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Periodic Table of Typefaces on the Behance Network

Periodic Table of Typefaces on the Behance Network
Large original English version HERESpanish version HEREPortuguese version HERE PRINTS, SOURCE FILES, and other Periodic Table of Typeface related goodies are available HERE The Periodic Table of Typefaces is obviously in the style of all the thousands of over-sized Periodic Table of Elements posters hanging in schools and homes around the world. As with traditional periodic tables, this table presents the subject matter grouped categorically. Each cell of the table lists the typeface and a one or two character "symbol" (made up by me simply based on logic), the designer, year designed and a ranking of 1 through 100. Ranking was determined by statistically sorting and combining lists and opinions from the the sites listed below. Unfortunately, the typefaces could not be sorted exactly numerically on the table while at the same time keeping them in groups of families and classes. The sites used to determine the rankings are as follows : Related:  TYPEFACE & TYPOGRAPHY

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The Walden Font Co. - Purveyors of old and historic fonts and clip-art Welcome! We resurrect old typefaces of historical importance and make them available to you. Each font package includes typefaces unique to their period, plus printer's ornaments, borders, and symbols. It's everything you need to create period pieces for advertising, business use, book design, educational, and recreational purposes. You've seen our fonts featured in National Geographic Books, ESPN Magazine, book covers, in-store ads, concert posters and many other places. Browse our selection below and see for yourself why for over 10 years Walden Font Co. is the premier source for historical fonts! 32 authentic 1940s fonts as seen in period posters, including Dickie WF, plus a handy bullet font. 30 more 1940s American poster fonts. Buy both and save! 47 bold and grungy Wild West advertising fonts with 300+ clip-art images, border and bullet fonts, including the whimsical "Cattle Brands" 14 authentic Civil War Era fonts from recruitment posters and other printed material of the time.

Студия 110% дизайн. Download Amperisk is a promo font consisting of 11 typefaces from the graduates of Type&Typography 2010 / Промо-шрифт Ампериск составлен из 11ти дипломных проектов курса Шрифт и Типографика idea & implementation: Alexei Vanyashin Wooster is a font designed by Fedor Balashov using FontStruct in 2008. [FontStruct link] Selected "Top pick" by FontStruct staff. Poster designed by Alexei Vanyashin download / скачать (zip) © Alexei Vanyashin, 110design.ru

The Back of the Napkin home page Free fonts! Font squirrel is a site dedicated to finding only the best commercial-use free fonts... "Free fonts have met their match. We know how hard it is to find quality freeware that is licensed for commercial work. We've done the hard work, hand-selecting these typefaces and presenting them in an easy-to-use format." Pictured are a couple of my favourites League Gothic and Lobster there are some great looking retro fonts, scripts and many more and best of all you can use them for commercial work. Love to hear which are your favourites...

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The World's Best Presentations Think you know PowerPoint? Think again. You haven't seen the real power of a presentation until you've taken a look at the winners of SlideShare's annual "World's Best Presentation" contest. SlideShare is a San Francisco-based company that operates a popular Web site used by business professionals and graphic designers to share ideas by uploading presentations. The winners of the 2009 competition exemplify the best techniques of presentation design. "We don't just want to create a presentation-sharing company. Dan Roam, visual-thinking expert and author of The Back of the Napkin, won first place for his collaboration with Dr. big fonts, spare text, simple images"I learned long ago that when helping executives clarify their ideas, nothing is more powerful than a simple hand-drawn sketch. The second- and third-place winners took Kawasaki's advice and relied heavily on visuals to deliver emotionally engaging ideas.

The Personal Disquiet of Mark Boulton – April 13th, 2005 – Typography, I find, is still a bit of mystery to a lot of designers. The kind of typography I’m talking about is not your typical “What font should I use” typography but rather your “knowing your hanging punctuation from your em-dash” typography. Call me a little bit purist but this bothers me. So, in an attempt to spread the word here’s the first of five simple steps to better typography. Measure the Measure. The Measure is the name given to the width of a body of type. One point = 1/72 of an inchOne pica = 12 pointsOne em = The distance horizontally equal to the type size, in points, you are using. But, with the advent of DTP packages and the website design the following are also now used: MillimetresPixels There is an optimum width for a Measure and that is defined by the amount of characters are in the line. CSS and fluid? What is interesting here is fluid designs on the web. The Measure and leading. Reversing out? Tracking Your responsibility The series Further reading

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A history and some revival fonts < The Fell Types The Fell Types took their name from John Fell, a Bishop of Oxford in the seventeenth-century. Not only he created an unique collection of printing types but he started one of the most important adventures in the history of typography. You will find here a non-exhaustive history and a modern digitization of some of them. Fawnt - Top free fonts | Font - Archive | Blog Design and Webdesign Sex Drugs & Helvetica 10 alternatives to Helvetica 30 Excellent Fresh Free Fonts For Your Designs | Fonts It’s essential for Designers to have a good understanding of typography and selection as the importance of typography in design can’t be neglected. The proper selection of typography can convert your normal design into attractive piece of art. Among other things, effective typography manages to achieve three necessary objectives of web designing are Look, Appearance and Outcome which helps you to keep apart from normal wave. Display typography is a potent element in graphic design, where there is less concern for readability and more potential for using type in an artistic manner. The basic purpose behind this post is to show you Popular, Artistic and most importantly Free Downloadable font types to save your time searching them online. You can also find some related free references at the end of the post. You may be interested in the following related articles as well. Feel free to join us and you are always welcome to share your thoughts that our readers may find helpful. 01. 03. 04.

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