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Archive for the ‘Typography’ Category

Page Proportion Advice

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Listen to this…

When designing a book, it can be expedient to select a format or trim size that is based on the proportions of the letters with which the book is to be typeset.

I am reading some incredible design books right now. This little tidbit of advice comes from Visual Grammar by Christian Leborg. I just wanted to share it with you - it’s a layout method I had never heard of before, but it makes so much sense!

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Typography School

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

This incredible video has been posted on every design site in the past year. But it’s so good, I felt it would be wrong to not have it here. If you haven’t seen it, you’re in for a treat - and if you have seen it, it’s just as good the second (or third) time around.

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