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A Brief History of TypographyA Brief History of Typography
A little insight into the history of not only Typography, but also of written language. This article will be far from covering it all, but focuses on highlighting some of the major events and periods in the history of Typography.
Typography
From the Greek roots τύπος typos = "impression" and -γραφία -graphia = "writing".
Cuneiform
~ 30th Century BC – 200 AD
Or "Script of Nails / Cuneiform Script" is probably the oldest form of written text. This calligraphic form of writing was carved into clay tablets.

The Latin Alphabet
~ 800 BC – present
This is the basic alphabet used in all Western languages. The Romans based it among others

Project Educate: Typography TerminologyTypography Terminology
This article is here to highlight some of the most important terms when it comes to working with Typography. The terminology in this article is very basic, but it's not only for beginners! Knowing the proper terms for whatever you do avoids confusion and makes it easier for people to be on the same line of thought.
Please note: these terms all refer to the technical work with Typography. They do not cover the Anatomy of Typefaces (f.e. baseline, x-height or serif) or stylistic elements used in Typography (f.e. page layout or white space).
Typeface
A Typeface is the compilation of a set of characters, which share a certain appearance. There are stylistic elements to each Typeface that also find relation to their classification.
While a Font traditionally only describes a set o

Project Educate: About TypefacesProject Educate: About Typefaces
Today I would like to introduce the world of Typeface Classification. Since the beginning of Typeface Design, there have evolved many different types of fonts, which can be sorted according to certain rules. I want to give you a short breakdown of the most famous categories and introduce some terminology as well.
The most wide spread system is the Vox-ATypI classification. This system was started in 1957 and finalised under this name in 1967. It is probably not a perfect system, as it was out for ciriticism quite a lot. Especially for people that are not very familiar with the terminology or history of Typefaces, this system proves to be hard to understand and confusing.
A second is the Thibaudeau classif

Project Educate: Typography TutorialsTypography Tutorials
Today I want to highlight some of the Typography Tutorials you can find in Stock & Resources on dA.
Theory
Tutorials with a focus on terminology.

Basic Tools
Explanations on how to use Typography Tools in various graphic programs.

Walkthroughs
Artists sharing the way to their final artwork.
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Effect Tutorials
These tutorials explain some visual effects that can be applied to achieve a certain effect with your text.
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Project Educate: The Typography GalleriesProject Educate: The Typography Galleries
A brief introduction to the Typography galleries that can be found on deviantART.
(All gallery names are linked, so you can click and browse)
I know, the galleries can be pretty confusing! You can submit Typography to both digital and traditional galleries. Of course, this depends on how you created the work. If you scan a piece, it does not automatically make it digital. And if you draw a part of it, but add elements on a computer to it, it is no longer traditional (Technically it would be Mixed Media, but everything with a typographic content is Typography. Mixed Media however, if it implied use of a graphic program to add to the work, is ALWAYS Digital Art.)
Enough of the boring stuff, here are the galleries

Traditional Art > Typography*
As the name su

Project Educate: Typography - Wrap UpProject Educate: Typography – Wrap Up
Thanks to everyone who faved the articles, commented and supported this week of #projecteducate!
I had lots of fun putting it all together, finding beautiful artworks and interviewing amazing artists

I will, of course, continue posting articles, feature and interviews

If you have suggestions for that, you are very welcome to note me about it

This is the official overview of the events taking place this week in #projecteducate during Typography Week! That's right, a whole week all about Typography

I am your friendly neighbourhood Community Volunteer for Text & Typography and hope to spread some of the love for Typography in all its shape and forms all over deviantART!
Btw, you can send me Daily Deviation Suggestions and always ask me whenever you hav

Typo Feature – QuotesBi-Monthly article featuring Typographic Artworks by theme.
You can suggest a theme for the next featured article by commenting on this article
Today's Typo Feature is dedicated to Quotes.
Quotes can be lines from movies, television, theatre or literature spoken by fictional characters or a narrator. They can be excerpts from lyrics. Of course they can also be things famous people said, like politicians, activists, scientists or artists.
Creating a piece of art from a quote requires a greater understanding of the one who said it and the circumstances, in order to make good decisions regarding layout, typefaces and coloring.
Quotes Features

