July 28, 2021John Boardley Among my favorite kinds of typefaces are those that don’t fit neatly into predefined or existing categories; those that dip their toes into more than one genre, or take their cues from disparate historical periods. These twilight zone hybrids aren’t always easy to pull off. Today, I’m featuring an in-between typeface ..
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In episode one the new Ask ILT series, I answered, What’s the difference between Grotesque and Neo-Grotesque? In episode two we ask, Why do fashion brands and magazines use so much Bodoni & Didot? Collectively these typefaces are known as Didones, a mashup of Didot and Bodoni, the type designing early proponents of the style. ..
For the first in my brand new series of reader questions, I begin with two common type classifications. They sound pretty much the same and they do have a lot in common, but their differences are significant, and that makes them suitable for different applications. It’s also worth emphasizing that this is not about pedantry. ..
June 28, 2021Dr Nadine Chahine There are the many ways with which to understand letterforms. There are schools of thought that focus on the impact of punchcutting and metal type on the outlines of letterforms, or on the historical period in which a style of typeface first emerged. Another way to look at type is ..
May 31, 2021John Boardley About 2,300 years ago in Greece, Aristotle devised a system for classifying everything in the world. His three kingdoms of nature, Animal, Mineral, and Vegetable remained in use for the best part of 2000 years. In the eighteenth century, a much expanded version of it, the Linnaean Taxonomy, brainchild of Swedish ..
Enlarge (credit: Sean Gallagher) Figuring out what information should be classified and controlling access to it has been an eternal headache for defense and national security organizations—a headache that got a lot of attention during the investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of personal emails. Even people with a more clear understanding ..