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Designer Yannis Karlopoulos’s Work is a Celebration of Greek History and Culture

Eye on Design

The phrase is a pangram – a sentence featuring every letter of the alphabet used by designers to test out fonts – invented by Karlopoulos to check the letters on his vintage Olivettis, Olympias, and Bar-Lets; flea market finds that form a fraction of the archive collected in the designer’s basement studio. . and the Latin a.

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The History of Logos: Where Branding Started

Inkbot Design

Roger (Author) Multilingual (Publication Language) 432 Pages – 11/08/2015 (Publication Date) – Taschen America Llc (Publisher) −$8.00 $72.00 The rise of mass media, including television, radio, and print publications, has profoundly impacted how brands reach and engage with consumers.

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Is It Art, or Is It Type? What We Learn When Language is Built, Not Written

Eye on Design

(For contrast, consider designer Mindy Seu’s use of Arial for her project Cyberfeminism Index , the reasoning for which she clearly outlines in the website’s About section: it’s “one of few system fonts designed by a woman.”). The font also requires examination as a form in itself alongside the apparent statement/message.

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