Category Archives: typography

What Type Of Geek Are You?

Posted on Saturday, 18th Jun 2011 by Caz M

Ampersandconf was held in Brighton at the Dome yesterday, and was an excellent one-day conference all about typography – perfect for that Type of geek! It wasn’t just focused on web typography, but brought together those from the printed world … Continue reading →

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Just My Type

Posted on Wednesday, 2nd Mar 2011 by Caz M

I have recently finished reading Just My Type, which I got for Christmas. In it, Simon Garfield explores some of the history of familiar and not-so-familiar typefaces. I was quite surprised how old some of them are, and how modern … Continue reading →

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What’s Up Next?

Posted on Tuesday, 1st Mar 2011 by Caz M

In days gone by, I used to keep across what was going on by looking at Upcoming. But since that fell out of favour with a critical mass of geeks, the new kid on the block is now Lanyrd, from … Continue reading →

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@media – Five Steps To Better Typography

Posted on Thursday, 7th Jun 2007 by Caz

Next up was Mark Boulton, who wanted us to work with typography in a better way. Be Appropriate & Adaptable Typefaces tell stories, and the web is still playing catchup with this power. Comic Sans is appropriate for the menu … Continue reading →

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@media – Design Interface Juggling

Posted on Thursday, 7th Jun 2007 by Caz

Dan Cederholm took us through the various elements of interface design that a good juggler should be able to “keep in the air”. [Dan and his interface-juggling octopus] Colour Colour evokes an emotional response in the viewer, and we need … Continue reading →

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