tipografias

PDF_font_tester

2012-01-31T23:14:00.000Z

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Font Tester is a free online font comparison tool. It allows you to easily preview and compare different fonts side by side with various CSS font styles applied to them. It is very useful for web developers who are looking for just the right font/style/color to use in their pages. To use it all you have to do is simply enter the text you would like to preview, modify the various CSS properties until you find a style you like, and then click on the Get CSS Code button to generate all the necassary CSS code to reproduce those styles in your webpage.

I believe this can be an extremely useful and timesaving tool for anyone who creates web content because it allows you to preview in real-time all of the available CSS font properties and includes a real-time color picker for choosing just the right color (and background color) for your text. The color picker also supports direct editing of the HSV and RGB values and includes over 1,000 pre-defined colors for you to choose from. As an added bonus, Font Tester also comes with a handy character map which you can use to quickly find the corresponding HTML Entity for a particular character.

For step-by-step instructions on how to use Font Tester and explanations of all the features it has to offer you can check out the help section.

fonte: http://www.fonttester.com/

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Layout

2012-01-30T05:37:00.002Z

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— Design Editorial, Boas Práticas de Composição e Regras Tipográficas.
Por Paulo Heitlinger.

300 páginas em formato DIN A4, ao largo. Exclusivamente em formato e-book! [Ler mais...]

Curioso? Então faça o download grátis das primeiras 25 páginas, que incluem o Índice de Temas, dando-lhe uma visão da abrangência dos temas deste livro de 330 páginas.

fonte: Tipografos

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Alfabeto imaginario de Ricard Giralt Miracle

2012-01-21T23:38:00.001Z

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Alfabeto imaginario de Ricard Giralt Miracle. An alphabet book build up as an homage to catalan printer and graphic artist Ricard Giralt Miracle. ¶ Diseño del libro «Alfabeto imaginario». Un libro-abecedario concebido como homenaje, y que recopila algunos de los dibujos realizados por el impresor y grafista Ricard Giralt Miracle.¶ Disseny d’un llibret molt especial en homenatge a Ricard Giralt Miracle, amb motiu del centenari del seu naixement, i que recull tot un «alfabet imaginari» dibuixat per aquest impressor i grafista barceloní. Ha estat fantàsticament imprés i publicat per Campgràfic. ¶

Open publication - Free publishing - More andreu balius

fonte: Andreu Balius [type design & typography]

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Bienal Tipos Latinos 2012

2012-01-20T22:20:00.000Z

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Podem ser feitas até o dia 23 de fevereiro as inscrições para o "Tipos Latinos 2012 – 5ª Bienal de Tipografia Latino-Americana". O concurso receberá fontes tipográficas desenvolvidas por designers latino-americanos ou projetos de design (peças editoriais, embalagens, logotipos etc.), realizados por profissionais de qualquer nacionalidade, desde que utilizem fontes latino-americanas. Os trabalhos devem ter sido desenvolvidos entre abril de 2010 e fevereiro de 2012. A "Tipos Latinos" busca reunir e divulgar o design tipográfico do continente e será apresentada simultaneamente em 13 países – Argentina, Brasil, Bolívia, Chile, Colômbia, Cuba, Equador, Guatemala, México, Paraguai, Peru, Uruguai e Venezuela – entre abril e junho deste ano. O jurado brasileiro do concurso será, como na edição anterior (ver "sinal" 341), o designer Fabio Lopez (form. Esdi 2000, MSc. Esdi 2009). Fabio integra também o Comitê Tipos Latinos Brasil, presidido pelo designer Bruno Porto e que conta ainda com os designers Cecilia Consolo, Luciano Cardinali e Marina Chaccur, todos envolvidos com a cena tipográfica nacional.

Edital, inscrições e mais informações no site: www.tiposlatinos.com.

fonte: http://www.esdi.uerj.br/sinal/index.html#

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The Museum of Modern Art - THE COLLECTION

2012-01-19T22:06:00.000Z

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Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau Mai 1996 Cyan (German, established 1992), Sophie Alex (German, born 1967), Wilhelm Ebentreich (German, born 1952), Detlef Fiedler (German, born 1955), Daniela Haufe (German, born 1966) and Siegfried Jablonsky (German, born 1950)
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fonte: The Museum of Modern Art - THE COLLECTION

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Letterpress Printing Vocational Film (1947)

2011-12-31T12:08:00.000Z

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Carregado por DolcePress em 02/06/2008

ILLUSTRATES THE OPPORTUNITIES & TRAINING AVAILABLE IN THE FIELD OF PRINTING. SHOWS HAND TYPESETTING, LINOTYPE, MONOTYPE, DISPLAY, MAKE-UP & LAYOUT.

