http://folksonomy.co/?rss=3384 Folksonomy.co is a structured repository of digital culture and creative practice. en-au Creative Commons License: (cc), Simon Perkins Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:20:19 +1000 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:20:19 +1000 Constellations 2.0 http://folksonomy.co/?member=1000 60 http://folksonomy.co/Folksonomy.gif http://folksonomy.co/ http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3284 This is a lecture given to MA students at the University of Hertfordshire It explores how contemporary kinetic typography relies on historical developments such as 3D woodblock print Romain du Roi and Modernist modular lettering Students are encouraged to let their design work respond to historical research This does not mean creating something that looks old or retro rather creating something innovative and new by re-imagining historical ideas in light of new technologies and contexts Barbara Brownie http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3284 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:20:19 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3272 Metal setting is practised today by only a handful of specialists but it continues to provide the standards by which good typesetting is judged Photosetting and the computer setting which has largely displaced it are criticised for being too perfect and lacking the character of hand-crafted type Now increasingly designers are using desktop publishing systems such as the Macintosh to do their typesetting The technology has matured considerably over the last two years and the time is ripe for a reassessment is good typesetting possible on the Macintosh Andy Benedek 1991 Andy Benedek 1991 The craft of digital type Winter no 2 vol 1 Eye Magazine http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3272 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:46:12 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3067 If you press strong GRAPHICS strong shifted 9 then the cursor will come up as nbsp img src attachment ZX81 invg gif align ABSMIDDLE height 14 width 14 this means u graphics mode u If you type in a symbol it will appear in its inverse video form amp this will go on until you press strong GRAPHICS strong again or strong NEWLINE strong strong RUBOUT strong will have its usual meaning Be careful not to lose the cursor nbsp img src attachment ZX81 invg gif align ABSMIDDLE height 14 width 14 amongst all the inverse video characters you ve just typed in Right at the beginning are space amp ten patterns of black white amp grey blobs further on there are eleven more These are called the u graphics symbols u amp are used for drawing pictures You can enter these from the keyboard using graphics mode except for space which is an ordinary symbol using the nbsp img src attachment ZX81 invl gif align ABSMIDDLE height 14 width 14 cursor the black square is inverse space You use the 20 keys that have graphics symbols written on them For instance suppose you want the symbol nbsp img src attachment ZX81 symt gif align ABSMIDDLE height 14 width 14 which is on the T key Press strong GRAPHICS strong to get the nbsp img src invg gif align ABSMIDDLE height 14 width 14 cursor amp then press shifted T From the previous description of the graphics mode you would expect to get an inverse video symbol but shifted T is normally strong lt gt strong a token amp tokens have no inverses so you get the graphics symbol nbsp img src attachment ZX81 symt gif align ABSMIDDLE height 14 width 14 instead Steven Vickers 1981 Sinclair Research Limited Fig 1 graphics mode table from Steven Vickers 1981 Sinclair ZX81 BASIC Programming Second Edition 1981 Copyright 1980 Sinclair Research Limited converted to HTML by Robin Stuart 2 Matthew Eagles 2008 ZX81 VDU TrueType font which replicates the letters numbers etc displayed on the screen of the ZX81 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3067 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 22:44:25 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2999 Ruslan Khasanov 2012 Lumen type experimental typography http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2999 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:37:31 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2899 Review of exhibition titled More is More which opened 5 August 2012 in Gallery C3 Te Ara Hihiko Massey University Campus Wellington New Zealand The show was curated by Annette OoSullivan Matt Clapham and John Clemens Typography forms a strong component of the Visual Communication Design programme and this existing knowledge is built upon in the Screen Printing for Design and Contemporary Letterpress papers There was a celebration of disciplines on show with students from many areas of the College of Creative Arts Graphic Design Textiles Illustration Fine Arts and Photography included Many students are attracted to these papers as they provide an experimental space to explore ideas and techniques that can be applied at a later stage to other projects Although based around traditional printmaking techniques students also employ digital technologies and equipment such as laser cutters to answer the project briefs Nick Kapica 20 August 2012 Design Assembly Fig 1 Hannah Milner Our Darkest Day wooden type printing digital printing http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2899 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:08:58 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2831 LaTeX is a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting It is most often used for medium-to-large technical or scientific documents but it can be used for almost any form of publishing LaTeX is not a word processor Instead LaTeX encourages authors not to worry too much about the appearance of their documents but to concentrate on getting the right content LaTeX is based on the idea that it is better to leave document design to document designers and to let authors get on with writing documents LaTeX is based on Donald E Knuth s TeX typesetting language or certain extensions LaTeX was first developed in 1985 by Leslie Lamport and is now being maintained and developed by the LaTeX3 Project LaTeX3 Project http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2831 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 11:49:55 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2737 The dark horse of the keyboard the ampersand exists to join things together yet remains set apart Whilst everyone can read and understand the ampersand or the amp symbol how many of us know where it came from Alistair Sooke traces the history of the funny little character that has quietly given joy to so many from a bored medieval scribe right the way through to a modern day digital font designer Delighting type designers throughout the centuries as a chance within a font to create a small piece of art it is a joyful moment in a functional resource Speaking to Ampersfans Alastair enters into a world of letterpress punchcutting and typography and discovers how the ampersand can be found at every step of the way bringing a joyful flick of a tail to the dullest document If you