Consider the book cover: that eye-catching portal into fantastical stories, brutally honest memoirs, and art books brimming with hyper-detailed images of masterpieces. At their best, covers offer an enticing teaser for what’s to come on…
Typography
Those crazy Roman numerals
In another article I showed how the typography of numerals on a watch dial helps to build up the identity of a brand. In addition to the shape of the numerals, two other design choices…
Typography Day Returns To Mumbai With Exhibition, Workshops And More
The technical term “typography” is often interchangeably used with the more common “font”. But before getting into what typography entails, and its all-pervading presence in our life, Dr Ajanta Sen deems it important to situate…
Sabeena Karnik in Typography Jury for ADC 97th Annual Awards
Sabeena Karnik The One Club for Creativity, the world’s foremost non-profit organization celebrating creative excellence in advertising and design, today announced the full juries for Typography, Illustration and Photography in the prestigious ADC 97th Annual Awards. The Typography jury includes Sabeena Karnik,…
How to Create an Artistic Typography Portrait in Photoshop
Makeup is one way to create a superb artistic portrait, but it’s not the only method. You could rely on post-production as well to make something different than everyone else does. In this 15-minute long…
Typography: Terminology You Should Know [Infographic]
Here’s an infographic for all the font geeks out there (or should that be “typeface geeks,” as we recently learned there’s a difference between fonts and typefaces?) Letters are more than just lines and dots, and this infographic by the…
2018 Logo Design Trends: Your Guide to Navigate Hot Trends and Avoid Fads
Small businesses and startups have to compete in an increasingly noisy world, often against large, dominant businesses. Customers who are just discovering your brand need something to remember you by, and your logo serves as…
7 paid iPhone apps on sale for free today
Welcome to our final roundup of 2017 that covers paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free. We’ve got seven great options for you on Friday, and they should hopefully carry you through the…
UK professor talks typography in TEDtalk
An antique handwriting in Fayette, Michigan, lives on because of a UK faculty member. Assistant Professor of Art and Studio Design Mia Cinelli is the artist and designer behind “Fayette,” an elegant typeface based on…
Logo-A-Go-Go: 100 Years Of Forbes Typography
A magazine’s logo is its identity, beckoning the reader from the newsstand–or mail pile. In the case of Forbes, it also represents three generations of family stewardship. So what’s in a name? Forbes asked legendary…