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Improve Your Typography: Over 100 Tips from 12 Top Resources

April 23, 2013 by Douglas Bonneville

typography-tips

It’s no trouble to be reminded of the simple things we can do to improve our typographic chops! This quick list of a dozen top typography resources feature over 100 easy-to-grasp hints, tips, and bits of advice. If you are a type newbie, spend a few minutes soaking up some new (to you) typography advice. If you are a seasoned type pro…well…spend a few minutes re-soaking up some old (to you) typography advice! Nobody remembers everything, right?

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Typography Quote of the Day: Great Ads

April 23, 2013 by Douglas Bonneville

Herb Lubalin

Herb Lubalin

Herb Lubalin

“You can do a good ad with poor typography, but you can’t do a great ad with poor typography.”

—Herb Lubalin

 
 

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Typography Quote of the Day: Black and White

April 23, 2013 by Douglas Bonneville

“Black and white is the simplest and the most radical expression.”

-Werner Jeker

Werner Jeker

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Typography Quote of the Day: Love of Letters

April 17, 2013 by Douglas Bonneville

Design by : "Little Miss Maggie" -littlemissmaggie1.blogspot.com/
“A love of letters is the beginning of typographical wisdom. That is, the love of letters as literature and the love of letters as physical entities, having abstract beauty of their own, apart from the ideas they may express or the emotions they may evoke.”

-John R. Biggs

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9 Typography Mistakes to Avoid

April 17, 2013 by Douglas Bonneville

We’ve all done it. We all feel bad about it. We want to avoid it in the future: typography mistakes. Whether it was the result of not enough sleep, too tight a deadline, too small a budget, or all of those at the same time, we still must avoid these common typographic mistakes if we want to stay employed as graphic designers! typography-mistakes… [Read More]
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