Tuesday 20 November 2012

Super Food For Thought

This post leads me to think about core strength and centripetal force not only in anatomy and yoga training but type design.

不論是漢字的設計師,或是拉丁字母的設計師,都會告訴我們,掌握線條之間的留白,重要性絕不亞於設計線條本身。因為在視覺上,留白才決定了字能不能容易辨識。 在構圖比例上,信黑體以楷書藍本,中宮緊湊,外圍寬鬆,每個字的邊緣形狀突出,讓辨識度與可讀性都高,因此非常適合用在內文排版上面。

之前與日星鑄字行 Rixing Type Foundry 張老闆聊字,發現鉛字的製作,尤其是日星的楷書,在筆劃設計上,都還要模擬寫字時的輕重,每個筆劃轉折、撇捺,都要有人味,也就是有書法的質感,所以在線條上並不會完全平順、完全規格化,要有用手執筆寫過的質感。 但數位字體因為螢幕顯示的載體特性,需要有不一樣的適應。如何在一格一格的螢幕上有最好的顯示效果?其實就是從筆劃著手,貝茲曲線的控制點要盡量減少,降低螢幕顯示上柵格化的干擾,減輕閱讀時的吃力程度,這與日星鉛字適應紙本要模擬手寫書法的效果,採取的是兩種不同的策略。 不過,信黑體在設計上還是向傳統學習:構圖結構源自於楷書,筆劃設計上雖然因為載體限制,無法模擬手書感,但筆劃走勢還是有楷書講究的力道;而在切角設計上,也是俐落但不露鋒芒,讓讀者眼睛感受更為舒服。這些優點其實都是傳承前人的智慧結晶,而有現代的適應與開創。

Source: 信黑體

Tuesday 13 November 2012

Me, Myself and My Time

Slowly but surely, gearing towards 'Me, Myself and My Time' as the semester is closing to a swift e.n.d... Mad preparation for the show in January next year. There pretty much goes another year in a flash *bittersweet*

Monday 5 November 2012

Trilingua from HK

The bilingual aesthetics is the obvious head-turner but the scalability of the interface is the real stunner! http://www.trilingua.hk/

Saturday 3 November 2012

Awesomest Weird Shit

This is a bilingual (Chinese and Thai) dream book with corresponding numbers for gambling.

Thursday 1 November 2012

'Simple' Stuff

Posters I passed by everyday but never really taking a good look at them.