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Type Class(ification) Tuesdays
A Look into (at Least) 25 Systems of Type Classification
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Letra-sigh
Letra-sigh
Exploring another sad facepalmy system
Font of You
Mar 10, 2015
Line-of-Type
Line-of-Type
In 1886, Whitelaw Reid, the amazed editor of the New York Tribune shouted, “Ottmar, you’ve cast a line of type!”
Font of You
Feb 10, 2015
Stellar Symmetry or a Scam?
Stellar Symmetry or a Scam?
William Bevington & Su Chong
Font of You
Jan 27, 2015
Typeforms: A History
Typeforms: A History
Alan Bartram doesn’t take risks. We’re bored.
Font of You
Jan 6, 2015
Type Rules!
Type Rules!
classifications and mournings
Font of You
Dec 9, 2014
Designing with Type
Designing with Type
with James Craig
Font of You
Nov 25, 2014
Thinking With Type
Thinking With Type
(and onions too)
Font of You
Nov 11, 2014
Par for the Course
Par for the Course
Debate is a given in these here Classifications
Font of You
Nov 4, 2014
There are No Winners at the Finish Line
There are No Winners at the Finish Line
Catherine Dixon in Eye Magazine V19 i5
Font of You
Oct 29, 2014
Lyrical Modernist
Lyrical Modernist
And other ridiculous categories of type with Robert Bringhurst
Font of You
Oct 21, 2014
TYPO.ICON.OGRAPHY
TYPO.ICON.OGRAPHY
Martin Solomon
Font of You
Oct 14, 2014
Anatomy of a Typeface
Anatomy of a Typeface
Alexander Lawson’ Anatomy of a Typeface begins like this:
Font of You
Oct 7, 2014
Puffins & Type & Penguins & Systems
Puffins & Type & Penguins & Systems
Getting warmer (and also colder) with Ruari McLean
Font of You
Sep 30, 2014
The British Standards
The British Standards
We fancy, we Royal, we (almost) a direct rip-off of Vox.
Font of You
Sep 23, 2014
DIN 16518
DIN 16518
Yes, as in DIN the typeface.
Font of You
Sep 16, 2014
The History of Printing Types
The History of Printing Types
An Exercise in Speficicity
Font of You
Sep 9, 2014
The Vox ATYPI System
The Vox ATYPI System
Maximilien Vox (again)
Font of You
Sep 3, 2014
Schrift Muss Passen
Schrift Muss Passen
L. Nettlehorst
Font of You
Aug 26, 2014
Our Father, Who Art In Typeface Classification
Our Father, Who Art In Typeface Classification
The Vox System is the closest we’ll ever get to Classification Nirvana.
Font of You
Aug 19, 2014
Daniel Berkley Updike
Daniel Berkley Updike
This kid wasn’t messing around when it came to typeface classification.
Taylor Childers
Aug 12, 2014
Fancy & French
Fancy & French
Francis Thibaudeau
Taylor Childers
Aug 5, 2014
The Practice of Typography
The Practice of Typography
Kicking off Type Class(ification) Tuesday with Theodore Low De Vinne’s pioneering 1899 system
Jessica Griscti
Jul 29, 2014
Type Class(ification) Tuesday
Type Class(ification) Tuesday
A Weekly Look Into (at Least) 25 (Maybe More Who Knows We’ll Get Bored Eventually) Systems of Typeface Classification
Font of You
Jul 29, 2014
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