I'm a word nerd who loves to geek out on how emerging technology affects the lexicon. I was an editor on the first 40 volumes of MAKE, and I love shining light on the incredible makers in our community. In particular, covering art is my passion — after all, art is the first thing most of us ever made. When not fawning over perfect word choices, I can be found on the nearest mountain, looking for untouched powder fields and ideal alpine lakes.
Contact me at snowgoli@gmail.com or via @snowgoli.
Canadian graphic designer and animator Ben Barrett-Forrest has created an enchanting and informative paper-letter animation about the history of fonts and typography. In total, Ben used 291 paper letters, took 2,454 photographs, and put in 140 hours of work to create this 5-minute history that takes us from blackletter to pixel type and custom scripts.
12 thoughts on “Stop-Motion History of Typography”
Ricksays:
Excellent in both production values and information provided.
Jessica Mayburysays:
This is really great :-) I love videos, stop motion AND typography = you’re fantastic!
Davidsays:
very nice!
Fat Man With Inky Fingerssays:
Very nice, well put together, educational and entertaining. Good Job!
I'm a word nerd who loves to geek out on how emerging technology affects the lexicon. I was an editor on the first 40 volumes of MAKE, and I love shining light on the incredible makers in our community. In particular, covering art is my passion — after all, art is the first thing most of us ever made. When not fawning over perfect word choices, I can be found on the nearest mountain, looking for untouched powder fields and ideal alpine lakes.
Contact me at snowgoli@gmail.com or via @snowgoli.
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Excellent in both production values and information provided.
This is really great :-) I love videos, stop motion AND typography = you’re fantastic!
very nice!
Very nice, well put together, educational and entertaining. Good Job!
Fantastic! Thank you!
Fantastic. All killer, no filler.