Typography

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Typography is the art and craft of working with letterforms. It encompasses both the realms of type design and of arranging type. Type glyphs (characters) are created and modified using a variety of illustration techniques. Traditionally, the arrangement of type has involved the selection of typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, leading (line spacing) and letterspacing/kerning. As a result of the largely digital nature of working with type in modern times, typographic layout has also become a more illustrative endeavor.

Contents 1 Books 2 Discussions 3 Foundries 4 History 5 Creating Fonts 6 Organizing Fonts 7 Styles

Books

• Ellen Lupton, Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors & Students
• Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style

Discussions

• Speak Up > Design Dialog

Foundries

• Monotype
• Font Font
• Berthold
• Microsoft
• House Industries

History

The first type was made by Johannes Gutneburg in 1447, when he used movable type to print copies of the Bible.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gutenburg

Creating Fonts

• Fontographer
• Font Lab

Organizing Fonts

• Suitcase
• Type Manager
• Portfoliio
• Linotype Font Explorer (free)

Styles

• Blackletter
• Serif
• Sans Serif
• Roman
• Humanist
• Script
• Handwriting
• Symbol
• Graffiti
• Serif