The two typefaces I have researched and grown very interested in are Helvetica and Baskerville. Helvetica is a font that was invented post World War II, when everyone wanted a new ‘go to’ font for everything informative. In 1957,… Continue Reading
Didot and Helvetica -Differences Didot is a very classy-looking font while Helvetica is very nicely spaced and all letters have the same amount of space and thickness to them. Didot’s lettering is tapered off at the end with thinner lines… Continue Reading
Baskerville was one of my favorite fonts to read about. It was created by John Baskerville in 1757 and it is now considered to be a transitional typeface. This is because Baskerville displays a style that’s between being “modern” and… Continue Reading
There are five classic type faces that are pretty well known. They are helvetica, century, baskerville, didot, and garamond. The two that I will be comparing are helvetica and century. Helvetica is one of the most used type faces out… Continue Reading
How many pieces can you cut from a single letter? Way more than I would have guessed. Or wanted. Typedia did a much more significant job of attempting to explain every nook and cranny of what makes up typefaces than… Continue Reading
The two typefaces I looked at the most were Helvetica and Didot. Didot is a modern typeface. It was created in late 18th century France by the Didot family. Didot came from a popular style of typeface that was growing… Continue Reading
After looking through the resources provided, I decided to compare Garamond and Didot. Garamond vs Didot — Differences One of the biggest differences between Garamond and Didot is when they were produced. Garamond is an Old Style font while Didot… Continue Reading
Differences- Didot vs Helvetica At a quick glance, Didot and Helvetica are clearly quite different due to their overall structure and anatomy. To start with Didot, it has very thin serifs on most of its letters. It also has a… Continue Reading
When looking at Garamond and Baskerville, they both are serif fonts. One of my favorite parts about these two fonts is how they both have ascenders and terminals in their lettering. I find that it makes the lettering in words… Continue Reading
Baskerville is a serif typeface designed in the 1750s by John Baskerville (1706–1775) in Birmingham, England, and cut into metal by punchcutter John Handy.it is known to be a transitional typeface. The creators goal was to make a font that… Continue Reading