Tam Cao | design + web + motion » Typography http://www.tamcao.com/blog Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:27:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 typographic portraits | 2008 presidential candidates http://www.tamcao.com/blog/archives/284 http://www.tamcao.com/blog/archives/284#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:08:12 +0000 Tam Cao http://www.tamcao.com/blog/?p=284
typographic portraits of 2008 presidential candidates by GSU graphic design students.
  

 typographic portraits of 2008 presidential candidates by GSU graphic design students.

The junior graphic design students at GSU creates fun typographic portraits of presidential candidates using words associated with each candidate’s campaign and has been featured on CNN iReport.  Cheers to everyone in that class.

typographic portraits | 2008 presidential candidates
left: by Jason Dooley  right: by Min-Sun Kim

 

typographic portraits | 2008 presidential candidates
typographic portrait of Obama by: Troy Bedingfield

typographic portraits | 2008 presidential candidates
typographic portrait of McCain by: Justin Godbey

GSU grd 4020 advance typography class blog.

Also i found this interesting typographic illustration website that animate type to form pictures.
Pick a font, turn up the music, and enjoy the show.

]]> http://www.tamcao.com/blog/archives/284/feed creative use of typography http://www.tamcao.com/blog/archives/226 http://www.tamcao.com/blog/archives/226#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:10:29 +0000 Tam Cao http://www.tamcao.com/blog/?p=226 Typographic Chair

http://www.paletteindustries.com/

These are just a few pictures i found on creative use of typography.

http://www.johnpourhome.com

Typographic Rug

Typographic Scarf

http://littlefactory.com

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The folks over at Ork Design has created typographic city posters of various cities such as Los Angeles, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco.  They actually look very cool and affordable.

]]> http://www.tamcao.com/blog/archives/227/feed understanding web typography http://www.tamcao.com/blog/archives/196 http://www.tamcao.com/blog/archives/196#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:25:17 +0000 Tam Cao http://www.tamcao.com/blog/?p=196 Web typography has come a long way due to much improved browsers and text rendering.  Web designers who fully understand typography will reap the benefits and will get the most out of it.  Here are some resources out there to learn web typography.  feel free to add more of your favorite type site by commenting.

I love Typography

this is a great resource website designed to inspire people to be more aware of the typography around them.  Its a community dedicated to everything typography.

Typophile

Another great typographic discussion board, type design critique forum.

Here are a few articles about web typography:

  • Web Style Guide
  • Jon Tangerine : A paragraph in Web Typography & Design
  • A List Apart: Typography
  • Typographic Contrast and Flow  - WebDesignerWall
  • 5 Principles and Ideas of Setting Type on the Web - SmashingMagazine

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    also check out 

  • 101 Typography Resources for Web Designer
  • 46 resources & tools to improve your web typography
  • TypeSites.com

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