Digital Calligraphy -Bibliography

To understand the way calligraphy turns into typography we must start by understanding two basic things, how we go from written to on-screen, and how characters are displayed onscreen.

Calligraphy

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calligraphy

History of written letters

• Refer to Meggs History of Graphic Design

Creating font with Fontlab

• http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/22/so-you-want-to-create-a-font-part-1/

• http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/designing/designing-a-typeface-with-illustrator-and-fontlab-from-start-to-finish-part-3/

Understanding that fonts look different on-screen then printed

• http://www.macsupportcentral.com/2011/08/pick-postscript-truetype-opentype-fonts/
• http://www.adobe.com/type/topics/info9.html

Vector vs. Bitmap

• http://www.dezinerfolio.com/2010/03/11/vector-vs-bitmap-for-dummies

Bitmap images

• http://elearn.pharmacy.ac.uk/blackboard/imageintro.htm

Typographers

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Slimbach
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Twombly
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Garamond
• http://www.identifont.com/find?name=Carol+Twombly&q=Go    – Carol Twombly
• http://www.identifont.com/show?123    -Charles Bigelow
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Connare