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Type: The Secret History of Letters

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If you’ve ever wondered exactly what a Zapf is, or if Baskerville has anything to do with Sherlock Holmes, Type is the answer to these questions and more. This is the story of the passions, and obsessions of the creator of type; of the influences of wars, persecution, and political upheaval, and the effects of business and technological breakthroughs on fonts and typography. From Gutenberg’s first moveable type to the Internet, Simon Loxley tells the stories behind … More >>

Computer Font: Data File, Glyph, Dingbat, Font, Pixel, Font Editor, Bézier Curve, Apple Advanced Typography, Kerning, List of Typefaces, Font Hinting, … Typeface, Typesetting, TeX, LaTeX, MetaPost

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A computer font (or fount) is an electronic data file containing a set of glyphs, characters, or symbols such as dingbats. Although the term font first referred to a set of metal type sorts in one style and size, since the 1990s most fonts are digital, used on computers. There are three basic kinds of computer font file data formats: Bitmap fonts consist of a series of dots or pixels representing the image of each glyph in each face and size. Outline fonts (also cal… More >>

About Face: Reviving The Rules Of Typography

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The computer has made some typographic rules obsolete while others, previously known only to typesetters, have also been forgotten. Despite this, typography remains a fundamental element of graphic design. About Face presents and explains the typography basics required by all graphic designers, from the names of the different parts of characters, typeface styles and their function, to type measurement, typeface families, and type manipulation on the computer. It als… More >>

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