Vocational film about careers in the printing industry.
Stock shots: giant newspaper presses letterpress: composition; presswork; bindery work; linotype operators; monotype machines; cylinder presses; handpresses; offset presses; high speed rotary presses

Voiceovers: "Hand composition offers the opportunity for individual expression." "Large plants employ people, usually women who do nothing but proofread." markup man, composition man, pressmen

Zero = first title
00:00 Newspapers on printing presses
00:31 Shelves of books
00:32 Hands holding open Bible
00:35 Hands examine business documents
00:42 Printing presses; montage of printers and presses
01:29 Typesetting and composition
02:56 Linotype machines
03:40 Monotype machines
04:38 Document being proofread; women proofreaders
05:28 Various printing presses in operation
07:28 Vocational students studying for printing apprenticeships
07:54 Students in classroom
08:00 Teenagers at printing presses and Linotype machines

Categoria: Ensino
Etiquetas: letterpress printing monotype linotype typesetting layout

fonte: YouTube

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Font formats timeline

2011-12-10T06:43:00.001Z

Posted on 2011/11/24 by pedamado

I’m working on my Designa Conference presentation about the development of an online software tool/service to help design typefaces. It’s due saturday, and I’m still pretty late!… Nevertheless, while rushing through the slides, I got stuck on this timeline, compiled … Continue reading →

fonte: Typeforge

Pentagram_Paula Scher's concept for a parking garage

2011-01-08T02:53:00.000Z

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New Work: Parking at 13-17 East 54th St.

As holiday shoppers exit stores across the nation, heading out into vast lots and garages, the most important thing on their minds is not what baubles they’ve bought their loved ones but rather, “Where the @#$%&! did we park the car?” Pentagram’s Paula Scher has designed graphics for a Midtown Manhattan garage that make sure drivers never forget where the car is. [Ler mais...]

image 1: Paula Scher's concept for a parking garage in Midtown Manhattan.
image 1: Signage as backseat driver: typography throughout the building directs drivers what to do and where to go.
fonte: Pentagram

Apología de la caligrafía y el garabato

2010-09-19T05:32:00.001+01:00

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CARLOS RIOJA
Una reivindicación de la escritura individual, íntima señal de nuestra identidad.

Uno de los problemas más comunes en el diseño gráfico, especialmente al comienzo de la actividad profesional, es el afán por diseñarlo todo. No se puede dejar nada al azar, todo debe estar predispuesto… y el resultado son sobre-diseños, piezas saturadas (podría hacerse un símil con el sonido de mucha de la música producida en la última década). Parecería, pues, que es una tendencia global y multidisciplinar la búsqueda de lo más alto posible, de epatar los sentidos como vía a la excelencia. ¿Es realmente éste el camino?
Partamos de que es difícil alcanzar un equilibrio. Aún más cuando el diseño, que es definición y jerarquización, tiende más a separar que unir. Esto es dolorosamente cierto para los que andan un poco despistados y quieren un diseño cálido y azul… No podemos tenerlo todo, pero muchos seguimos intentándolo, cuando ya tendríamos que haber aprendido que el afán de control total sólo lleva a la frustración. Todos lo hemos experimentado ya: bloqueos ante la página en blanco, bloqueos por tener demasiadas ideas y un sólo lápiz, bloqueos por no saber reaccionar ante imprevistos… el afán de control sólo conlleva frustración porque coloca una responsabilidad desmedida sobre nuestros hombros: la de vivir a la altura de nuestra fantasía.
Diseñar es proyectar objetos, mecanismos, estructuras... que ofrezcan la máxima funcionalidad al mínimo coste posible. Para ser efectivos en esta tarea tenemos que respetar el principio de realidad, de la riqueza y variedad de la realidad, pero no siempre lo hacemos porque la fantasía del control total es demasiado sugerente. Así, construimos visiones simplificadas, limitadas, geométricas… Cuanta menor sea nuestra confianza, más limitada y simplificada será la visión, pero la causa es la misma, y el resultado también: pobreza. Quizá no pobreza de ejecución, pero sí pobreza de carácter, de concepto, de esencia. Un diseñador es, en cierto modo, un gobernante, y si se comporta como un dictador sólo puede esperar respuestas cobardes y mediocres.
Es crucial aprender a aceptar la realidad con toda su variedad y exuberancia. ¿Qué es más deseable: igualar por lo bajo o buscar que cada cual dé lo mejor que tiene? Hablando en términos tipográficos, los tipos con remates o, al menos, una forma particular, representan un vehículo más versátil para las ideas y los sentimientos que las letras suizas. Sé que puede sonar chocante, pues precisamente letras como Helvetica han sido probadas con éxito en multitud de escenarios, pero ¿hemos de aplicar la misma receta a todo? ¿No supone eso encorsetar y banalizar tanto los mensajes como la propia profesión? ¿Qué necesidad habría de diseñadores si todo se limitara a textos en Helvetica de color negro sobre fondo blanco? ¿Qué necesidad habría de Humanidad si sólo fuéramos máquinas? [Ler mais...]

