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We live in a time when the availability of knowledge gets confused with having knowledge. People seem to think that having the internet at their fingertips means they no longer need to know anything themselves. But in order to understand things, you need a lot of knowledge readily available in your head. Only then can the mind make the connections between the different points of data and come to new insights. This cannot happen when that knowledge is external, in a book or on some Wikipedia page that you have to look up first.
Wisconsin connection!
Garamond—it's just too small for the DC Circuit.
Nature - From custom typeface to digital-friendly logo, follow the journey to the redesign.
Full textbook, CC-BY-ND; includes Islamic and East Asian design and typography. Really quite excellent.
Typography concepts can sometimes get lost in translation between researchers, developers, designers, and stakeholders. Use this cheat sheet to help you decode the meaning of common or often mistaken typography terms.
For typography experts like Thomas Phinney, the history of the printed word is crucial to weeding out fraud.
A Five-Minute Guide to Better Typography, Journal of Artist and Designer Pierrick Calvez
Looking at the Marmite of the typeface world
by benjamin bannister Why Typography Matters — Especially At The OscarsThe difference between making an embarrassing mistake, and recognizing one. Image: benjamin bannisterThere was a major twist ending and a major snafu at the very end of the 2017 Academy Awards for the category of Best Picture. The wrong winner was
What words look like matters — in some cases, a whole lot.