Writing is one thing; rendering words in type is a whole other kettle of fish. My graphic designer friends would be aghast, but my extent of font-specific knowledge is limited to “kerning”, “tracking” and “leading” — and I picked those up more than 10 years ago when I occasionally mucked around with Quark Xpress.(Yes, I’m dating myself with the mention of Quark Xpress.)
Anyway, I picked up a heap of font terminology today, thanks to I Love Typography‘s excellent introduction, “Who Shot the Serif?“, which my pal Suzie sent me a few days ago. Now I finally have a visual to associate with the definition of “ligature”.
In font-related news, I’m trying to wrangle tickets to see the much-loved film Helvetica when I’m in London in two weeks’ time. Worldwide screening details are available at the official film website, but nothing’s slated for Singapore as yet.
Thanks for the mention (oh, and thanks to Suzie too).
Helvetica won’t be coming to Japan until next year. Good luck with getting those tickets!
Comment by johno692001 — September 2, 2007 @ 5:04 pm |