SPD Member's Exclusive: Monotype's Pencil to Pixels
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"It doesn't."In a world that's all iPad and interaction design and expiration dates, it's always nice to see someone dedicating love and energy to the classics. "Linotype: The Film" looks at the Linotype typecasting machine with just this kind of love. Called the "Eighth Wonder of the World" by Thomas Edison, the Linotype revolutionized printing and society, but very few people today know anything about it. More about the film and the preview after the jump...
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The goal was to design a typeface by tracking the moving car using special software, and the whole undertaking documented with photos and video. A camera mounted on a crane...was used to track 4 color dots on the 4 corners of the car. The movement was then turned into fonts using custom software.More photos and the making-of video after the jump...
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