Comments on: A brief overview of Typography and (sans)serif Typefaces

By: Richie

Richie — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:43:32 +0000

Hmm.. Interesting. A distinction has quite clearly evolved a lot, I guess. Thank you for the link. I shall look into this deeper and add the information that you shared. Thank you

By: Website Design Orlando

Website Design Orlando — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:18:18 +0000

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By: danelle

danelle — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:06:20 +0000

Nice read.

I’d like to note that you present a common misconception when distinguishing between the terms “typeface” and “font” …

“1) THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TYPEFACE AND A FONT:
Typefaces are a family of fonts (such as Helvetica Regular, Helvetica Italic, Helvetica Black, and Helvetica Bold belong to the Typeface Helvetica). Fonts, on the other hand are weights or stylse within that family (such as Helvetica Bold).”

Through the advent of desktop publishing and the accessibility of typographic tools to the general public, the terms “typeface” and “font” have become somewhat interchangeable; however, the terms derive from two very separate meanings and typographers still refer to them this way:

A typeface is the design of the letterforms; the font is the means by which the typeface is reproduced (whether that be a digital file or a set of lead letters).

http://www.aiga.org/theyre-not-fonts/

I realize that this splitting hairs, but if you’re going to write an overview of typography, it’s an important note to include. ;)

By: National seo

National seo — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:46:25 +0000

There are not so many quality articles about typography around, but this most surely is one of them. As a base knowledge of different classification of typographic approaches this article is a must read. Would love to see a more deeply detailed article written by you on this subject as this one really was great.
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By: Adept Clipping Path

Adept Clipping Path — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:28:57 +0000

Great piece of information and Good Typography also.

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:35:21 +0000

“It does not matter how pretty a page layout is or how unique a font selection is, if the typography makes the information on the page harder to read, the page has failed in its main duty”
Very true and straight to the point. I cant comment more since everything has been said. Love reading it from the top.
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By: Md. Habib

Md. Habib — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:12:27 +0000

Great overview of Typography and (sans) serif Typefaces. Thanks for post a wonderful work

By: Victor

Victor — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:06:18 +0000

Nice guide! Even though I am fairly familiar with typography, I still learned some new stuff and reinforced some of the principals I already understood. It really is such an important part of design, both traditional and web, as the type of font used has a major impact on the overall aesthetics.

Doing a great deal of web, it is always disappointing having to take into account the lowest denominator, Internet Explorer, it makes choosing a font that will look good on all browsers, or for that matter work in IE, much more difficult. This is made even more complicated when you take into account licensing. Can’t wait until IE9 is the most common one, although IE7 is becoming the new IE6, so this is a LONG way off!
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By: Theo

Theo — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:25:50 +0000

Really great overview, thanks for this useful article!
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By: Bastian Heist - Webdesign Development Hosting

Bastian Heist - Webdesign Development Hosting — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:14:21 +0000

Awesome compilation with lots of knowledge. Great for an overview. Thanks a lot!