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  2. David Carson (graphic designer) - Wikipedia

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    Carson was born on September 8, 1955, in Corpus Christi, Texas. [ 1] Graduating from Rolling Hills High School, [ 2] he continued his education and graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. [ 2] Carson surfed professionally before finding employment with magazine Self and Musician. [ 1]

  3. Helvetica (film) - Wikipedia

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    Helvetica. (film) Helvetica is a 2007 American independent feature-length documentary film about typography and graphic design, centered on the Helvetica typeface. Directed by Gary Hustwit, it was released in 2007 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the typeface's introduction in 1957 and is considered the first of the Design Trilogy by ...

  4. An Essay on Typography - Wikipedia

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    An Essay on Typography. An Essay on Typography is a 1931 book by Eric Gill about the history of typographical art and production. It has been considered a classic since its first publication. The influential graphic designer Paul Rand called it 'timeless and absorbing' in a review for The New York Times. [ 1]

  5. Typography - Wikipedia

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    Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, point sizes, line lengths, line spacing, letter spacing, and spaces between pairs of letters. [ 1] The term typography is also applied to the style, arrangement, and ...

  6. Note (typography) - Wikipedia

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    In publishing, a note is a brief text wherein the author comments upon the subject and themes of the book and names the supporting citations.In the editorial production of books and documents, typographically, a note is usually several lines of text at the bottom of the page, at the end of a chapter, at the end of a volume, or a house-style typographic usage throughout the text.

  7. Ray Gun (magazine) - Wikipedia

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    Ray Gun was an American alternative rock-and-roll magazine, first published in 1992 in Santa Monica, California.Led by founding publisher Marvin Scott Jarrett, art director David Carson and executive editor Randy Bookasta, along with founding editor Neil Feineman, Ray Gun explored experimental magazine typographic design and unique angles on the pop cultural currents of the 1990s.

  8. History of Western typography - Wikipedia

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    While woodblock printing and movable type had precedents in East Asia, typography in the Western world developed after the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century. The initial spread of printing throughout Germany and Italy led to the enduring legacy and continued use of blackletter, roman, and italic types .

  9. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting - Wikipedia

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    Text formatting in citations should follow, consistently within an article, an established citation style or system. Options include either of Wikipedia's own template-based Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2, and any other well-recognized citation system. Parameters in the citation templates should be accurate.