Project Educate: Welcome to Typography!Welcome to Typography!
This week of #projecteducate is dedicated to Typography in all its shapes and forms!
"Typography is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible." *
Typography surrounds us on a daily basis and usually we don't even notice it. Its purpose is to convey a message and not distract from it. This is what design is for: it puts information and language into something visually consumable.
This history of Typography starts long before Gutenberg or the Chinese invented movable type. Ever since language was born, man had to find other ways than mouth-to-mouth to transmit a message. What may have started with cave paintings developed into writing and thus, Typography was born.
There are many many faces to Typography: Calligraphy,

Celebrating Diversity #1Welcome to this new series of Art Features! Even tho most of you are aware of the many many galleries and categories here on dA, I think most of us move in a sort of "comfort zone" between Galleries, Channels or Groups that provide us with a constant flow of new art. And sometimes we forget all the other great artforms, styles and media that are out of our "comfort zone". And today I want to step out of that warm and cuddly place and feature some awesome works from places on dA I don't usually visit!
Since this is the first entry, I thought I should explain it a bit more, so that is why there is more text in this article

The topic of celebrating diversity is something that I really want to cherish. I am guilty of not fully

R&S - Font Gallery Update!!I am very happy to make an announcement today that is something that I have been eyeing suspiciously for a while and now am very relieved to see it done:
The Resource & Stock Images > Fonts gallery has been relaunched!
Take a look at the changes here!
Now, without going into much detail, it used to be subpar. The category names were unprofessional and confusing, leading to frustrating search results and many many miscats.
Over the last month there has been a lot of work put into changing this status.
So first of all I’d like to thank ^Elandria and `Dan-Heffer who were very much in favor of the change and supported me in my endeavours to come up with a good gallery tree, despite being no experts on the topic of fonts, but giving me an outsiders input

Naturally I have to thank $Moonbeam13 as well, as she supported the idea as well and made t

Project Educate: An Interview with ^pica-aeProject Educate: An Interview with ^pica-ae
by `lintu47
Anne is an inspiring member of our community that makes a difference here every day. Her modesty and dedication towards the community are a source of inspiration for all the people on dA. She was kind enough to find the time to answer the questions for this interview. Enjoy!

1) Tell us a few words about yourself.
I am Anne from Hamburg in Germany and currently Community Volunteer for Text & Typography on dA. That means I set DDs from Traditional Art > Typography and Digital Art > Typography.
When I am not on dA I work as a webdesigner.
As you can guess, I love Typography. But I also love chocolate and spring and gather any random information I can get.

2) How did you found out about dA and why did you join the community?
I found dA because I was looking to Photoshop Brushes

I hear that is quite a common thing to happen

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Project Educate feat. Negative Space

Tue Mar 27, 2012, 12:05 PM

Project Educate feat. Negative Space

This feature of Typography showcases works that play with negative spac. This recurring theme in both Art and Design, challenges our mind in sometimes such a subtle manner that it is simply amazing. Using negative space for words while keeping the text readable is a trick that shows us how our minds are capable of so much more.

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Thank you for reading!

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~nymphont May 31, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Wow, very inspiring, thanks!

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^pica-ae Jun 4, 2012 Professional Interface Designer

Thank you

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~Charmed-Ravenclaw Mar 29, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Great feature guys. I've always been intrigued by typography - never quite understood what it was and wasn't quite creative enough for it - but this has taught me a lot

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^pica-ae Mar 29, 2012 Professional Interface Designer

Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed this

It's a fascinating area

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~Charmed-Ravenclaw Mar 30, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Thank you for putting it together

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^pica-ae Mar 30, 2012 Professional Interface Designer

ASCII is created by using letters, while ANSI uses blocks and lines. ANSI is closer to Pixel Art, and maybe less typographic cos it doesn't use (regular) letters.

You can find more info here [link]

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~Charmed-Ravenclaw Mar 31, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Ah I see. Thank you!

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^pica-ae Mar 31, 2012 Professional Interface Designer

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`HazelCraft Mar 28, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

I just love positive/negative space artwork. I remember having a blast doing projects on these when I was in high school (traditionally) and in college (digitally). SO much FUN!

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^pica-ae Mar 28, 2012 Professional Interface Designer

Yes, there is something amazing about this! I love the mind tricks it does

I should do some myself I think

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