Tag: typography
How Computers Learned to Read – Motherboard
Dark Roasted Blend: Intricate Japanese Movable Type Sets
Dark Roasted Blend: Intricate Japanese Movable Type Sets
“It is a widespread misconception that Johannes Gutenberg created the first movable type system and the printing press, around 1450 A.D. It’s true, Gutenberg was the first to make his movable type from a certain alloy of lead, tin, and antimony (which was more efficient than iron, used in Asia) – but movable type itself was originally invented in China around 1040 A.D. by Bi Seng (during the Song Dynasty). “
A Closer Look At Font Rendering | Smashing Magazine
Style Tiles
Kern.js – Make web kerning suck less.
Lettering.js – A jQuery plugin for radical web typography.
Shape Type, the letter shaping game
Shape Type, the letter shaping game
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