fonte: FOROALFA
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WOOD TYPE

2010-02-16T00:44:00.006Z

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January 2010: Mikado
By Jim Thompson, IPM Board of Trustees

"The wood-type for this month is Mikado and was apparently inspired by Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera of the same name. The show opened in London in March of 1885 and in New York later that same year. According to Nicolete Gray in her classic book on ornamented typefaces, the English foundry of Sir Charles Reed and Son introduced a metal type called “Japanese” also in 1885. She characterized this typeface and other oriental based typefaces as superficial in their foreign influence. Nonetheless it appears that it was later copied by several of the American Wood-type companies. The 1906 Hamilton wood-type specimen catalog shows four versions of this design; one by Hamilton and three by acquired companies. The versions by Wells, and Morgans & Wilcox are called Mikado. The Hamilton and Page versions use model numbers 204 and 156 respectively. It is difficult to determine the specific dates when this particular wood-type was introduced, but the earliest wood-type catalog I could find showing Mikado is the 1888 Page catalog. Our sample “WINTER” is a 15 line unstamped type most similar to the Hamilton version. Incidentally, another English foundry, Miller and Richard introduced a metal typeface in 1887, also named Mikado. That typeface is totally different than the one presented here."

December 2009: Gothic No. 5
By Jim Thompson, IPM Board of Trustees

The wood-type for October was Hobo and it featured all curved edges. This month we go in the opposite direction with a wood-type called Gothic No. 5. It features all exterior straight edges, even for the curved letters. Any interior curves edges remain curved. As can be seen in our example “JOYOUS” the corners of the normally curved portions are all angled, and the expected curves are approximated with a series of straight lines. According to wood-type historian Rob Roy Kelly, the use of angled corners was first done in the 1830s by Leavenworth (a wood-type pioneer). The angled corner typeface did not become popular until much later when Page introduced his version (No.173) in 1879. Shortly thereafter it was produced by several manufacturers in several sizes and variations including lightface, condensed, and expanded. Our sample is a 12 line condensed version from an unidentified manufacturer.

[Ler mais...] > WOOD TYPE > The International Printing Museum

Lettering & Type

2010-01-01T08:01:00.002Z

Creating letters & designing typefaces
ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Interviews
Exercises
Lettering & Type Virtual Preview

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Fête des Lumieres

2009-12-14T02:10:00.003Z

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LYON 5 > 8 DEC 09

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icograda

2009-11-14T01:34:00.004Z

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[Ler mais...] > icograda _beijing 2009

Free Fonts _FontShop

2009-10-21T18:27:00.000+01:00

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By downloading any of the free fonts on this page you agree to these conditions: Though we offer these font downloads free of charge, the fonts themselves are copyrighted by the respective designers and foundries and their use is regulated by their respective End User License Agreements. These fonts are not shareware. You may not post them in newsgroups, on FTP sites, or distribute them on CD-ROM, floppy disk or any other media. In short: if you want to share the love with others, please send them to this page. [Ler mais...]

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Granshan 09 Type Design Competition

2009-09-29T20:56:00.000+01:00

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Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia announces the second International competition of type design:
GRANSHAN 2009

The Competition judging will take place in Yerevan from 05 to 09 of October 2009.

Categories of the Competition:
1. Armenian text fonts
2. Armenian School textbook and children’s book fonts
3. Armenian traditional text fonts
4. Latin text fonts
5. Cyrillic text fonts
6. Display fonts
All the fonts designed or digitized after 2007 can be submitted to the competition.
Citizens of Armenia as well as foreign designers or organizations can take part in the competition. Both designers and producers of fonts can participate in the competition.
The first prize winners will be awarded with 80 thousand Armenian drams ($250) for each category. The 2nd and 3rd prize winners will get diplomas and prizes (70 thousand and 50 thousand Armenian drams correspondingly) in each category. The projects of the fonts must be sent to the Book Chamber of the Republic of Armenia.

