Teil 2 von 2: Wie ich die Bücher des Typographen Jan Tschichold kennengelernt habe, hier das zweite kurze Video. Neu in meinem Verlag www.perlenderliteratur.de ist ein Reprint seines Hauptwerks „Erfreuliche Drucksachen durch gute Typographie“.
#typografie
#gestaltung
#bucher
#büchermacher
#tschichold

Wie ich die Bücher des Typographen Jan Tschichold kennengelernt habe, hier das erste kurze Video. Neu in meinem Verlag www.perlenderliteratur.de ist ein Reprint seines Hauptwerks „Erfreuliche Drucksachen durch gute Typographie“.
#typografie
#gestaltung
#bucher
#büchermacher
#tschichold

1996 bundled with #Windows95 the popularity of #comicsans MS increased massively. It's not just the most popular leftover by Microsoft BOB, but maybe the best point of Steve Jobs about corporate culture at #Microsoft. https://youtu.be/CupJsrSqk2A

According to Wikipedia the font designer was inspired by the lettering of John Costanza and Dave Gibbons. Seriously, not Jan #Tschichold, no kidding. #comicsans no #comedy, no #copyright, no #joke https://youtu.be/XrR9TCRDm6U

Not even this deep dive into the #font mentioned it's origin at #penguinbooks, or the original #designer #JanTschichold
https://youtu.be/ynliPsRmmcQ

Appropriately annoying is gunnarollas song about #SansSerifSyphillis of #typography not by design, but #copyrightinfringement
https://youtu.be/OBibXwwLBts

And a fantastic playdoyer to -at least- question the automatic use of #italic as #semantic.
"Maybe the #Tschichold Revolution should be not mere «4 colors and 20 typefaces», but «4 colors and 20 typefaces with a dozen of different "italics" each»? For example, italic for emphasis and #iranic for irony?"
http://letters.temporarystate.net/entry/4/
#typography #blackletter #Bauhaus #ChicagoManualOfStyle