[HN Gopher] Ask HN: What are the best typography talks?
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Ask HN: What are the best typography talks?
Hi all, I'm looking for some good talks on typography. What do you
think are the most helpful talks on typography? Or which did you
learn the most from?
Author : farleykr
Score : 53 points
Date : 2021-05-14 14:01 UTC (9 hours ago)
| adefswrgwrefre wrote:
| Try this channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TypeDirectorsClub
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| Typography is an art, so it's very personal. I particularly
| enjoyed this talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgsHSVsNRdg
| --the guy's whole sensibility, etc.
| zachrose wrote:
| You might get a lot out of the documentary Helvetica by Gary
| Hustwit
| nerpderp82 wrote:
| https://practicaltypography.com/
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| https://typographyforlawyers.com/
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| https://beautifulracket.com/
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| Racket package by Butterick for book layout, https://docs.racket-
| lang.org/pollen/
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| (sixth RacketCon): Matthew Butterick -- The Making of "Beautiful
| Racket"
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_ptYjf8Bes
| swyx wrote:
| tacking on my other typography resources since we're making
| this a general thread: https://github.com/sw-yx/spark-
| joy/blob/master/README.md#typ...
| sonofhans wrote:
| It's not a talk, but you'll learn a lot watching Gary Hustwit's
| movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetica_(film)
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| It's much more than a history of the typeface. They walk through
| fashions and trends in design over the last half century, how
| that influences typography and vice versa. Most of the talking is
| by professional typographers and designers, so you get a lovely
| window into their trade. It's one of my favorite documentaries.
| zefhous wrote:
| This may not be what you are looking for, as it's about history
| rather than usage. However, if you are interested in the subject
| you may find it quite interesting, and perhaps helpful in some
| manner too.
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| https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcNA74tz9QNL45RbC3iKtcQKX...
| mikedc wrote:
| For an insightful look at creating modern commercial type this
| talk[0] from Typographics 2017 features Kris Sowersby of Klim
| Type detailing the process of taking his "Untitled" fonts from
| inception all the way through to marketing. You can find some
| other videos where he discusses adapting historical typefaces
| which may also be of interest.
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| In general Typographics[1], The Type Directors Club[2], and
| Type@Cooper[3] all have good talks depending on what you're
| looking for.
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| [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PyfwbXWaUk
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| [1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFCAIdei-H8VYD2NK1S3HkA
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| [2] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjKXDLrb6mrftD1NW-r4l5w
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| [3] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-
| WfLn9ekLD_SMrB7APoZ...
| jdavis703 wrote:
| This isn't quite a talk, but this episode of Abstract with the
| founder of Hoefler & Co was quite interesting:
| https://m.imdb.com/title/tt10990038/
| jchanimal wrote:
| Not talks, but maybe an index into some names you can google to
| find talks. http://luc.devroye.org/usa-newyork.html
| heleninboodler wrote:
| Not a talk, but I thoroughly enjoyed and learned a lot from the
| book Stop Stealing Sheep and Find Out How Type Works from Adobe
| Press
| gorgoiler wrote:
| I really recommended looking up type / layout in a library if you
| have a good one near you. The classic material on is,
| unsurprisingly, to be found in books.
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| Stuff you find online is US-centric and barely has a toe in the
| world of the printing past. That's not to say it isn't
| interesting, but it barely scratches the surface.
|
| (Example: it is unlikely one would ever learn about mortising on
| The Internet, but "keming" jokes are ten a penny.)
| cormullion wrote:
| Luc(as) de Groot hosts a battle between TrueType and PostScript
| curves here: https://youtu.be/I75Efo7whrs
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| Once there you'll find other TypoLabs talks...
|
| Mike Abbink gave a great presentation about the development of
| IBM Plex - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzLKjeuXLQY
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| Yves Peters has a few talks about fonts and type - his "Trajan in
| movie posters: the rise and fall of the Roman Empire" is a
| popular talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ELcasdlXY (2015
| date) His talk about fonts and sex is good too:
| https://youtu.be/JfdTZDNE3Xw
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| I enjoyed this talk about crazy OpenType techniques - "Yes, But
| Can Variable Fonts Do This -- Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer" which
| is at https://youtu.be/ZM1vSHzD3HI
| open-source-ux wrote:
| _Talk: Web Typography_ (48mins)
|
| I can recommend this 2018 talk on tips for Web typography:
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbIZX6tE9JY
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| The tips are:
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| 1. Don't trust computers
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| 2. Use the default font size for paragraph text
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| 3. Adjust type size according to reading distance
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| 4. Adjust the font size if the typeface requires it
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| 5. Set tables to be read
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| 6. Resize display text as you would an image
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| 7. Reduce your playload
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| 8. Optimise page render timing
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| There is a lot more detail than suggested by the headings above.
| I found the talk informative and helpful.
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| _Course: Typography for Developers_ (2hrs)
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| This is not a talk, but a course. Treehouse (an online course
| provider) just recently posted a typography course on the
| freecodecamp YouTube channel. I've not watched the course so
| can't comment on whether it's good or not but it's aimed at
| developers:
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agbh1wbfJt8
| edpadilla wrote:
| I liked Jonathan Hoefler's episode from Netflix's Abstract
| series. https://www.netflix.com/co-en/title/80057883
| sheepybloke wrote:
| I agree! It really got me excited and interested in typography.
| enhdless wrote:
| Not a talk, but Ellen Lupton's book, _Thinking with Type_ , is
| really good: http://thinkingwithtype.com/
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