Merola Design » Videos http://meroladesign.com/blog graphic identity & website design Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:08:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Typography old school video http://meroladesign.com/blog/typography/typography-old-school/ http://meroladesign.com/blog/typography/typography-old-school/#comments Sat, 28 Oct 2006 02:30:37 +0000 robert merola http://meroladesign.com/blog/2006/10/27/typography-old-school/

The basic principles of typography have not changed much in four-hundred years says David Dabner in new short.

In this beautiful 5 minute film by Omair Barlatulla, David Dabner demonstrates how an old tool can still teach us a lot about typography and design in a computer dominated craft.

In this interview, Dabner, a typographer who teaches type and design at the London College of Printing, uses the time consuming art of Letterpress, to slow down the design process, giving students more time to think about typography.

Dabner offers some valuable advise to young designers many who have never experienced the tactile pleasure of hand draw or hand set type.

A must see for anyone who remembers the pleasure of an industry where beautiful typography required an investment of time, muscle, planning and thought.

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