Författare: STG

Stockholms Typografiska Gille vill höja kvaliteten på svenska grafiska produkter. Vi debatterar och engagerar oss i utvecklingen inom vårt yrkesområde, studerar och samtalar om konsekvenserna av ny teknik. Vi kritiserar dålig grafisk kvalitet. Genom dessa aktiviteter hoppas vi kunna skapa en större medvetenhet hos såväl producenter av svenska grafiska produkter, beställare av grafisk form och typografi som hos den läsande konsumenten.

The League of Moveable Type’s Top 10 Most Magical and Magnificent Microsites

It’s about time we give attention to an incredible (and often overlooked) phenomena in the typography and design world.

For those that aren’t familiar, microsites are basically digital adaptations of type specimens. For those that aren’t familiar with type specimens (don’t be embarrassed, we’re all learning here), type specs have been used to advertise and promote typeface designs since the early days of metal type. Microsites exist for the same purpose, carry a similar spirit, yet are fairly unknown to those outside of the really nerdy type-isphere. Which sucks.

Läs och utforska minisiterna här: The League of Moveable Type’s Top 10 Most Magical and Magnificent Microsites

Learn All About Fonts by Playing With These Poker Cards | Mental Floss

Want to learn about fonts? Try playing poker with the Font Deck, a pack of cards designed to help users learn the finer points of typography and font design.

The deck is the work of Canadian designer Ben Barrett-Forrest, who runs a graphic design studio based out of Ontario and the Yukon. In 2014, Barrett-Forrest designed the precursor to the Font Deck, a product called the Design Deck that aimed to teach users about the ins and outs of graphic design. Some of the Design Deck cards feature typography lessons, but the Font Deck—available for $17 a deck on Barrett-Forrest’s website or on Kickstarter—gives the topic a deeper dive.

Källa: Learn All About Fonts by Playing With These Poker Cards | Mental Floss

BBC’s new typeface BBC Reith is designed to improve legibility on screen | It’s Nice That

The BBC has commissioned a new typeface, BBC Reith which will make text easier to read on screen and “will also save the BBC money”. The “master-brand” typeface is named after the organisation’s founder Lord John Reith, and has started to be rolled out gradually starting on BBC Sport.

Källa: It’s Nice That | BBC’s new typeface BBC Reith is designed to improve legibility on screen

The Ripple Effect: How Our Smallest Design Choices Can Make A Big Impact

The rules of typography and information design provide us with a framework with which to design. But within these constraints, can our design choices have wider implications?

Källa: The Ripple Effect: How Our Smallest Design Choices Can Make A Big Impact