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Try These Type Webinars from Ilene Strizver
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 10, 2012
If your print or online projects use type, you can benefit from this series of webinars designed by CreativePro.com columnist and type expert Ilene Strizver.
Hand-Lettering Lovers, Rejoice
News: Written by Terri Stone on January 4, 2012
Lisa Congdon (known for her Collection a Day and her work as an illustrator/artist) is at it again. She's committed to creating and posting an example of hand lettering for every day in 2012.
European Design Conference Comes to America
News: Written by Terri Stone on November 16, 2011
The first TYPO conference held in the United States will be in San Francisco on April 5 and 6, 2012.
Make Monograms the Easy Way
News: Written by Terri Stone on October 31, 2011
Inexpensive fonts let you create custom monograms and cyphers from any letter combination. The styles range from traditional to childlike.
Be a Type Designer in New Game
News: Written by Terri Stone on October 27, 2011
These font games are not just fun--they're educational! At least, that's what you can tell yourself when you realize you've been playing them for an hour.
Typographic Rugs Are Real Treasures
News: Written by Terri Stone on September 28, 2011
Whether you're a fancier of fonts, connoisseur of comic books, or an appreciator of art, you'll require these rugs from Linus Dean.
If You Like Type then You Better Put It on a Ring
News: Written by Terri Stone on September 15, 2011
Engrave anything you like on high-quality rings. You can choose from any of eight trendy typefaces or send in your own design.
Add Rare Wood Type Faces to Your Digital Designs
News: Written by Terri Stone on September 6, 2011
Wood Type Revival finds old wood type, prints them, turns the results into fonts, and sells the digital typefaces for very reasonable prices.
Download Second Dot-Font Book for Free
News: Written by Terri Stone on September 2, 2011
Topics in the free book by John D. Berry include "the pleasure of old type books," "warm modernism," "industrial cool," and "where type designs come from."
New Font Creates Charts and Graphs for You
News: Written by Sandee Cohen on August 16, 2011
With the Chartwell OpenType fonts, you can create custom pie charts, bar graphs, and line graphs as easily as typing "1, 2, 3".
Web-Only Series Covers Typography, Photography, More
News: Written by Terri Stone on August 4, 2011
"Off Book" is a little gem of a program from PBS Arts. It's available only on the Web, which hopefully means no pledge breaks.
Love Helvetica? Love Card Games?
News: Written by Terri Stone on July 18, 2011
Then you need Helevticards, a high-style deck of cards you can use in every situation where you'd use like a traditional deck.
Avast, Me Hearties! It's a New Typeface!
News: Written by Terri Stone on June 16, 2011
"Prosperity" (from Brian Sooy's Altered Ego) is an OpenType script that gives your designs a hand-lettered, historical look.
Save Wood Type with this Kickstarter Project
News: Written by Terri Stone on June 8, 2011
For as little as $20, you can get a specimen sheet hand-printed with the woodtype you helped buy, thanks to the Western New York Book Arts Collaborative's Kickstarter project.
Take Your Inner Child to the Letter Playground
News: Written by Terri Stone on June 7, 2011
The letterPLAYGROUND website is a great source for typographic inspiration. But it's even better when you join in and play along.
New iPad App Teaches Typography
News: Written by Terri Stone on June 6, 2011
This $1.99 app helps you understand and even play with typographic forms. The theory is that you'll then better understand historically important type.
Design New Fonts or Modify Existing Ones with New App
News: Written by Terri Stone on May 26, 2011
The new font editor, called Glyphs, claims that its "smart and simple" approach helps you draw fonts and modify existing typefaces with ease.
Wake Up In Style with this Alarm Clock App
News: Written by Terri Stone on May 19, 2011
For under a buck, you can be woken by a famous graphic designer. The crouwelclock app for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad is from the Design Museum.
Play the International System Of TYpographic Picture Education Game
News: Written by Terri Stone on May 10, 2011
Do you know Gerd Arntz? This German illustrator helped create a system of pictograms that is part of all designer's cultural heritage. Now you can learn about him in a free app for the iPhone and iPad.
Eye Candy for Mobile Type Geeks
News: Written by Terri Stone on May 5, 2011
Type a message into Dance Writer, an app for the iPhone and iPad, and the message will be converted into a flowing sequence of human bodies in the shape of the characters you entered.
