Tag Archives: typography

What’s Your Type?

In commemoration of the current exhibition Writing Making Your Mark at the British Library, we have put together a display of font and typeface related books at Aldgate Library, including a selection of artists who use text in their practice. … Continue reading

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Danny Flynn: Print items collection

Letterpress, fonts, print-ephemera and humour are the key ingredients of an intriguing exhibition at Commercial Road Library. Danny Flynn, visiting lecturer in Graphic Design at The CASS is showing his own graphic designs and collection of printed items. Many of … Continue reading

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Typographic: all about fonts

Fun but informative; Typographic is an interactive website. It provides  an extensive  glossary of typographic terms (“lachrymal terminal” anyone?) The site includes an animation about the anatomy of type, a timeline of recent typography and a gallery of typographic imagery.

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Featured journal: Novum-world of graphic design

Novum: World of Graphic Design is bilingual, in German/English. Keep up-to-date with the latest and best in international contemporary graphic design. Novum pinpoints current trends and new talent in illustration, photo, web, corporate , poster and design, advertising, packaging and … Continue reading

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