04 typography

TYPOGRAPHY

Lesson #4 at LABA in NINGBO, CHINA - 2012

martedì 18 dicembre 12

In the fall of 2012 I held a 12 days introductive course on

graphic design to 60 novice students of the LABA Fine Art Accademy based in the Ningbo Polytechnic, few hours far from

Shanghai, China.Here you can see some of the content I

collected for my lessons. Please send me some feedback

@giorgiomininno

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THE ORIGINS

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Detail from Trajan inscription, ca. 114 AD.

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Uncial, France, 7th century

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Late carolingian 1050 / Pre gothic 1250 / Gothic 1300

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MODERN TYPEFACES

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Bodoni typeface 1800

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Bauhaus

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Cooper Black

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Futura, 1927 by Paul Renner

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Renner

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Renner

1957 by Max Miedinger with Eduard Ho!mann

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ITC Avant Garde Gothic 1970-77

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FONT FAMILIES

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“Adobe Caslon Pro”

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“Helvetica Bold”

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“Caecilia Bold”

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ROUNDED

“GOTHAM ROUNDED”

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SCRIPT

“SignPainter”

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DISPLAY

“Lego AM”

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the typographic styles, such as the architectural orders, derive and describe

a precise expression of thought

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MASSIMO VIGNELLI

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STEFAN SAGMEISTER

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BARBARA KRUEGER

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ANTHONY BURRILL

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#!3300

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