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10 resultsNovember Tamil: Designing with purpose
Essays by Aadarsh RajanNovember, October and November Stencil Tamil are a family of low-contrast, monolinear Tamil typefaces. Following a rigorous overhaul of the original, they have now been redesigned for better reading and unambiguous communication in text and display sizes.Designing Fonts for Two Billion people
by Peter BiľakTypotheque tackled the unprecedented task of designing a comprehensive set of fonts for South Asia.Malayalam: Scripting Tradition and Modernity
by Karthik MalliThe article explores the rich tradition of Malayalam script and its evolution in the face of modern technologies. It delves into the challenges and innovations in adapting the script to digital platforms while preserving its cultural heritage.New Faces (Bibliography)
Essays by Emily KingThe bibliography of Emily King’s doctoral thesis which focuses on typeface design in the United States, England and the Netherlands between 1987 and 1997.Eric Gill got it wrong; a re-evaluation of Gill Sans
Typeface stories by Ben ArcherThis article is intended for an audience of contemporary designers and students who are at least one step removed from mid-century British typographic culture; it is a critique of the Gill Sans typeface and the idiosyncrasies of its creation from a contemporary perspective. The central argument is that an earlier typeface by Eric Gill’s mentor, Edward Johnston, is a superior piece of type design.Brief History of Webfonts
Essays by Peter BiľakIn less than three decades, web typography has caught up to and even surpassed print typography. A brief look into how we got to where we are today.Taking Credit: Film title sequences, 1955-1965 / 10 Bibliography
Essays by Emily KingThe bibliography for Emily King’s dissertation for the V&A/RCA M.A. Course in the History of Design. The dissertation focuses on the relationship between graphic design and film in the middle of the past century.The Importance of Play
Typeface stories by Peter BiľakIn the world driven by utility and performance, is there a room for open-ended typographic play system, that allows to discover something that was not entirely planned, something that the system hoped to allow, but could not guarantee?People as Pixels
Essays by Peter HallAn interesting analysis of the history, politics and context of graphic images which are composed of crowds of people: people as pixels!New Faces (Chapter One: Technological and Industrial Change: Setting the Scene)
Essays by Emily KingThe first chapter of Emily King’s doctoral thesis which focuses on typeface design in the United States, England and the Netherlands between 1987 and 1997 (part one).