber to O'Brien to Obama, we look back at famous figures' first tweets.Why Online Communities Are Redefining the Concept of LocalWhen we talk about community, we talk about places and spaces. Social Media How Bin Laden News Exploded on Twitter: A VisualizationWith an exhaustive analysis of 15 million tweets by New York company SocialFlow, we can see the news exploding into the Twitterverse.Infographic: Security Fears Skyrocketing in the U.S.Getting paranoid about security?
Amazing Examples Of Text Art Missing or Broken Files When you get a 404 error be sure to check the URL that you are attempting to use in your browser.This tells the server what resource it should attempt to request. In this example the file must be in public_html/example/Example/ Notice that the CaSe is important in this example. On platforms that enforce case-sensitivity example and Example are not the same locations. For addon domains, the file must be in public_html/addondomain.com/example/Example/ and the names are case-sensitive. Broken Image When you have a missing image on your site you may see a box on your page with with a red X where the image is missing. This varies by browser, if you do not see a box on your page with a red X try right clicking on the page, then select View Page Info, and goto the Media Tab. In this example the image file must be in public_html/images/ Notice that the CaSe is important in this example.