Typography
Mrs. Eaves, Meet Mr. Eaves
Ahhhh, marriage can be a beautiful thing. After saying “I do” something happens. Over the years the couple begins to act and think alike. Sure, they have their distinctions and uniqueness, but they also pick up each others mannerisms and quirky habits. If you spend any amount of time with a couple who have been [...]
What’s Next? Helvetica Skywriting?
Just in case you are not quite sick of seeing Helvetica, now you can eat it. That’s right, Helvetica cookie cutters.
Now don’t get me wrong, I think the idea of Typography cookie cutters is pretty cool. “Mom, can you pass me the milk? I need to eat my capital T.”
But Helvetica? I guess it’s like [...]
50 Free Lessons in Graphic Design Theory
Want or need a crash course on everything design from typography to color theory to layouts and grid? Here is a great starting place: 50 Free Lessons in Graphic Design Theory.
Excerpts:
10. Master Web Typography: 8 Detailed Typography Tips for the Web: “One of the most under–rated elements of beautiful Web design is the subtle art [...]
The Fingerprints of Graphic Design
This very creative video show just how pervasive graphic design is. Design is everywhere. The next time someone asks you, So what exactly does a graphic designer do?, show them this video:
Amazing Typophile Film Festival Video
Typography motion at its best. In a world of digital creation and manipulation, it is refreshing to see something beautifully handcrafted in stop-motion. Thanks for creating this, BYU design students!
Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles from Brent Barson on Vimeo.
Handcrafted with love by BYU design students and faculty, for the 5th Typophile Film Festival. A [...]
An Affair of Wine Poster
This design project involved a chosen item. Could be a paperclip, your dog, cars…I chose wine. Once chosen, my job was to visually show “wine” in 50 different ways. The first 20 or so ideas were easy. It was the remaining 30 ways that became the challenge. It was a practice in seeing an item [...]
Type Organization and Classifications
Can I just say that I love all-things-typography? But it is so easy to lose track of your fonts once you compile 100+ of them. I have found these two tools helpful.
FontExplorer: A free explorer from, you guessed it, FontExplorer, which helps you corral all of those fonts. Sick of those hard-to-see previews in the [...]
