“Writing begins with the making of meaningful marks. That is to say, leaving the traces of meaningful gestures. Typography begins with arranging meaningful marks that are already made In that respect, the practice of typography is like playing the piano – an instrument quite different from the human voice. On the piano, the notes are already fixed, although their order, duration and amplitude are not. The notes are fixed but they can be endlessly rearranged, into meaningful music or meaningless noise.”

—Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style

Simplicity is good, but so is plurality. Typography’s principal function (not it’s only function) is communication, and the greatest threat to communication is not difference but sameness. Communication ceases when one being is no different from another: when there is nothing strange to wonder at and no new information to exchange. For that reason among others, typography and typographers must honor the variety and complexity  of human language, thought and identity, instead of homogenizing or hiding it.”

—Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style

“The most popular typefaces are the easiest to read; their popularity has made them disappear from conscious cognition. It becomes impossible to tell if they are easy to read because they are commonly used, or if they are commonly used because they are easy to read.”

—Zuzana Licko

Continuing our series of typography resources list posts, we have a handy list of the most popular font vendors sorted by Alexa data. Enough said! Pay each site a visit by clicking the image and see how they differ in terms of browsing, trial interfaces, and pricing. Compare features and user-friendliness and find the best place to make your purchase! … [Read More]

 “…the first function of a piece of printing is to capture attention, design with type requires that the designer understand how to make visual units group together for easier organization in the observer’s mind. Many typographical compositions unfortunately look as though the single goal had been to camouflage the message—and sometimes the success is phenomenal.”

—Carl Dair, Design with Type