Posts tagged ‘typography’
Behind Upstatement’s bold, new typography app: Glyphosaurus
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Who doesn’t love the voluptuous curves of a ‘w’ or the stout simplicity of a lower-case ‘l.’ So many wonderful ‘g’s in the world. Agree? Well, have we got the site for you. The folks at Boston’s Upstatement have developed Glyphosaurus, a wonderfully entertaining web app that let’s folks share found typography. They sat down with SND over email and told us about the project as part of our Year-Long Conversation about Design
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Adios, Arial! New Tools for Taking Beautiful Typography From Print to Digital
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
The next session will offer insight into how news organizations can mirror (or at least get closer) to using similar typography in print and digital: Adios, Arial! New Tools for Taking Beautiful Typography From Print to Digital This session will discuss new tools available that are allowing organizations to mirror both their print and digital
Type designer Matthew Carter receives MacArthur ‘genius’ fellowship
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
Type designer Matthew Carter has been named a MacArthur fellow for 2010. The $500,000 no-strings-attached grant, often referred to as the “genius award,” is given to “talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction.”
From Print to Web and Back, with a World’s Best
Saturday, September 25th, 2010
Designers from a World’s Best newspaper der Freitag discuss how they approached their print and Web redesign. Keeping the focus on reader interaction and a political debate format, they created stunning products that are easy to navigate and visually engaging.
Typography on the web with Sam Berlow
Friday, September 24th, 2010
Live from SND Denver: There is a huge gap among brand design from print to web. Sam Berlow joins us from Font Bureau to talk about the new web, how typography, our designs and our brands will live in it.
