Comments on: Typography tips for graphic design students

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:55:51 +0000

Not sure if this page is still being monitored, but reading through the comments makes me realise how lucky I was to have studied in one of the few universities that truly focused on typography, not only as an academic subject, but also as a way in which to approach the practice of designing as a whole.

By: Tavia

Tavia — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:49:15 +0000

I haven’t even gotten into typography class yet at the Art Institute..and I am overwhelmed. I am doing a paper about it for English and I have gained understanding from reading the history of it. There is so much to know about letterforms. I really appreciate the font designers out there willing to share their work. I want to take a stab at it.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:56:21 +0000

Good luck with the 4th year, Carly.

By: carly

carly — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:34:34 +0000

I found all the comments in this post quite interesting, particularly all the people who don’t know much about type, or feel their schools haven’t taught them a lot—I find this quite surprising actually! My university in New Zealand places a heavy emphasis on type (if you choose to follow this direction), Im even majoring in typography in my 4th year, and I enjoy and appreciate every second of it…

By: David Herz

David Herz — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:37:26 +0000

You would think a column on type would allow comments in custom type, the likely readers here appreciating that the choice of type might say something about the person commenting.

By: Hedera Segnis

Hedera Segnis — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:16:48 +0000

Hello,

I was just on a directionless Google hunt for information about what I assume to be design projects or individual typography studies that I sometimes see students toting on campus or proudly affixing to a wall. The pieces feature single letters of the alphabet, either in upper or lower case, black printer ink on white paper (though I may have seen a few applications of liquid ink upon various media as well), mounted on black backboards. I suppose I just wanted to understand the name, purpose, and parameters of these assignments.

In addition, this weekend I noticed a lowercase “g” – in the form of the g in the letter anatomy image above -applied to mounted canvas; one side of which was meticulously reinforced/bordered/finished with a few cascading strips of some heavy masking tape which seemed to create nice lines with the “g” present.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:54:57 +0000

Great type terminology resource, Sigurdur. Thanks for divulging your secret, and all the very best for 2009!

By: Sigurdur Armannsson

Sigurdur Armannsson — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:29:05 +0000

Really nice work this type anatomy piece! I have been meaning to do something of this sort for a long time and I agree that it’s not easy to find a solid and full collection of all the terms. And not any that does not conflict in one way or another with other sources.

I was going to keep this as my secret but what the heck… in case you have not bumped into it yet, have a look at: http://www.paratype.com/help/term/

By: David Airey

David Airey — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:08:57 +0000

Oh, and I do like your concertina piece. Very nice.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:55:51 +0000

Hi Jonathan,

Thanks for the thoughtful comment, and you’re absolutely right about my CSS file. When recently changing to Helvetica, I didn’t go so far as to change the other fonts to match. That’s now taken care of.

I think as an actual result of reading your comment (I didn’t have time to reply yesterday), last night I dreamt of returning to my student days, and having a conversation about the lack of attention to typography (at least that was my experience). Sorry to learn of the conflict you’re discovering, but I’m very glad you’re enjoying the University of Ulster programme. It’s one I’ve little knowledge about.