Category Archives: Fall 2017 Archive (336)

After reading through Ellen Lupton’s “Thinking with Type”, I realized that we humans have gotten so lazy with our handwriting, as well as our grammar. From the library’s Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections, I selected this piece of a prayer book, Prieres … Continue reading →

The key components to type anatomy are small variation that define what the type is, but every typeface has some constants, like a base line or a cap height. Some of the defining factors of typefaces are serifs, which give … Continue reading →

This book was written in 1649 by Matthias Friedrich Beck and translated by Jakob Koppmayer. I found this book interesting because it has three different languages. These languages will inspire me to make my type anatomy because they all have different … Continue reading →

The one piece of typeface that stood out to me during our visit to the museum was one within Hvg. Grotii Batavi Syntagma Arateorvm: Opvs antiqvitatis et astronomiae stvdiosis vtilissimvm written by Solensis Aratus. This book, which was not in … Continue reading →

Roaming about the Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections department of the library, I was exposed to beautiful, artistic fonts – both handwritten and printed. I was particularly intrigued by Mary Martin Rebow’s handwritten letter to her fiancé. Dated Oct. 25, … Continue reading →

For the analysis of a typeface from Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections section of the library, I chose the Bible in Russian (synod version) by Nikolai Aleksandrovich Astafev that was published in 1912 by Izd. Britanskago i inostranngo bibleiskago. I … Continue reading →

I have always loved calligraphy and manuscripts. It is amazing how symmetrical, and balanced the typeface that someone creates can be. When looking at all the different texts available to us in the library, I noticed that most of the … Continue reading →

Based on what I observe on all texts I could during the visit I noticed that in everybody of text there is always a height limit. Like in the reading talks about where the cap height limits the size of … Continue reading →

Ellen Lupton’s chapter, “Thinking with Type” gave an interesting idea at the beginning of the chapter. She talked about typeface having a tension of counter forces within the letters. I thought of this as a balance between different components, such … Continue reading →