Play with your type.

You know how in certain blogs, you see the tags on the side and the words appear in random sizes? I never quite knew the reason for the giant fonts but obviously there is a reason because wiki says so. I’ve seen this as a design trend as well over the past few years as [...]

Because I am a type geek…

I looooovvvveee typography. I really do. My cousin, Tracy, sent me this cool Periodic Table of Typefaces and I’m seriously going to print and frame it. I wonder if geeky scientists do the same with the Perdiodic Table of Elements. Thank you, Tracy!

Top Ten Typography Sins

This original article, by Stephen D. refers to web typography, but I keep seeing the same mistakes over and over in print as well. Using dumb quotes is a particular hate of mine and I see it in national campaigns all the time. The following are common among non-graphic designers, but if you ARE a [...]

Kinetic Typography

Hey everyone. I’ve recently posted on facebook about kinetic typography (a.k.a. animated typography) and how I think it’s just great. Not sure I’d ever have a use for it in what I do but I think the designers that come up with this are just brilliant. Check out this snippet from Lock, Stock and Two [...]