... Craig, James and Bruce Barton. Thirty Centuries of Graphic Design: an Illustrated Survey. — New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, ... Brown and Phillips, Ltd., 1944. Margolin, Victor, et al. The Promise and the Product: 200 Years of American Advertising Posters. ...

Forum topic - Miss Tiffany - 20 Apr 2006 - 6:52am - 37 comments - 0 attachments

... and subtlety is a cornerstone of text face design. hhp so that book titles and so that book titles and other ... no scientific meaning, so please stop using it, Kevin et al. What you’re researching is properly termed reading ergonomics, ...

Forum topic - jlg4104 - 21 Mar 2006 - 5:56am - 114 comments - 0 attachments

... on a light background. Moreover, a survey by Scharff, et al. (1996) revealed that the color combination perceived as being ... text might be even less approachable for the graphic design student who wants an overview of the issues more than a detailed ...

Forum topic - Forrest L Norvell - 12 Mar 2005 - 4:47pm - 98 comments - 0 attachments

... that no author of fiction has yet bothered to learn to design type, for this very purpose. I guess the idea is based on I guess ... etc.). Using typographic design (a la Basel, DaDa, et al), can have a communication affect in shorter, more persuasive texts or ...

Forum topic - George Horton - 3 Feb 2006 - 8:19pm - 59 comments - 0 attachments

Dear typophiles, I’ve been asked to design a logo for the “Culture Card”, a credit-card format card ... on the ticket price of musea, movie theaters, concerts et al. I’m not too sure of the type treatment quite yet, but I like ...

Forum topic - Wouter Spaak - 15 Jan 2006 - 4:53am - 6 comments - 0 attachments

... attempt to understand what you mean - but most folks who design type are going to want a sort of workhorse definition. It seems to me ... recent source of my deepening skepticism is Tali Bitan et. al.’s recent “Effects of alphabeticity, practice and type of ...

Forum topic - enne_son - 19 Oct 2005 - 3:51am - 116 comments - 0 attachments

... and '70s, as "generic" became a trendy design thing. In my opinion, Helvetica (whether the original or the ... its blandness. I a design surrounding where Kievit, Thesis et al have become the new Helvetica in their everyday use, I think a relatively ...

Forum topic - sevenfingers - 6 May 2005 - 8:55pm - 122 comments - 0 attachments

... Christian, directeur de l'Imprimerie nationale et bibliophile, demande en 1900 Hrant, Yes, if you could Hrant, ... same as the truth. Ultimately there is no truth, only design. > Yes, for a small licensing > Yes, for a small licensing ...

Forum topic - raph - 15 Feb 2005 - 12:47am - 113 comments - 0 attachments

... the strokes? create a new Minion?.......] ‹ Pub/Design/Advertising Folks Kentucky Recycles ! › Actually, Erik ... new design and a lot of tweaking, modding, remixing, solve et coagula done. FF Bau and GalaxiePolaris are, imo, Remixes of Helvetica, ...

Forum topic - parker - 17 Jun 2005 - 8:38pm - 138 comments - 0 attachments