For those people who aren’t familiar with fonts. They are simple a design for the alphabet that is a combination of typeface and other qualities such as size, pitch and spacing. There are probably over 1000 of fonts and sizes ranging from 8 to 72. You can take a look at these fonts by opening up your word document and clicking on the window that says Times Roman and next to that window will be a number that is the size of the font. You can choose any style and …

Want to know how the top designers in the big studios would do a logo??
Designing a logo is not as simple as opening Photoshop and using a couple of brushes. (If i find out any one is using Photoshop for logo’s i will personally kick their ass!) To do a logo successfully requires a little process which is what i am covering in this article today.

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The following is an article from logolounge.com and is always a good read for a designer looking fro inspiration. It was all composed by Bill Gardner, Bill is principal of Gardner Design and creator of LogoLounge.com, a unique web site where, in real-time, members can post their logo design work; study the work of others; search the database by designer’s name, client type, and other attributes; learn from articles and news written expressly for logo designers; and much more.
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These are all terms that ALL designers should know before entering a studio! if you dont know them, start reading!!
Most of these are printing terms but they do apply to everyday work. Specially when talking to a printer.
Against the Grain – Used to describe the direction of the grain on paper. Against the grain is at right angles to the grain direction being used, as compared to with the grain.

Align – Lining up characters and images on a document using a base or vertical line as a reference point.

Amendments/alterations – …

Typography by Oded Ezer
Below is some work and an interview with Oded Ezer, and isralian type artist. Article taken from PING MAG a Tokyo based design mag.

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