A blog reader sent me a link to a delightfully animated video showing the history of typography. It's no secret that I have a deep and abiding love of type. It's the very thing that pushed me out of a career in journalism and pulled me into one as a designer. Type geeks, you may find this as interesting as I did. It's stuff I knew and some that I didn't. Enjoy!
Thanks, Irene Andrews, for sending me this!
JillT says
This was interesting. . .from someone who doesn’t “get” typography but is all the same fascinated by it (if that makes sense). Have you ever talked about fonts you use/prefer and why?
mary says
I LOVED this. Never knew the history of fonts, but being a fanatic about pen and paper, this was great!
My brother works for Apple, and has developed a couple of fonts over the years. Some people could shop for clothes all day – me? set me free in a stationery store, or on a digital font site, and you can pretty much fahgetta bout the rest of the day!
Thanks for sharing this, Cathy!
Marilyn says
Loved this! Thanks for sharing, and I second the motion made by JillT. I’d enjoy knowing your favorite fonts and why. That would make an interesting blog.
Margy Eastman says
How cool! I think “Helvetica” is one of the most beautiful words in the world. Thanks for sharing!
Ani says
Thanks for sharing! I love fonts… and paper… and stuff like that. It’s nice to know I’m note alone. And I’m virtually raising my hand as another who’d like to know your favorite fonts.
katie says
You know you like typography too much when you walk around bars going wait… THATS BEBAS NEUE!
Kim says
Thanks for sharing! That was fun and interesting and made me want to go play with some different fonts.
Megan_NerdNest says
So awesome. I especially loved the subtle knock on Comic Sans. It’s fun to hate.
Jeanine says
Thanks for sharing! I love downloading new fonts, it’s great knowing the history,
Alicia says
Thanks for sharing. This proves I am a font geek.
Judy in Huntsville, AL says
FUN! Thanks for sharing!
mary says
wow – I agree – no way that was five minutes…. but I still feel like I learned a lot. thanks for sharing!!
Outi says
What a fun video and instructional as well! Thanks!
Marge says
WOW! I feel like I just had a mini class!! What a great video and I agree, no way that was 5 minutes!! 🙂
Stacey says
That was very cool – thanks for sharing – my inner font geek is very happy right now!
Gail says
That was really interesting. Thanks so much for sharing it. I never knew what all those terms meant.