type design
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In my last post I finished up a series on letterlike symbols. This series will include 5 posts on punctuation, starting with 4 tall symbols used to organize information: † ‡ § ¶ Even thought… (Continue reading…)
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The last post, Part 3, covered number related symbols: ordinals, superscript figures, and the numero abbreviation (№). This last post in the four part series on letterlike symbols is about the ¢, $, £, €,… (Continue reading…)
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In Part 2 I did the @, ©, ®, and ™ symbols. This post covers number related symbols: ordinals, superior figures, and the number or numero abbreviation (№). Ordinals Ordinal numbers define something’s place in… (Continue reading…)
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Last week I waxed poetic about ampersands. This week it’s time for (trumpet sound) commercial symbols. This is a fairly arbitrary category, and the glyphs I’ve chosen for this post all involve smaller letters. Three… (Continue reading…)
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Last week I talked about the importance of diacritics, and why I’m designing them for my font—my first font, no less. Because they are important to me, I’m going to take the time to research… (Continue reading…)
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I’m about to dive into diacritic design for the Protest font I’m working on. Now, I’m actually stalling for time with this post. I found I have a lot more work to do than I… (Continue reading…)
