Talking Type

Talk given at Design Stuff Cardiff #9.

Designers or not, typography plays a huge role in our day to day lives. It’s everywhere we look and it’s carefully considered, most of the time. I’m going to talk about the power of typography and why it fascinates me so much. I will also be discussing how things are changing in print and on the web.

Being a designer for the last five years, I’ve had many great experiences with typography and it would be great to share some of those stories. However, I will also be using this talk to get a few type based frustrations off my chest to a room of people who will hopefully understand. Kind of like therapy.

Transcript

1. @garethstrange / bluegg.co.uk / strangelove.me
2. GRADUATED IN 2009
4. PERSONAL WORK
7. TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK typography
14. INFLUENCES DECISIONS
22. Designing a typeface is like writing a pop song, you can’t stop anyone singing 
 it badly in their bathroom” Erik Spiekermann “
23. ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER
26. CHoOSING A TYPEFACE CAN BE TOUGH
29. LEARNING THE
 RULES AND HISTORY OF TYPOGRAPHY
30. HAVING TO EXPLAIN THAT USING GILL SANS WOULD BE FINE
33. GREAT CRAFTSMEN
35. TEAM OUTTING
44. BREAKING UP 
 TYPEFACES
47. “No phoney baloney Bullshit” Quentin Tarantino
57. I always check if hand rendered type is authentic. I can’t help it.
64. www.realsigns.co.uk
65. NEXT TIME…
66. @garethstrange bluegg.co.uk strangelove.me