Typography & Graphic Design Blog
“There is no design without discipline. There is no discipline without intelligence. The life of a designer is a life of fight. Fight against the ugliness. Just like a doctor fights against disease. For us, the visual disease is what we have around, and what we try to do is cure it somehow with design.”-Massimo Vignelli
“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
“…cultural awareness (you can call it research, if you like, but it’s really something larger) ranks higher than technical ability and academic qualifications in the designer’s portfolio of attributes. When the British writer lain Sinclair was asked if he did research for his books, he replied that his whole life was research. I can’t think of a better adage for the modern graphic designer. Without constantly scanning, scrutinizing and absorbing what goes on around you, you cannot become a successful designer.”-Adrian Shaughnessy, How to be a Graphic Designer, Without Losing Your Soul
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