A Visual Overview of Typography (2009)(thinkingwithtype.com)
thinkingwithtype.com
A Visual Overview of Typography (2009)
http://thinkingwithtype.com/letter/
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Out of curiosity, can anyone point to a similar resource aimed at languages not written with the Latin alphabet? Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, etc.. I'm curious which "knobs" are available to other languages, and how preferences differ.
This isn't necessarily comprehensive or authoritative, but here's a quick overview of Japanese:
https://atadistance.net/2017/03/13/japanese-typography-basic...
https://atadistance.net/2017/03/13/japanese-typography-basic...
This book, Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton, was one of the first design books I ever read. I have been a designer for about 10 years now. It is a very approachable introduction to typography.
This is a great resource run by a great guy: https://www.typewolf.com/
A new sample every day, very cool.
A new sample every day, very cool.
Beautiful.
nit: Would be great to update with SVG drawings. These "old" ones are badly pixelated.
nit: Would be great to update with SVG drawings. These "old" ones are badly pixelated.
Excellent ressource! Summaries like this often lack depth and detail, but this page really does give a good bird's-eye view of typography & it's terminology.
http://rastertragedy.com/
Even in these days of high-resolution screens this process of adapting a perfect curve to imperfect pixels is important and really just fascinating.