Making and Breaking the GridA worthwhile book on grids. After a brief introduction to grids and their usage, the book launches into gallery mode by showcasing examples from a variety of media. It breaks down the grid being used in each piece while walking through a broad range of styles and solutions. Less academic than other grid books, but succeeds in depicting solid problem solving.
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Visual Grammar8 Faces, a new magazine from Elliot Jay Stocks that asks a few designers “If you could only use eight typefaces for the rest of your life, which would you choose?” I’m interviewed in this inaugural issue along with Erik Spiekermann, Jessica Hische, Ian Coyle, Jos Buivenga, Jon Tan, Bruce Willen & Nolen Strals. Print editions sold out fast, but PDFs are still available. †
The Newspaper Club is now shipping internationally! So excited about this. I think I need to come up with an idea for a newspaper now. †
Quick tip on condensed webfonts, I just posted a brief tutorial on how to use WebFont Loader to tune your font sizes for fallback fonts when using condensed webfonts. †
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