Notes on type design
Would you like to make your own?
Take your characters and turn them into fonts. Create lettershapes that work together, and print them. Sounds like fun? It can be.The skills of designing letters can be learned, just like other skills. The techniques of fitting them together are no secret. The tools are better than they used to be. Alchemy probably helps, but managing without that is the purpose of orderly work. You can digitize almost any shape you imagine. The big question is this. What do you want?
[Ler mais...]
27/02/2008
09/02/2008
Helvetica
A Documentary Film
by Gary Hustwit
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which is celebrating its 50th birthday this year) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. Helvetica is currently screening at film festivals, museums, design conferences, and cinemas worldwide, and is now available on DVD. Get more info about the film...
Helvetica screening tour continues - After a sold-out World Premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival, and events in over 150 cities worldwide, the global screening tour for Helvetica keeps going. Check out the screening schedule for the latest showings.
In the media - Reviews of the film from Time Out, the Daily Telegraph, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Metropolis, and Frieze. Director Gary Hustwit on CNN International; the International Herald Tribune and US News and World Report on Helvetica's 50th, Kobi Benezri and Cliff Kuang interview Gary in the new issue of I.D. Magazine; Steven Heller interviews Gary about the film for AIGA Voice; Andrew Dickson profiles the film in The Guardian.
by Gary Hustwit
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which is celebrating its 50th birthday this year) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. Helvetica is currently screening at film festivals, museums, design conferences, and cinemas worldwide, and is now available on DVD. Get more info about the film...
Helvetica screening tour continues - After a sold-out World Premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival, and events in over 150 cities worldwide, the global screening tour for Helvetica keeps going. Check out the screening schedule for the latest showings.
In the media - Reviews of the film from Time Out, the Daily Telegraph, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Metropolis, and Frieze. Director Gary Hustwit on CNN International; the International Herald Tribune and US News and World Report on Helvetica's 50th, Kobi Benezri and Cliff Kuang interview Gary in the new issue of I.D. Magazine; Steven Heller interviews Gary about the film for AIGA Voice; Andrew Dickson profiles the film in The Guardian.
02/02/2008
Tipografia
>
By Boca and Ryan Ulrich
From: 1987rafa
Added: May 29, 2007
Category: Film & Animation
Tags: typography
By Boca and Ryan Ulrich
From: 1987rafa
Added: May 29, 2007
Category: Film & Animation
Tags: typography
01/02/2008
Erik Spiekermann: Helvetica documentary clip
>
A clip from the feature-length documentary Helvetica, by Gary Hustwit. DVD OUT NOW http://www.helveticafilm.com (less)
From: swissdots
Added: December 15, 2006
Category: Film & Animation
Tags: Helvetica graphic design typography fonts Berlin
A clip from the feature-length documentary Helvetica, by Gary Hustwit. DVD OUT NOW http://www.helveticafilm.com (less)
From: swissdots
Added: December 15, 2006
Category: Film & Animation
Tags: Helvetica graphic design typography fonts Berlin
Subscrever:
Mensagens (Atom)