Comments on: A 20 Minute Intro to Typography Basics

By: natalia rey

natalia rey — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:00:30 +0000

Thanks so much!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:08:45 +0000

Good article but you should talk about the differences between print and web typography. I think there are a lot of differences specially in legible and readable text block. Another important topic i think is the classification for genre that is not confined to Serif or Non-Serif but it goes further and analyze also what kind of Serif is. Personally I like to organize my font under a classification made by an Italian typographer Aldo Novarese it’s an ancient one but still works. Today there are a lot variants in digital fonts and it will be good to find a classification that is global, precise, unique and useful. Personally i discard the majority of Fantasy Fonts and i stick with Classic and well designed Fonts. For my personal experience There’re only few fonts out there that can be used for commercial works, the majority is for fantasy, personal and fun works.

Fantasy fonts in general die quickly.

Let me know if there’s a good classification of fonts out there.

By: Armig Esfahani

Armig Esfahani — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:02:22 +0000

exactly what I needed… still have too much to learn..

By: Richard - Accessible Web Design and Test

Richard - Accessible Web Design and Test — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:47:22 +0000

Very useful – knew some of this but not all and I am becoming more interested in typography so this article comes at just the right time. Thanks.

By: Anthony Alexander

Anthony Alexander — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:23:59 +0000

Really though, you design types are really full of it. That’s like saying it’s important to know inverse kinematics when walking. While it may important for a runner to understand these things, the average walker (or web designer or (developer lol)) is just yapping his ass off trying to pad his relevance. It’s always amusing how these things seem obvious to me. If you design fonts for a living, great, casual information for web designers, great, but if you couldn’t lay out a page properly without knowing about kerning or having an eye for adequate serifs, then.. hmm I don’t know what then

By: Anthony Alexander

Anthony Alexander — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:18:46 +0000

Excellent, now I can be even more pretentious at dinner parties.

By: ahmet

ahmet — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:00:52 +0000

yeah

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:29:53 +0000

I always though the typeface was what appeared on your document and the font was the device used to create it. So, back in the days of the original printing presses, a font would be the actual metal stamp used to print on the paper and the typeface would be what was viewed on the document.

Am I wrong?

So when a designer looks a document and says “what font is that?”, they actually mean “what font was used to create that?” or “what typeface is that?”.

By: Wackyjk

Wackyjk — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:11:21 +0000

Brilliant, ive just finished my first year at uni, this really helped me get through it. Thanks again

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:09:19 +0000

This is a fantastic overview of the basics of typography, very helpfull.