Articles related to "Typography"

A Byzantine lady, daughter of the last prime minister of Byzantium, Anna Notaras, settled in Venice in the 15th century and became a patron of Greek typography.

The earliest typefaces were made to be almost indistinguishable from hand calligraphy, while "modern" type attempts to sever the connection to handwriting entirely.

Gutenberg is usually thought of as the inventor of movable type, and he was an important figure, but interchangeable letters for printing actually existed much earlier.

Calgary-based UPPERCASE loves the art of books. Their blog includes posts on typography, vintage design, and Old School, their most recent publishing effort.

White space within and around text can have a dramatic affect on the clarity and balance of text and it is important that Graphic Designers pay consideration to this.

Letters and numbers are popping up, emblazoned across fabric prints and patterns, wrapped around wrists, and dangling from necks in this new, font-friendly trend.

A font format that is reliable, cross-platform compatable, multi-language supported and has advanced typographic features? What more could a designer ask for?

Practical guide to creating simple and fun lessons for any age using Japanese Manga style as the starting point. Inspired by the cute and complex images? Make manga, now!

Type, contrast and white space, when utilized correctly, can improve your designs immensely.

Robert Fergusson, Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Dickens and Muriel Spark are a few of the famous writers associated with Edinburgh.

The rise of free stock photo websites has made the task of finding high quality imagery for graphic designs much easier and within the budget of all businesses alike.

The Costa Rica coast to coast biking challenge called La Ruta covers 360km and 14,000m of total ascent over 4 days. Only the elite of mountain bike racing usually apply.

Sandee Cohen writes a detailed guide with simple explanations and excellent visuals for Adobe InDesign CS3 (Mac and Windows).

Biography of Andreas Vesalius, Belgian anatomist, physician and scientist, famous for his book Fabrica, the greatest medical book in his time.

Newspaper design is more than just design it is visual communication. Learn the tricks of the trade that will pull the reader in and convey the message of the story.

Discover there is nothing modern about the Garamond font on your PC. Visit the Museum Plantin-Moretus/ Prentenkabinet, Antwerpen - UNESCO World Heritage, in Belgium.

Enlarged texts are a vital component of reading for the visually impaired, making words and images accessible while keeping them on the same page in the classroom.

Martin Lindstrom pioneers the use of neuroscience to investigate consumer "Buyology" - the subconscious thoughts, feelings, and desires that drive purchasing decisions.

Christian Bok's clever book, which uses just one vowel in each chapter, has finally been published in the UK.

Love and hope is challenged by social division and turmoil as the Industrial Revolution causes poverty and revolt amongst Nottingham's working classes.

A summary of books for children that tell the stories of many famous artists. These books for kids about art are for toddlers to young adults.

This is a look at sample designs for a fictional high end of the market restaurant with explanations for some of the Graphic Design choices.

With so many Canadian literary magazines, it's hard to know which titles to submit one's poetry to. Do some research and increase the likelihood of being published!

100 years ago Filippo Marinetti issued his Futurist Manifesto. Umberto Boccioni developed Marinetti's ideas and 100 years later Luca Buvoli continues to explore Futurism.

The art of communicating through graphic design can be refined with just a few simple principles, including concept and artwork.

It was a feat over 20 years in the making. Now "Heavens and Hells" has been nominated for the prestigious 2008 Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Book Award in New Zealand.

The 28 Biggest Writing Blunders is a writer's guide with practical advice about style and attitude with easy to read ideas about ways to create a magical way of writing.

Ancient miniature books were painstakingly inked by monks. Medieval knights carried tiny books into battle. European bookbinders made miniature books for their children.

Medieval manuscripts are brought to life through high quality reproductions accompanied by fascinating and scholarly, yet easy to understand, essays.

Follow these useful tips to design effective and eye-catching layouts that make magazines sellable.

It can be a difficult process to create a true type font but with the right software, making fonts can be quick, simple and fun.

For a small country Iceland overflows with natural beauty and history. Often overwhelmed visitors miss many of the nuances surrounding them. Now a guided tour helps all.

Parentheses are the oft-ignored offspring of punctuation. But their use as a literary device in your writing could prove indispensable. It has for many great authors.

Anthony Burgess's posthumously-published fiction may be written in verse, but the "novelistic" visual effects of the book cannot be appreciated when it is read aloud.

A fascinating book explores links between sounds, symbols, pictures and scripts including cuneiform, Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs and the scripts of Japan and China.

Dia Calhoun, winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature, discusses fantasy, the pressures of awards, and the importance of relationships.

Dextras' organic installations, set pieces and eco-costumes are as theatrical, aesthetic and memorable as the media which created them is ephemeral.

Which letters have beaks and what is a cat's ear? Find out why typesetting terminology uses body parts like arms, legs, chin and eye to describe parts of letters.