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10 Tips for Designing Logos That Don’t Suck | Design Shack So you’re designing a logo. It sounds like an easy enough task, right? Draw a circle, type in the company name and you’re done (I’ve literally heard a designer suggest that very process). Unfortunately, if you’re really worth the money the client is paying […]
Making Sense Of Type Classification (Part 2) | Smashing Magazine In the first installment of this two-part series on type classification, we covered the basics of type classification — the various methods people have used, why they are helpful, and a brief survey of type history, classifying and identifying typefaces along the way. Unfortunately, we only got […]
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“Typography exists to honor content.” – Robert Bringhurst: The Elements of Typographic Style Understanding Typographic Hierarchy | Webdesigntuts
20 Fantastic jQuery Web Type Plugins | Design Shack In recent years, web typography has gone from an embarrassment to a point of pride. From CSS to JavaScript, we’re gaining great tools almost daily that help us implement awesome type. Today we’re going to look at the best jQuery plugins around that are specially built […]
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Make a Statement with Type | Codrops
Make a Statement with Type | Codrops Font choices can have an impact on how your message is communicated and how people feel about the words on the page. Selecting typefaces for a design project is about much more than just how the letters look. It is about more than serifs and sans serifs. Font […]
The Font Wars: A Story On Rivalry Between Type Foundries