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Published: 2010-08-12 17:51:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 28348; Favourites: 373; Downloads: 47
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a basic Anatomy of Typography made by me.Resources:
Book; Designing for the web - five simple steps
*minor edit:
edited the tagline, counter in the 'P' is fixed
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hello, I'm a design student, I have a college project where I am designing a design magazine, I have a Typography section. and I was wondering if you would allow me to use this picture in my magazine. of course it will be credited to you. the magazine is just a college project, so it is not for publishing purposes.
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Hmmmm... this is cool even if I probably wont learn it
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Damn! Really good quickstarter! Nice to see this typography explanation, complete yet simple. Thanks.
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Thanks for the kind words, glad you like it
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Omg this is amazing, it would be really helpfull on my tesis.
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hi Yordan
what typeface did you use?
plissken2005.
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Very nice work. I actually forgot about the finial so this is a nice reminder.
I think you made two mistakes though. 13 is not an ear but a shoulder. The thing at the top of /g is an ear. Also, number 15 is a terminal; the whole descender of /y is the tail, so you should color a bigger part blue.
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Very nice. I suggested that my Professor show this in his Typography class.
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This is a very simple, easy to understand diagram. Very clean, very structured; it reflects traditional typography well. A tad bit predictable, and there are some areas which could use a little more attention as far as kerning is concerned, but overall it is well executed.
One thing: the counter of your 'p' is labeled as 14, as is the shoulder of your 'h'. You might want to fix that.
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One other thing, relating to grammar:
Your general description of typefaces is good, but I would rewrite it to say 'Typefaces, like most things, are made up of constituent parts; the characteristics of these parts give typefaces their character.' If written like that then some of the super minor grammatical errors disappear. (Other than that, there is only the small matter of having 'characteristics' describe 'character'; consider a synonym for character, such as 'individuality' or 'distinctiveness'.)
I know you didn't ask for a critique, but I hope I have helped!
This piece is quite easy to look at, and overall I get the feeling that you paid attention to what you were doing. So, again, good work!
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You've made a simple, direct, uncluttered reference aid. Even if most of those terms are rarely used outside of typeface design, I've found they do help at times when explaining typefaces' differences to clients. Very worthwhile!
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Erg strak Yoeri, super duidelijk.
Alweer een beetje klaar voor school?
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Thanks ouwe!
Nog niet echt klaar voor school, laatste week ga ik al me spullen eff in orde brengen haha 
Jij?
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hehe ja ik ook man, knallend afstuderen
zie je over paar weken op school!
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hey, i really like the simplicity of this. we were set a uni project almost exactly the same as this piece. i am re-doing mine at the moment
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Thanks for your comment 
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