Tag Archives: Typography
Pages from: Shashikumar Menon | Mumbai, India
IT’S A L-O-O-O-O-NG WAY from Rock Hill to Mumbai, but the internet makes neighbors of us all. So, when I announced last week that I was resuming page evaluations, Shashikumar Menon jumped in with four pages for us to review. … Continue reading
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Putting our fonts on the table
WE ALL HAVE our favorite typefaces. Well, we ought to! My favorites usually run to the serifs: Kepler, Photina, Bodoni, Baskerville, Garamond Condensed. But then, I’m also partial to some sans serifs: Akzidenz Grotesk, Antenna, Vonnes, Tasse. And then, there … Continue reading
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Makin’ it better
I’M NOT REALLY SURE we can think of ourselves as news designers without having a strong respect and love for typography. After, all, type is about 80 percent of what we do! So when I come across a little piece … Continue reading
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Typography: Font design
“IT’S SO MUCH A PART of our daily life that it’s invisible—yet quite visible.” The quote is from Steven Heller, author of more than 90 books on design and typography, talking about type design. I’d recommend any of Heller’s books … Continue reading
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PBS short on typography
TOO MANY PEOPLE who design newspaper pages know nothing (really…nothing!) about typography. That’s like a surgeon with no knowledge of anatomy. This piece from PBS is no primer, but it does offer a sense of why typography is important. Take … Continue reading
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Typenovation: To get your juices flowing
FROM THE FOLKS at www.fromupnorth.com, some examples of innovative typographic thinking. Not the stuff you’re gonna use on the front of a weekly newspaper…or…would ya?
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Typography: a quick look
HERE’S A SHORT FILM on some of the basic elements of typography—and why good typography is important. On a scale of one-to-ten, most newspapers are at a typographic six. And some are…four. Too many fonts, text that’s too small, headlines … Continue reading
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Page from: Marah Pahl | Kanabec County Times
MARAH HAS SUBMITTED other pages from the KCT in the past few months. And here’s another entry for review and comment. FROM MARAH: So I haven’t sent a page in awhile. Here is recent front page from the Kanabec County … Continue reading
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Pages from: Jamie Sloper | St. Maries Gazette Record
NEWCOMER JAMIE IS LOOKING for some comments on three pages. I’m happy to oblige. Jamie sure would like your input, too! FROM JAMIE: Hi Ed My name’s Jamie from a small weekly in northern Idaho. I’ve been following your blog … Continue reading
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Pages from: Shannon Leete | Mt. Pleasant News
SOME INTERESTING WORK on special section covers comes to us from Production Director Shannon Leete at the Mt. Pleasant News in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. From Shannon’s note: “These are all from last year, but I would like some input about … Continue reading
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