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Posted by chrisburton in
17 Oct 2012 — 6:12pm
17 Oct 2012 — 6:12pm
Am I wrong to think it should be "type" when I hear/read "Web Typography"?
Or even when others refer to Typography when it comes to the typefaces on a site?
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17 Oct 2012 — 8:03pm
Yes x 2.
n.
18 Oct 2012 — 1:51am
Do you have an example of this “wrong use”? Typography IS choosing and using fonts, so there is nothing wrong with talking about web typography, as long as typography and type are not used as synonyms.
18 Oct 2012 — 2:13am
Or “we had a typographer design a custom font for us”.
18 Oct 2012 — 5:11am
Ralf H.
So essentially a Typographer is a person who chooses typefaces? If that were the case, isn't everyone a "Typographer"? At least anyone who goes into Microsoft Word and chooses a typeface.
18 Oct 2012 — 5:30am
Technically in today's computer world, yes. Of course you could always consider anyone who owns a pipe wrench to be a professional plumber too.
18 Oct 2012 — 5:58am
Haha. Well that certainly clears things up on my end. Appreciate it, guys.
19 Oct 2012 — 1:05am
you could always consider anyone who owns a pipe wrench to be a professional plumber too
Ryan, you are living testimony to that proposition…