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The 10 most popular typeface families in American newspapers according to a study by Ascender Corporation

The classic book on statistical graphics, charts, tables. Theory and practice in the design of data graphics, 250 illustrations of the best (and a few of the worst) statistical graphics, with detailed analysis of how to display data for precise, effective, quick analysis. Design of the high-resolution displays, small multiples. Editing and improving graphics. The data-ink ratio. Time-series, relational graphics, data maps, multivariate designs. Detection of graphical deception: design variation vs. data variation. Sources of deception. Aesthetics and data graphical displays.

People pay attention to graphics. They respond to graphics. They learn from graphics. If you want your readers/learners/audience to "get" something as quickly and clearly as possible, use visuals. And you don't have to be a graphic artist, designer, or information architect to put pictures in your presentation, post, or book. This post is my first attempt to categorize the kinds of graphics I do here, and offer tips for creating visuals that tell the story better and faster than words.

INNOVATIONS in bread baking are rare. In fact, the 6,000-year-old process hasn’t changed much since Pasteur made the commercial production of standardized yeast possible in 1859. The introduction of the gas stove, the electric mixer and the food processor made the process easier, faster and more reliable.

From a professional for professionals, here is the definitive word on using grid systems in graphic design. Though Muller-Brockman first presented hi interpretation of grid in 1961, this text is still useful today for anyone working in the latest computer-assisted design. With examples on how to work correctly at a conceptual level and exact instructions for using all of the systems (8 to 32 fields), this guidebook provides a crystal-clear framework for problem-solving. Dimension: 81/2 x 113/4 inches, English & German Text, 357 b&w examples and illustrations.

Web 2.0, now with ajax !

A new Travel site, and four uses for tags Here at Guardian Unlimited we’ve just launched our new Travel site.... nice article here

the professional webspace of illustrator nd designer, KEVIN Cornell | The harmonious unification of Design, Art & Lackluster Humor

Born in Spain, Manuel grew up in La Coruña, Galicia. After moving to USA he attended the Ringling School of Art and Design in Florida, where he earned his BFA and later on moved back to Europe to pursue illustration.

Veteran graphic design/typography and letterpress teacher from the London College of Printing: David Dabner talks... giving an insight into the principles of design, creative letterpress and why computers make students sloppy

Fontsmith is a leading type design studio. We create bespoke fonts for corporate identity, working with design groups or direct with the end user.

We manufacture top quality wooden templates & teaching aids in two thicknesses of plywood

Fountain is an independent and friendly digital type foundry. Our aim is to provide our discerning clients with modern, well-crafted fonts guaranteed to meet the most strenuous requirements of aesthetics, legibility and originality.

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All things have an interface. Shaping interfaces is shaping the character of things. The brand is what transports the character of things. When looking at McDonalds, iPod, Nintendo DS it becomes quite obvious that the interface is the brand.

For too long typographic style and its accompanying attention to detail have been overlooked by website designers, particularly in body copy. In years gone by this could have been put down to the technology, but now the web has caught up. The advent of much improved browsers, text rendering and high resolution screens, combine to negate technology as an excuse.

Typographica is a journal of typography featuring news, observations, and open commentary on fonts and typographic design.

Wear Your Typographic Pride Like You Mean It! Support Subtraction.com! Make an emphatic statement about your typographic savvy while showing your support for Subtraction.com!

Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, and Zephyr networks.

This is the site for the JustFontIt project, a new utility for font professionals. In addition to GUI font editors, JustFontIt provides a wide range of features, required to quickly bring the fonts to a sellable state. This includes through font testing against effective criteria what allows to pinpoint typical font bugs, ability to make safe patches in Type1 fonts, generating clean font metrics, conversion between Type1 Binary and Type1 ASCII formats, generation of customizable lists of font properties and more.

"It's important to us that beyond utility, there is an emotional connection."

95% of the information on the web is written language. It is only logical to say that a web designer should get good training in the main discipline of shaping written information, in other words: Typography.

Windows Vista's astoundingly long beta period is winding down (they just sent out the "what did you think of the beta?" surveys to testers), which means a whole wave of analyses of the new user interface is about to be unleashed.