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Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. 

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Posted by Alyssa / Filed under: Design, Typography

Excellent Kinetic Typography

Typography is essential to almost all mediums of design from print to web. All designers must study typography, and a great way to study it is to find great typographical inspiration. Most articles containing typography inspiration showcases, however, display mostly static typography. I thought it would be interesting to showcase some excellent examples of kinetic (or kinematic or dynamic) typography, typography in motion.

Despite the fact that graphic designers are most accustomed to static typography, we are exposed to kinetic typography on a daily basis. Think opening titles sequences of a television show or movie or the huge blobs of text in the last commercial you just saw.

Searching “kinetic typography” on YouTube tuns up hundreds of results; not all of which are outstanding. I scoured through them and also have a few of my favorites to share with you.

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Posted by Alyssa / Filed under: Typography