Context Typographers and type foundries (the companies that commission and produce typefaces) have always had to promote their latest...

Using about 500 words of Lorum Ipsum (or other dummy text) you are going to design three different pages: • an interview with a TV actor...

Lorem Ipsum is dummy text with more-or-less normal distribution of letters that makes it look like readable English. It has been used for...

If you haven’t already, now is the time to collect as many newspapers, newsletters, magazines and brochures as you can. Start by going...

Create your own sample book of typefaces on your computer that you can refer to. Organise them into: • Serif for continuous text;...

Research point: Vernacular typography can be very well crafted but it can also be crudely created signs done in a hurry. Either way it is...

This exercise is designed to help you to look at typefaces more closely. You will need a sharp pencil, some tracing or thin paper and a...

The alphabet is only part of a typeface that contains lots of different characters such as numbers, punctuation, mathematical and...

Using the following words create typographical representations that present both the word and a suggestion of its meaning. Sad Safe ...

The history of typography, printing and reading are all linked; what else can you find out about this history that you find interesting?...