TypeTalk: The Quick Brown Fox
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Where did "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" come from, and what do these animals have to do with type?
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Scanning Around with Gene: You Too Can Be a Famous Artist
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The Famous Artists School in Westport, Connecticut, cultivated thousands of would-be artists through its extensive advertising and Who’s Who faculty.
TypeTalk: Change Word’s Line Spacing, Part II
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As long as you're willing to dive into the guts of Microsoft Word, it is possible to change the default line spacing for all new documents.
TypeTalk: Find Figure Styles in OpenType Fonts
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To designers' delight, many typefaces include several kinds of numbers: oldstyle, lining, tabular, and proportional. But how do you discover which fonts have which styles?
TypeTalk: Times Roman vs Times New Roman
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What's old, what's new, and what's what when you're talking about Times?
TypeTalk: Best Headline Breaks
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When headline and subheads are more than one line long, grab the reins and make those breaks manually. Here's what to look for.
TypeTalk: Point Size and Letter Spacing
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When you make type bigger or smaller, don't forget to adjust the letter spacing, too. The result will be more evenly colored text.
Scanning Around With Gene: Thirteen Decades of Fine Printing
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For the last 130 years, the Goes Lithographing Company of Chicago has been turning out beautiful printing that you'll recognize.
TypeTalk: Does Foundry Size Matter?
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There are so many places to buy type. Are large distributors better than small type studios?
Scanning Around With Gene: The Images of Autumn
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There’s nothing like a blustery fall day to invigorate the spirit and remind us that change is in the air.
