The written word is everywhere. You can’t escape it, and I for one wouldn’t want to. I love to read; whether I’m delving into my latest purchase of fiction, or just walking past a poster on the side of a bus shelter, I’ll read it all. And then I’ll analyse the typography (yes, I realise that I harp on about typography a lot, but I’m a designer, so it’s important to me). Read more…
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Last week Aberdeen experienced a 2-day ‘heat wave’. Usually in the Granite City, we leave our jackets at home, search for the one pair of shorts that we own and declare a heat wave once the temperature reaches 12°C, but the temperature rapidly approached 30°C. Read more…
Brand guidelines generally accompany a logo design and are a set of rules designed to ensure consistency across all of a company’s branded materials. Read more…
Welcome to the next meeting of Type Addicts Anonymous. Last time we covered Step 1: admitting the problem. This time I’d like to present Step 2: resisting the urge to lecture others about bad typography. Read more…
My name is Fiona and I’m addicted to typography.
There, I’ve said it. I’ve taken Step One on the way to recovery. Read more…
I’ve written a guest post on the drawbacks of using Lorem Ipsum dummy text in design for Clare Crossan’s website. You can read the full post at WordPlay.org.uk.
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