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Bad Typography Hurts and Other Ways Type Affects Us

Tuesday April 8, 2008
I dipped into some recent YouTube video uploads and found these... Here's a short (3:34 minute) video showing how typography surrounds us. Bad typography affects communication. Nothing earthshattering here, but sometimes we can use a little reminder. Then, there is this Herb Lubalin Digital Study Project video (2:47) described as a "mini-homage to a New Yorker who created the image of the American era." Finally, here's a very quick (1:08) video titled Typography - McKee Speech in Adaptation, where powerful words and a powerful delivery combine with typography (explicit language warning). Politicians who don't feel they are getting their point across forcefully enough might want to try this approach in some of their speeches.
Comments
April 9, 2008 at 3:04 am
(1) http://www.zbusoft.com says:

Like to see it.

April 20, 2008 at 8:09 pm
(2) Kevin says:

I do not peruse your pages for swearing
BAH, If you swear you have nothing really to say
Your link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTaZ0np-mZg

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