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Comalle 20 Jun 2008 | 11:14 am
Comalle is an organic roman typeface that recovers some elements proper of handwritten letter forms, even though its strokes do not necessarily refer to a literal calligraphic structure. In order to ...
The content of form 24 Oct 2007 | 02:52 pm
I’ve been thinking lately about the complexity inherent to the process of abstraction, this in order to simplify the conceptualisation stage (of design). Interestingly, I’ve spent most of my time to s...
Signs and Pictograms 26 Jan 2007 | 05:58 pm
Lately, many people have asked me about icons and pictograms. Then I realized how difficult it is for my students to be maintain consistency between the drawing and the concept behind it. Usually, a p...
Romeral, a display typeface 7 Dec 2006 | 07:19 pm
I’ve designed Romeral, a display typeface, in the beginning of 2004 in order to accompany my text typefaces. Romeral is designed to produce a noticeable visual impact that invites the audience to the ...
15 tips to choose a good text type 1 Dec 2006 | 08:59 pm
Many people have asked me which text type is best for a magazine, a newspaper, a poster, a newsletter, a publication, etc. In general, I tell them which to use, but I know that this is not the best an...
Vector drawing mistakes 3 Nov 2006 | 02:11 am
Some time ago, I wrote an article about vector drawing. A basic explanation, but very helpful. A few hours ago I was looking through some files on my computer and I found a lot of archives that I comp...
Vector drawing 30 Oct 2006 | 09:27 am
Designers are afraid of precise vector drawing. Many designers have a lot of beautiful logos or types designs, but the bad execution of the path mars the final result. Some designers propose a vector ...
Welcome 17 Oct 2006 | 06:20 pm
Welcome everybody My name is Juan Pablo de Gregorio, your host from now on. I’m a chilean graphic designer and a typographer. On march, I published my blog letritas, a blog in spanish about typograp...
