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An Intro to Typography

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Published on Jul 23, 2010

I'm now selling my handmade silver ampersand necklaces! Check out http://dftba.com/karen to buy one!

TO LEARN MORE (I have a lot of links to put here)
Thinking With Type: http://amzn.to/cH7Boj
A Type Primer: http://amzn.to/9eSkx4
Graphic Design A Concise History: http://amzn.to/cuMF3j

http://ilovetypography.com
http://typophile.com/
http://www.thinkingwithtype.com/

The typography on Wikipedia is actually very informative:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typography

Also make sure to watch the Helvetica movie:
http://www.helveticafilm.com/
It's also on Netflix!

Thanks for doing the outro Craig!
http://youtube.com/wheezywaiter

Music: Kevin MacLeod
www.incompetech.com

And of course, the self-indulgent self-promotional links:
http://karenkavett.com
http://twitter.com/karenkavett
http://karenkavett.blogspot.com
http://youtube.com/karenkavett

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  • ZMVS TV Weekly

    ZMVS TV Weekly 3 months ago

    I got $90,000 with your advise

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    tilityler09 2 months ago

    damn straight

    

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  • Daniel Vallejo

    Daniel Vallejo 3 days ago

    great video!... but what is the problem with comic sans, all the people use it?

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  • Alden Poon

    Alden Poon 3 days ago

    hello karen! my first comment on youtube ever! well I really like your style! pretty funny and i am now being more and more interested in typography^^ and  i went to the font shop to check fonts out as you said! what i discovered was some 'creative' font that i could not even decode it, like ''VLNL Dream Meal Right OT'' hahaha!! check it out! it's like clouds appear in your head while you 'read' them! anyway i'll keep watching your awesome video to learn more:-) support support!

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  • Moises Sanchez

    Moises Sanchez 4 days ago

    great work!!!!!! girl

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  • Ngọc Bình Đặng

    Ngọc Bình Đặng 5 days ago

    your video so fast but it's interesting. Thanks for your video :)

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    Kiwidiot 1 week ago

    2:08 Never, EVER stretch YOUT type.

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    jregulator 1 week ago

    Enjoyed your video. Thanks!

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    Fazal828 1 week ago

    smart idea ...if you be ugly no one will say "things" about you in comments

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  • meredithlikesbands

    meredithlikesbands 2 weeks ago

    Can you make a video like this but for graphic design?

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  • caliaguilar4

    caliaguilar4 1 month ago

    Just went to a Jostens Spring Fling and this was a featured video to explain the various types of fonts we could use on our yearbook! I was so excited to see Karen, DFTBA!

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  • Grant Layton

    Grant Layton 1 month ago

    For one of my school ceremonies, they used papyrus in the slide show and I lost all faith in humanity

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