Typographica

JUNE 26, 2025

Your typeface could be next. Prev Post → Commentary Jim Parkinson, 1941–2025 Written by Stephen Coles on June 26, 2025 Jim Parkinson — lettering artist, type designer, and painter — died today at his home in Oakland, California, after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s. Learn more.

Arts and Crafts 98

Arts and Crafts Fonts Fine Art Publishing 98

Inkbot Design

MARCH 29, 2022

26 – The National Geographic logo is simple but strong. The Hitachi logotype is Helvetica Neue, a sans serif typeface. The logotype is Helvetica Neue, a typeface designed by Swiss designer Max Miedinger in 1957. In 1998, Goldman Sachs merged with Salomon Brothers, creating Salomon Smith Barney.

Manufacturing 145

Manufacturing Fonts Brand Branding 145

Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2024

Buy on Amazon Creative Confidence The Kelley brothers from legendary design firm IDEO empower readers to unlock their latent creativity in Creative Confidence. You’ll come away with a sharper eye for details like kerning, leading, line lengths, typefaces, sizes, and how they impact the reading experience.

Publication 52

Publication Graphic Design Publishing Publishing 52

Design Wizard

JUNE 3, 2020

For instance, in most of the typefaces, letters like d, h, and k are ascenders. Being opposite to ascenders, descenders refer to the parts of letters that extend below the baseline of a typeface. It’s like CMYK’s digital brother and is often used for creating digital designs. RGB stands for Red Green Blue.

Graphic Design 148

Graphic Design Graphic Fonts Typography 148

Shillington

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Ascenders refer to the parts of lower case letters that extend above the x-height of a typeface. In a majority of typefaces, the lowercase letters b, d, f, h, k and l are ascenders. A heavy weight of any given typeface, often used for emphasis. Entire collection of characters for any given typeface weight. Brand Identity.

Graphic Design 75

Graphic Design Graphic Fonts Print 75