Deadline for submission is: September 20, 2009

[Ler mais...] > GRANSHAN 2009

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Les Rencontres internationales de Lure

2009-08-30T02:47:00.000+01:00

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Depuis plus d’un demi-siècle, Les Rencontres internationales de Lure sont à la fois observatoire, carrefour et forum de passionnés de la communication visuelle (typographie, graphisme…). Leur vocation est de promouvoir la culture graphique et de contribuer à la qualité de notre environnement médiatique. Les membres de l’association, venus de tous horizons géographiques et professionnels, se rencontrent pour partager expériences, acquis et compétences, pour réfléchir et débattre des pratiques et des évolutions de leurs métiers, avec passion et dans la bonne humeur…

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Collection _Rare Books

2009-07-27T23:38:00.001+01:00

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Wellcome Images

L0021431
Credit: Wellcome Library, London
Opening concerning the human head, with coloured illustration
From: Antropologium de hominis dignitate....
By: Magnus Hundt, Magnus
Published: W. StockelLeipzig 1501
Collection: Rare Books
Library reference no.: EPB 3362A
Full Bibliographic Record Link to Wellcome Library Catalogue

Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc 2.0 UK: England & Wales, see http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/indexplus/page/Prices.html

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fonte: Ana Margarida Boavida

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The League of Moveable Type

2009-07-25T03:44:00.000+01:00

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a collection of open source type

We're done with the tired old fontstacks of yesteryear. Enough with the limitations of the web, we won't have it. It's time to raise our standards. Here, you'll find only the most well-made, free & open-source, @font-face ready fonts.

Like any revolution, we aim to make progress, and we need help. If you want to be a part of this free, open-source type movement, you should join us and contribute. If you have any questions about The League or the movement, get in touch. [Ler mais...]

fonte: Ana Margarida Boavida

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Andrea De Rosa

2009-06-08T00:20:00.005+01:00

CKD Design

2009-06-07T00:28:00.000+01:00

R2 Design

2009-06-03T02:42:00.003+01:00

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Stop poster

R2 poster for Good 50x70, 3rd edition
Good 50x70 aim is to increase public opinion awareness of who fights to improve life across the worlds.

Hachura ™ _Outras Fontes

2009-06-02T03:25:00.005+01:00

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Outras Fontes is an independent digital type foundry based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was founded in 2006 and it is currently managed by Ricardo Esteves Gomes, a graphic designer and researcher. The name "Outras Fontes" simply means Other Fonts. Our work is focused both on developing brand new typefaces - that you can see in our catalog of fonts - and also in exclusive custom typefaces. We work to provide other options of type designs to the typographic community all over the world, giving value to some of the main characteristics of brazilian people: creativity, diversity and beauty.

Hachura is an impressionist typeface designed by Ricardo Esteves Gomes. Its general proportions are based on the garalde models, with traditional roman serifs. It was initially made by hand using a drawing technique to create a font that simulates the unfinished aspect of a work in constant progress. This textured face is useful for display sizes, making a very visible presence. Because of its basic dimensions and careful distribution of black and white, it still also very readable in text sizes like 10 or 8 points.

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Evelin Kasikov _portfolio

2009-06-01T02:32:00.002+01:00

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I am an Estonian graphic designer currently living in London. I love the craft of print and I have studied traditional printmaking techniques: intaglio, letterpress and lithography. After working several years in design and advertising I moved to London in order to study for a masters degree.

In 2008 I graduated with a distinction from MA Communication Design course at Central Saint Martins. I specialized in book design and Printed Matter is my largest project to date. It is an investigation into the relationship between tactile and visual perception, seeing and touching.

Since graduating I have been working freelance in print/editorial design, most recently for The Phaidon Press.

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Images:

A set of four A6 postcards created in response to the brief set by UKTYPE (2008). Designers were invited ‘to have some graphic fun and design a tart card either for a typeface or a letter of the alphabet’ in order to support the St Bride Library in London.

Printed Matter. Process is a research book that reveals and explains the various aspects of the process and documents the project development in chronological order.
80x130 mm | 280 pages | Epson print on Somerset Soft White 115 gsm

fonte: Ana Margarida Boavida

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MOUSE_parabénsPARABÉNSparabéns!!!

2009-05-31T02:37:00.006+01:00

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MOUSE, parabéns pelo EXCELENTE trabalho destes 3 GRANDES anos :)
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Dangerous Curves

2009-05-31T02:35:00.007+01:00

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Doyald Young