Typographic Glossary

Computer Arts magazine in Brazil this month (ed. 42) has a glossary of typography that caught my attention, I decided to share here, see:

AESC (æ)
Ligature of the letters 'a' and 'e'. The AESC comes from Old English and represented a diphthong. Today, the character is used in other languages ​​such as Icelandic and dinamaerquês. Pronounced "is".

ESCO

Escobar aka Raphael ESCO , paints the streets but is not graffiteiro, but not invented letters and typography, so is your definition. Know your printers in the form of graffiti or vice versa.

Luca Barcellona | Calligraphy & Lettering Art

Luca Barcellona works as a designer, do graffiti, and typography, is letterings, calligraphy, logos, woodcuts, illustrations and flowers. Lucca dominates the letters well, here are some traps him and a video of what the guy does live:

Bad Dita Calligraphy

Bad Handwriting Said: graffiti theme is shown in Matilha Cultural

Lubalin NOW

In December rolled a tribute to the typographer, graphic designer, typeface designer, entrepreneur and founder of ITC Herb Lubalin , the title Lubalin tribute Now, it happened where he graduated in 1939 at Cooper Union Scool of Art . Installation exhibited original sketches, magazines , logos and posters from the collection of Lubalin.

IF YOU TYPE?

Typography is that you?
The site of the Pentagram , Type answers that you are!
Simply access the site fill in your name, surname and place the password character.

Turn on your sound box and answer the 04 questions with alternatives, the videos are in English but is very simple.

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ALPHABET # 2

A few more Samplers / alphabets typography inspiration: