The animation is so smooth for a stop motion film! It's probably due to the smooth sound effects that match the video nicely, giving the illusion of smoothness. What an excellent piece!
I teach typography and this video is straight to the point and very useful. I spend two weeks talking about History of Type and then I show your 5 minute video to my students and they say "Oh, I get it now." Thanks.
And finally, Beth Mickley created Emotifont, where emotions are incorporated into the fonts giving a clear visual of the intent behind the message! It is revolutionizing the texting industry!
@@aashita224 Ben should be getting paid for it, that's a bit frustrating to hand off the information to a screen whilst the teacher is actively just letting someone else inform the class. hm. My college teachers did this and i'd complain. The video itself is great, but give it as background research for personal time outside of class to look up - but teach the class don't chuck a video on and sit down.
@@nataliabennett8157 That's true, they should teach rather than someone else doing it for them. But also I would say we get a break from the normal teaching. But maybe they can use video examples rather than just someone doing to explaining. We can't really complain anywhere so stuck with what we get. lol
You may have put lots of work into that, but it was 100% worth it. This video will still be played in decades to come to give people a good overview about the classic typefaces. Thank you!
Hmm. Roman seems to be to typography what skeuomorphism is to user interface. In the same way, Futura seems to be to typography what "Metro", "Flat", and "Material Design" is to user interface.
Very nice! I was a typesetter at the beginning of my career. Now I run into folks who can't imagine what that is! Thanks for passing on the history, and the reasons that each style gets designed and used. So often I see graphic design with so many fonts it looks like a ransom note. It's good to remember "type is meant to be read", and that good design is invisible, because it doesn't get in the way of the message. Really fun presentation!
this was amazing and so damn helpful for my quiz later today :) Thank you! I appreciate the obvious hard work that went into this video. And I will be recommending it to fellow students and my instructors.
I don't think they are astonished at the content but they are happy because it is a well made video that condenses a lot of important information in a short time. As a design teacher, I am showing this to my class ASAP.
This is great... but you left out the era of typewriters, and also typesetting metal type, and then photo type. Everyone knows metal type and linotype, but many don't know about photo typesetting and how it was a precursor to both laser printing and desktop publishing. The first computerized typesetting wasn't done on graphics terminals. It was done by computer-controlled photo-typesetters that would use fonts that were on rolls of film.
+John Kawakami Hi Jhon, I am so in love by the depth of your comment. Could you please tell me about books of the history of computerized typesetting in the first years? Thanks. This subject causes me SO MUCH curiosity!
Thankyou very much for this splendid film. I came here, my curiosity awakened, after marveling at all the typefaces on a poster for Black Metal festival here in Sweden.
This video was fun and informative with a spot of quirky humor - there is potential here for a series of videos on the all the other principles of design. I'd watch that!
Amazing video. On a different note, i know this video is posted long before Joe Goldberg, but the resemblance of the voice and narration is mindblowing
This is one of the most beautiful UA-cam videos that I've ever seen. It all looks so effortless and it flows so well and I can't imagine the effort that went into the production of this video.
As a graphic designer I find this fascinating. I didn't know about the different names for the kinds of serif fonts. You've done an amazing job on this. Thanks!
Why are there so many graphic designers that seem so astonished by the content of this video? Man, you should know this stuff. You should be going through the story like "aha", "yep, that's true", "ooh I had forgotten about that". Good narration btw.
Extremely well done. I'm a teacher and have been looking for a video to help explain the importance of font. This video has somehow eluded me until now. I'm so glad to have found it. Great work!
That's true about fonts- I hadn't realized that. According to Wikipedia, Bi Sheng's clay tablets were hard-to-break and were soon replaced with metal. He used a "moving type" press but it was not mechanical like Gutenberg's. You're right that there are much fewer fonts in East Asian languages, because they have thousands of characters. However there's a lot of creativity and innovation in the history of typography in non-English languages which should get more attention, I think.
I thought that all of the forms of writing were created when we invented computers. Your artistic ability to show this subject in a fun way captivated me for many other reasons also. I now am going to love choosing different typography fonts for my papers I will write this year.
It's a great video for students and a really nice way to talk about history of typography. I'm talking about guys who declare themselves as rightful professionals in the design matter that have never gone through this topic, based on what I read on the comments.
Your stop motion skills have left me speechless.
The animation is so smooth for a stop motion film! It's probably due to the smooth sound effects that match the video nicely, giving the illusion of smoothness. What an excellent piece!
I teach typography and this video is straight to the point and very useful. I spend two weeks talking about History of Type and then I show your 5 minute video to my students and they say "Oh, I get it now." Thanks.
"I like big fonts, of that I cannot lie. When see a skinny font it tends to hurt my eye" by Sir Write A Lot
And finally, Beth Mickley created Emotifont, where emotions are incorporated into the fonts giving a clear visual of the intent behind the message! It is revolutionizing the texting industry!
This was so amazing! My university class is using this as a reference to one of our lessons :) thanks so much for such a fun and informative piece!
even our college uses it for in-class teaching and references
@@aashita224 Ben should be getting paid for it, that's a bit frustrating to hand off the information to a screen whilst the teacher is actively just letting someone else inform the class. hm. My college teachers did this and i'd complain. The video itself is great, but give it as background research for personal time outside of class to look up - but teach the class don't chuck a video on and sit down.
@@nataliabennett8157 That's true, they should teach rather than someone else doing it for them. But also I would say we get a break from the normal teaching. But maybe they can use video examples rather than just someone doing to explaining. We can't really complain anywhere so stuck with what we get. lol
same
@@aashita224 he does also get payed by youtube
Ah, the amount of effort poured into it truly shows how lovely the final product is. Simple, effective and very attention keeping. Awesome job!
