FREE 27 Page Type Classification eBook

Written by Jacob Cass on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 – 11:48 am -

Free Type Classification eBook

Just Creative Design has just released their first eBook and it is only available to Just Creative Design subscribers - ensured by a password hidden at the bottom of your RSS feed!

If you were following me on Twitter then you would have heard about this release three days ago and if you have had your eyes peeled you would have noticed a banner at the bottom of your RSS feed with a link to the official page but never fear, I have released it to all subscribers now.

For full information on what it’s all about and how to get the free type classification eBook go check out the official page Type Classification eBook Page. Enjoy.


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Free 27 Page Type Classification eBook

Written by Jacob Cass on Sunday, May 4, 2008 – 5:21 pm -

Congratulations on finding your way here. Obviously you are after the Free 27 page Type Classification eBook.

What is it?

For a full visual preview scroll down and for a description read on… This book has been made to help you learn the 10 broad classifications of type. These are the basic foundations of what you need to learn to learn typography and it is essential for any designer to know how to classify type.

This book goes through the 10 type classifications with a brief history as well as the key characteristics of each. This book has been made to come back to for easy referencing and it looks great printed as well.

How do I get it?

You will need a password to download the eBook and if you came here through any other way other than your feed reader or ILT you will probably not have the password.

To get the password Subscribe to Just Creative Design and locate the password at the bottom of any article in Just Creative Design’s feed. The purpose of this is to make it only available to Just Creative Design subscribers and I will be changing the password regularly to ensure this.

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What is a Font Flag? What is a Font Specimen Sheet?

Written by Jacob Cass on Monday, March 17, 2008 – 9:41 am -

Font Flag

Do you know what a font flag or font / type specimen sheet is? Here are the answers as well as an example made by myself for typography class at university.

What is a Font Flag?

A font flag is a poster – a visual ‘sell’ – presentation of the style, feel, mood and aesthetic sense of a particular font. It deals with the emotive, pictorial, poetic or pragmatic sense of the font. It may recall the sense of history, the classification group, notable or famous uses. It is about appeal – looking good.

What is a font specimen sheet?

A font specimen sheet is about measurement specifics, display of the font – all characters and expressions, at differing point sizes, paragraph setting, leaded or tracked. Upper Case and Lower Case, title box, formal identification of the font - its name, classification, designer/typographer, the foundry – and a demonstrated showing of ‘font family’ characteristics – weights/shade in print.

My take on making a font flag and specimen sheet

For typography class at University we could choose any typeface we wished and then we had to make up a font flag and a font specimen sheet, here is the result, as well as a title page.

I chose Bodoni because it is so unique and because I wanted the challenge of working in an Didone (Modern) font, something I have never done before.

I made the background in Photoshop from about 8 different layers, then merged them and imported into Illustrator. The rest was done in Illustrator. You may notice that the Fibonnaci Sequence or golden mean has been the inspiration for these designs.

The characteristics of a Didone (Modern) type face.

  • Thick vertical strokes.
  • Thin horizontal strokes.
  • Fine hairlines.
  • Straight serifs.
  • Extreme contrast between the thick and thin stokes.
  • Curved letters balanced and slightly compressed.
  • The angle of stress is vertical.
  • Prints best on a smooth matt finish, white paper with black ink.

A thing worth noting on most digital Bodini fonts is that they suffer from a particular kind of legibility degradation known as “dazzle” caused by the alternating thick and thin strokes, particularly from the thin strokes being very thin at small point sizes. For more info on this see Bodoni on Wikipedia.

Bodoni Font Flag

Bodoni Font Flag

Bodoni Font Specimen Sheet

Bodoni Font Specimen Sheet

Typography Title Page (For a little typopgraphic pdf book we are creating.)

Typography

Need to brush up on your typography skills?

Feedback / Suggestions / Constructive Criticism is appreciated. I would love to hear your feedback.


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30 Fonts That ALL Designers Must Own

Written by Jacob Cass on Sunday, March 2, 2008 – 11:04 pm -

The Quick Brown Fox Jumped Over The Lazy Dog

Here are 30 of the Best Fonts / Typefaces that every designer must own sorted by alphabetical order. There are 15 serif fonts and 15 sans-serif fonts. These fonts will last you your whole career!

A brief description of what each font is best suited for is provided however are not limited to this.

There are some top free cool fonts that are downloadable in this collection and some that come with your operating system… the others are not so free but they sure will help you improve your typography! They include original PC, Mac and Truetype fonts.

You may also be interested in How To Choose A Font or the Top 5 Typography Resources of all time. Also don’t forget to subscribe! Read more »


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Featured Articles

Written by Jacob Cass on Monday, January 7, 2008 – 9:31 pm -

With the many articles found on this blog, it may be hard to find something you are looking for so this section helps you out by featuring my most popular articles sorted by category. You could also visit Just Creative Design’s full archives.

Logo Design

Graphic Design

My Design Process

Creativity

Typography

Design For Students

Poster Design

Photography

Resources & Inspiration

Wordpress & Blogging

Social Media

Other

Also try using the search box on the top right of this website if there is something in particular you are looking for. Also don’t be afraid to contact me asking for what it is you are looking for and I’ll give it my best shot to help you out. Cheers :)


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