Look Good On Paper

typography

capitalism

dad joke

Stalin

grammar

one-liner

restaurant

fancy restaurant

font

Microsoft

violet (color)

graphic design

boldness

Helvetica

is a concern with the clothes that words wear.

People who love ideas must have a love of words. They will take a vivid interest in the clothes that words wear.

nakedness

clothes

is a domain whose utter simplicity demands absolute accuracy.

There's a simplicity in typography that demands absolute accuracy... the only way you can experience it is by doing it, and you can't do it on a screen because a screen never gives you the entire picture.

is a field in which rhythm works just like rhythm in music. A text can either flow like a masterpiece symphony performed by an in-tune orchestra, or it can be a disjointed flimsy song by a one-man band wannabe.

Rhythm in #typography is just like rhythm in music. A text can either flow like a masterpiece symphony performed by an in-tune orchestra, or it can be a disjointed flimsy song by a one-man band wannabe.

is a hidden tool of manipulation within society.

Typography is a hidden tool of manipulation within society.

Choosing the right font is 90% of logo design. Typography is basically wine pairing.

wine

wine pairing

is a minor technicality of civilized life.

Typography is a minor technicality of civilized life.

is a triangular relationship between design idea, typographic elements, and printing technique.

For me, typography is a triangular relationship between design idea, typographic elements, and printing technique.

There is nothing simple or dull in achieving the transparent page. Vulgar ostentation is twice as easy as discipline. When you realise that ugly typography never effaces itself, you will be able to capture beauty as the wise men capture happiness by aiming at something else.

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