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Let me present you a closer look at typography, type and penmanship.

Three fields that overlap, yet are totally different worlds…

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Typography

You should do this, you shouldn’t do that. This is why you probably think typography is difficult and boring.

Type

Type designers are most of the day zoomed in 2000% into their screens. Does that something to their minds?

Penmanship

Honestly, I always feel a bit embarrassed to call myself a calligrapher because of its frumpy identity.

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Penmanship

Gerardus ‘The Rebel’ Mercator

I learned writing italic through the manual of Mercator, which, still today, serves as a good base to teach my students.

Typography

Hierarchy

As a typographer, you can organise text in a visual way so it doesn’t take too much time for the reader to find her way.

Typography

You see what you know

She is all over the place, nervously giggling, apologizing for her mood, jumping from one word to another.

Typography

A mastermind in typography

Typography has everything to do with the meaning of language.

Type

I want it white on black!

White means silence, just like silence in music.
Without silence there is no music.

Typography

The Basic Rules

The rules by itself are not difficult. The difficult part is to find your way to use them (or not).

Typography

The [New] Typography School

One day I will start my own typography school.

Type

How can I see a typeface is good or not?

This question is closely related to: ‘How do I choose a typeface?’

Type

How do I choose a typeface? (2)

The most common answer:

based on conventions and connotations.

Type

How do I choose a typeface? (1)

My personal answer:

based on experience and questions.

Penmanship

Is this the most valuable book?

A letter is not any different from a stain. It is making a shape and a counter shape.

Penmanship

How do I practise?

How I discovered the relationship between music and penmanship.

Typography

Is typography dead?

If you think that typography is all about technique and skills, you miss out on its true potential.

Typography

Talk like a pro

Teaching typography is complicated, because talking about typography easily becomes a conversation about taste.

Need advice?

If you have a short question, just send me an email. I will answer you fast.

If the answer becomes more complex, I will publish it here, so others can learn from it as well.

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