Typography
The building blocks of our information are found in
the elegance of the curves and strength of the stems of our letters.
Typographic Marks Unknown
Friday, 19 September 2008
There are many typographic marks which are familiar to most, but understood by few. Most of these glyphs have interesting histories and evolutions as they survived the beatings given to them through rushed handwriting of scribes and misuses through history. They now mostly live on our keyboards and in our software, and a few are used often, so it seems only fitting to know where they come from and how to correctly use them.
Typography 8: 1987
Monday, 17 March 2008
Oh man! Has he done it now! Neither rain, nor snow, nor death of the night, can keep him from his duty. Hogwash! Welcome to the horribly late review of the Type Directors Clubs' Typography 8, 1987.
