I was watching Mtv today and caught this cool Above The Influence spot which I found kinda cool, mostly because it's illustrated and animated, but also because it played off of a sort of collage style, which as a graphic artist, I found very interesting. So here it is, for your viewing pleasure.
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Good Article In Smashing Magazine
Smashing Magazine recently published an article about good typography particularly in web design, I found the article to be very intelligent and helpful a good read for anybody who takes design seriously.
Here's a snippet:
Here's a snippet:
An understanding of typographic etiquette separates the master designers from the novices. A well-trained designer can tell within moments of viewing a design whether its creator knows how to work with typography. Typographic details aren’t just inside jokes among designers. They have been built up from thousands of years of written language, and applying them holds in place long-established principles that enable typography to communicate with efficiency and beauty.
Handling these typographic details on the Web brings new challenges and restrictions that need to be considered. Below are a few rules of thumb that will have you using typography more lucidly than ever before.
>A portion of the article: Mind Your En And Em Dashes: Typographic Etiquette From SmashingMagazine.com
Read the full article here: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/08/15/mind-your-en-and-em-dashes-typographic-etiquette/
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