thought the ampersand was a bright young thing in the world of type you couldn t be more wrong first credited to Marcus Tiro around 63 BC combing the letters e and t from the Latin word et Fighting off competition from his nemesis the Tironian Mark Alastair then tracks the ampersand to 16th Century Paris where it was modelled in the hands of type designer to the King Claude Garamond then back across the sea to William Caslon s now famous interpretation designed with a joyful array of flourishes and swirls Alastair will discover how the ampersand became a calling card for many typographers showcasing some of their best and most creative work A simple twist of the pen the ampersand has managed to captivate its audience since print began in Ampersfan Alistair tries to pin down this slippery character down once and for all BBC Radio 4 Programmes 2012 Alistair Sooke 2012 Ampers-Fan Producer Jo Meek amp Gillian Donovan A Sparklab Production for BBC Radio 4 Last broadcast on Monday 16 00 on BBC Radio 4 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2737 Thu, 03 May 2012 15:38:42 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2734 Stage one Graphic Design Communication students have been developing a new ornamental display font with highly Individual characters inspired by drawing digitally and laser cut manufactured to the exacting standards reminiscent of a traditional font foundry Level tutor Nigel Bents and Associate Lecturer Paul Oakley will further support students by printing typographic posters at the New North Press Graphic Design Communication at Chelsea College of Art and Design 16 October 2011 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2734 Tue, 01 May 2012 15:00:52 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2722 A visual language informs all design from architecture to print Fluency in the same language drawn on by Bauhaus mid-century Swiss or postmodern design is essential for brilliant web design In this practical talk ground uniquely web-based interactions - from complex CSS3 animations and rotations to JavaScript behaviors - using that time-tested visual primer Take a more considered approach to choices evoke the desired emotive responses learn how to better articulate your design decisions Extend graphic design s grammar into a visual dialect of web design that guides us to smarter beautifully balanced juxtapositions of elements in our new multidimensional web experiences Simon Collison Fig 1 Simon Collison 03 June 03 2011 A Dialect of Our Own Design http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2722 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:15:54 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2702 Inspired by the multi-award winning Not My Type Lycette Bros 1993-2002 and made specifically for the mobile medium Typecast is a series of scenarios involving three central characters an elevator and the mobile phone This series of five shortform linear works were created for the small of screen and short of time and as such they relied on easily recognisable scenarios characters and devices - and of course - lowbrow humour In order to maximize the potential audience and provide performance on numerous devices of various resolutions the challenge was to devise 5 animations of the same 30 second duration without any dialogue or text and without changing scenes or cutting The other major challenge was to create all of the characters and props using only typographic elements - letters symbols punctuation and fonts John and Mark Lycette http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2702 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:45:47 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2701 The Not My Type animation series was primarily produced for distribution on the internet Set in an office the Not My Type series explores the various relationships within While avoiding the use of language and dialogue Not My Type takes various typographic faces symbols and characters and then duplicates distorts and moves them to create a simple stylistic production The initial version was created using Macromedia Director in 1995 while John was at University and was then recreated in 2000 for internet distribution using Flash - which was a perfect fit for a font based primarily black amp white animation Not My Type I was so well received that another episode soon followed culminating in four episodes by the end of 2002 John and Mark Lycette http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2701 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:28:01 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2700 Ji Lee is a designer and frequent contributor to the New York Times whose work has been featured on ABC World News and in Newsweek Wired the Guardian the Huffington Post and Boing Boing among others A former creative director at Google he is now a creative director at Facebook Amazon com Inc Fig 1 Ji Lee Bran Dougherty-Johnson and Joel Pickard http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2700 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:11:22 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2669 From sketch to final creation for his Biotypography project Oded Ezer wanted to create live almost cinematic situations where these typo creatures act and behave He says the most difficult part of the project was the issue of balance - where to draw the line between the insect and the letters Biotypography - typo art project depicting manipulated Hebrew and Latin Typo creatures When I saw an ant on the floor of my studio I started to imagine what would happen if this was a creature half ant and half letter Wouldn t it be wonderful if nature had invented letters And then maybe different letter-ants could gather create words and communicate with us I could manufacture a medium wherein typography could develop and evolve into something completely different WebUrbanist http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2669 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:52:48 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2658 So You Need A Typeface is an infographic dealing with the subject of choosing the right typeface for a project The list is very loosely based on the top 50 of the Top100 Best Schrieften by Font Shop Julian Hansen http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2658 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:32:18 +1000 http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2620 EF International Language Centers have released three new films in its Live the language travel promotion film series Once again it s Stockholm based Camp David Film and a team led by director Gustav Johansson that are behind the creative work EF International Language Centers Series Directed by Gustav Johansson gustavjohansson com D O P Niklas Johansson fsf niklasjohansson com Typography Albin Holmqvist albinholmqvist com Music Magnus Lideh auml ll twitter com magnusthemagnus VFX Goodmotion goodmotion se Produced at Camp David campdavidfilm com Producer Lolo Uggla http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2620 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:46:01 +1000