It shows us just how far we’ve come since fat-bitting. We took pride in pixel craft.įast forward to the present and Ellen Lupton’s latest book “ Type on Screen ” is a fascinating typographic inventory of the present. “I could be at the bar, but no… I have to fat-bit this shitty logo.”īut the clients loved the attention to detail. We were masons, chipping and shifting single pixels - fixing what the screen did to otherwise well intentioned letterforms. Endless hours were spent on what my colleagues and I affectionately called “fat-bitting.” It was an activity hardly worth the effort. Designers traded in low-res compromise, bending to the will of fours, the tyranny of the pixel. Those were the dark ages of on-screen typography. Read more.By the 1990s, CD-ROMs and the Internet turned computer screens into the final display substrate. Statement on language in description Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage.
Type on screen : a critical guide for designers, writers, developers, & students Type on Screen is an essential design tool for anyone seeking clear and focused guidance about typography for the digital age. Covering a broad range of technologies - from electronic publications and websites to videos and mobile devices - this hands-on primer presents the latest information available to help designers make critical creative decisions, including how to choose typefaces for the screen, how to style beautiful, functional text and navigation, how to apply principles of animation to text, and how to generate new forms and experiences with code-based operations.
The definitive guide to using classic typographic concepts of form and structure to make dynamic compositions for screen-based applications. Design briefs-essential texts on design.
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