Saturday, February 2, 2008

type specimen pages

I have my favourite typefaces:

gill sans, interstate, garamond, galliard, swiss, rotis, eurostyle, caslon old style, caslon antique, bembo, johnston, hoefler text, gotham, chalet and bell gothic are just a few. miller text is nice, I've never used it…


here are one each, a serif face ( ITC Galliard )
and one sans serif face ( Johnston ITC ) type specimen page at 9 pt.





here are some display type faces: Caslon, Vendetta, Clarendon, Rotis and Gotham

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Hello everyone

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Type Directors Club Salon with Deb Bishop

Hello everyone, just F.Y.I.
Deb Bishop, the force behind Martha Stewart Kids Magazine is @the Type Director's Club. It should be very interesting to hear what she has to say about creating magazines, especially since we are taking this class. There are a bunch of others as well, not to be missed.

Type Directors Club Salons; 6–8 pm @the Type Directors Club, 127 w25th St., 8th fl., NYC
TDC Members: Free, Non-Members: $10

Third Thursday evenings (unless otherwise noted), monthly. Seating is limited—RSVP to director@tdc.org
t: 212 633 8943
w: http://tdc.org/events/salon.html

Thurs 21 Feb 2008 : Number Seventeen : Emily Oberman and Bonnie Siegler
Thurs 20 March 2008 : Joe Zeff, Joe Zeff Design
Thurs 17 April 2008 : Debra Bishop, Blueprint magazine
Thurs 15 May 2008 : Louise Fili, Louise Fili Ltd.