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Ilene Strizver
Ilene Strizver, founder of The Type Studio, is a noted typographic educator, consultant, designer and writer. She specializes in all aspect of visual communication, from the aesthetic to the technical. Ilene has written and lectured extensively on type and typographic design to both students and professionals in the field.
Ilene formerly was the Director of Typeface Development for International Typeface Corporation (ITC), where she developed more than 300 text and display typefaces with such respected and world-renowned type designers as Sumner Stone, Erik Spiekermann, Jill Bell, Jim Parkinson, Tim Donaldson, and the late Phill Grimshaw. She cut her typographic teeth by working on Upper and Lowercase (U&lc) and other type projects with such legendary icons as Ed Benguiat, Aaron Burns, and Herb Lubalin.
Her clients included International Typeface Corporation, Monotype
Imaging Corporation, Adobe, Linotype, Galápagos Design Group, Whole
Foods, Harlequin Books, Somerset Entertainment, Integrated Marketing,
MeadWestvaco, Nationwide Insurance, Life is good, Inc., Alliance
Atlantis, Johnson & Johnson, and b-there.com.
Ilene has written for HOW, Dynamic Graphics, and STEP Inside magazines. She also authors the popular column "fy(t)I For Your Typographic Information," which can be found on www.fonts.com and www.itcfonts.com. Her current book, Type Rules! The designer's guide to professional typography, 3rd edition, has received numerous accolades from the type and design community. She conducts her widely acclaimed Gourmet Typography workshops internationally.
TypeTalk: The Anatomy of a Character
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on February 1, 2012
You've known the names of letters and numbers since you were a little kid. But did you realize that every part of those characters have names, too? Knowing this terminology will help you better understand typefaces and communicate about design.
TypeTalk: Hand-Drawn Type
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on January 11, 2012
When you want your work to stand out, swap a font for hand-drawn letters.
TypeTalk: The Dos and Don'ts of Type in Motion
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on December 14, 2011
Type has gone multimedia, appearing in many forms beyond its traditional role. Now it's in motion on websites, commercials, movie titles, video games, and more. These tips will help you create type in motion that will attract and hold your viewers' attention.
TypeTalk: Font Games Galore
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on November 9, 2011
It's OK to play with your type; in fact, it's fun! Just don't assume that professional typographers agree with all of the supposedly correct answers to these font games.
TypeTalk: Smart Punctuation on the Web
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on October 19, 2011
Is it acceptable to lower your print design standards when your type appears on the Web?
TypeTalk: Take the Three-Letter Approach to Kerning
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on September 15, 2011
This easy technique helps you compose text with more even color, texture, and balance between all characters.
TypeTalk: Five Typographic No-Nos
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on August 10, 2011
If you want your type to looks its best, be on the watch for these five typographic "don'ts".
TypeTalk: Give These Fonts a Hand
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on July 14, 2011
What are the pros and cons of hand-lettering versus handwriting fonts?
TypeTalk: Helvetica vs. Neue Helvetica
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on June 15, 2011
You may think you know this typeface, but it's actually transformed several times in its 50-plus years.
TypeTalk: Justification on the Web
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on May 12, 2011
On the Web, line breaks and the resulting column rag and alignment are at best unpredictable. If you justify standard HTML text, you may create nasty rivers and holes.
TypeTalk: Which Flavor of OpenType Is Best?
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on April 13, 2011
When you can choose between two types of OpenType fonts, should you use PostScript format (CFF) with the extension .otf, or TrueType format (TTF) with the extension .ttf?
TypeTalk: Script Typeface Dos & Don'ts
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on March 10, 2011
Script typefaces can be expressive and eye-catching, but if you are not careful, they can be misused, leading to unattractive, unreadable type.
TypeTalk: A Bodoni Is a Bodoni Is a Bodoni?
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on February 9, 2011
Are you confused by typefaces with very similar names? You're not alone.
TypeTalk: Ten Commandments of Type
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on January 12, 2011
There are exceptions to every rule, but for most typographic circumstances, following these 10 rules will result in projects that look more professional and are easier to read.
TypeTalk: Teach Your Children Well
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on December 15, 2010
A secondary school in Ontario, Canada, has a three-year program in graphic design. Learn more about it and see the work of six of its students.
TypeTalk: Footnotes and Endnotes
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on November 11, 2010
For some documents, such as academic journals, there are clear rules for formatting footnotes and endnotes. But even in other sorts of documents, there are still practical guidelines that will make your type look its best and work for your reader.
TypeTalk: What Are Web Fonts?
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on October 13, 2010
One simple CSS rule and the rise of new services has changed the Web and given us a greater degree of typographic freedom than was ever available before.
TypeTalk: Set Fractions Faster in InDesign
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on September 29, 2010
To make fractions quickly in InDesign, try one handy script. It can save you hours!
TypeTalk: Five Common Typographic Blind Spots
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on September 9, 2010
Here are five of the most common typographic blunders, with examples so you can more easily identify the errors and with links to advice on fixing them.
TypeTalk: Start Off with a Bang
Blog: Written by Ilene Strizver on August 25, 2010
Drop caps (or more generally, initial letters) can be ideal for directing reader eyes and adding energy to a page. Here are a few tips on using them successfully.
