Stop-Motion History of Typography

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August 12th, 2013 12

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”

Rick says:

August 13th, 2013 at 5:35 am

Excellent in both production values and information provided.
Jessica Maybury says:

August 13th, 2013 at 8:18 am

This is really great :-) I love videos, stop motion AND typography = you’re fantastic!
David says:

August 13th, 2013 at 3:50 pm

very nice!
Fat Man With Inky Fingers says:

August 14th, 2013 at 4:14 am

Very nice, well put together, educational and entertaining. Good Job!
David Philippart says:

August 15th, 2013 at 8:34 am

Fantastic! Thank you!
sharky towers says:

August 22nd, 2013 at 1:16 am

Fantastic. All killer, no filler.