Years after years, this is still my favourite video on youtube
This is AWESOME, thanks for making this, I'm going to share the crap out of it!
i'm watching this in 2021 for online classes and it feels weird looking at these old comments.
Very useful, finally I can pass my exam today.
wow this animation gives cool colors
You may have put lots of work into that, but it was 100% worth it.
This video will still be played in decades to come to give people a good overview about the classic typefaces.
Thank you!
Thanks so much, Johanna. Much appreciated!
What a video! This video must have taken so many hours . Great work!
I am in awe of detail you kept in cutting out all those letters! What a great video! Thank you for all your hard work!
Thank you - so wonderful! Leaves me with a smile on my face...
The thumbs-downs are from Comic Sans users...
So much effort and the result is just perfect. Thank you
Wow!! That's stunning!! Great video & great story!!! and damn 140 hours!!! Amazing!! How much would you charge for a project like this?
What a great informational video - thank you for posting!
This stop frame actually captures my students attention. And...they get it! Great work. Typography comes to life!
This animation is magic!!!
One of the most beautiful videos I've ever seen! Thank you so much.
Still awe inspiring after 8 years!
Excellent video on typography - best Ive seen fun and interesting to watch - thanks
Watched this on school. Amazing work. Absolutely epic
Hmm. Roman seems to be to typography what skeuomorphism is to user interface.
In the same way, Futura seems to be to typography what "Metro", "Flat", and "Material Design" is to user interface.
Futura and Helvetica are (Early) Flat.
Century Gothic is (Late) Flat.
Roboto is Metro.
Product Sans is Material.
Very nice! I was a typesetter at the beginning of my career. Now I run into folks who can't imagine what that is! Thanks for passing on the history, and the reasons that each style gets designed and used. So often I see graphic design with so many fonts it looks like a ransom note. It's good to remember "type is meant to be read", and that good design is invisible, because it doesn't get in the way of the message. Really fun presentation!
Wow! That video must have taken YEARS to make! Its amazing!
Amazing video!! Super informative, beautifully created and entertaining - fabulous job - thank you!!
Thanks for the video! Really educational and entertaining.
I love typography, I love stop motion and I love things that are properly explained so,
*I LOVE THIS* (:
this was amazing, the amount of effort that went into this!
Brilliantly informative and beautifully executed 😊
this was amazing and so damn helpful for my quiz later today :) Thank you! I appreciate the obvious hard work that went into this video. And I will be recommending it to fellow students and my instructors.
its so thin that i liked it so much
Thanks! This really helped with my graphics homework :)
Awesome video, great for me to refresh the history. Beautiful stop motion also!
Agreed! If you're looking to dive even deeper, I have a podcast on the type design history.
Absolutely amazing
I don't think they are astonished at the content but they are happy because it is a well made video that condenses a lot of important information in a short time. As a design teacher, I am showing this to my class ASAP.
days of reading books condensed in to 5.0 minutes
Thank you very much, Ben. It is a wonderful start to teaching typography to students.
Dang dude that's a lot of hours! What editing software did you use to put it all together?
I used Final Cut Pro X, and yep, it sure was a lot of hours!
Nice! I need to learn that program.
Well your video looks great!
Ben Barrett-Forrest It's an stop motion video.
+Ben Barrett-Forrest TOTALLY WOTH IT. and thank you!
+Ben Barrett-Forrest OMG that is amazing!!!
Thank you for breaking all that terminology down! Helpful *and* beautiful
the exacto work in this tho.
I liked this very much
He has put a lot of effort in making this video .
that was beautiful
best video about fonts so far!! Thank you!
My personal favourite is Agency FB. No reason. I just like it. That's it.
I also enjoy Agency, I feel its letters being closer really adds to it. My favorite is a font called "Dark Ages" that I found while surfing dafont.com
HatchetHaro ok bye now
My favourite is Andalus. It has this elegant, fantasy-ish appearance while still being very well legible.
So beautifully well explained made👌
This is great... but you left out the era of typewriters, and also typesetting metal type, and then photo type. Everyone knows metal type and linotype, but many don't know about photo typesetting and how it was a precursor to both laser printing and desktop publishing. The first computerized typesetting wasn't done on graphics terminals. It was done by computer-controlled photo-typesetters that would use fonts that were on rolls of film.
this is great
+John Kawakami Hi Jhon, I am so in love by the depth of your comment. Could you please tell me about books of the history of computerized typesetting in the first years? Thanks. This subject causes me SO MUCH curiosity!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAT_%28phototypesetter%29
John Kawakami he worked hard in this he probs didn't have enough time
Wow that's a really impressive video, great content and great form. All the information i wanted, shown in a fun and clear way!
4:43 *Do you wanna have a bad time?
awesome job man. can tell so much work was involved
Creative/smooth transitions. Easy-to-digest narrative and definitions of typographic styles. Thank you!
Thankyou very much for this splendid film. I came here, my curiosity awakened, after marveling at all the typefaces on a poster for Black Metal festival here in Sweden.
Great video, thanks. Helps to understand fonts we use every day and to think about style consistency.
This video was fun and informative with a spot of quirky humor - there is potential here for a series of videos on the all the other principles of design. I'd watch that!
Amazing video. On a different note, i know this video is posted long before Joe Goldberg, but the resemblance of the voice and narration is mindblowing
THANKS! we were talking about this in my Illustrator class! This made me understand it better. Easy and effective.
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just did a presentation about TYPO and I must say that your film is amazing
it is simple and clear.
I do totally agree that it's an excellent video to share in academic context and should be shared ASAP in every graphic design career classroom.
Everything from design, cutouts, to the voice over is perfect.
Splendid!
Beautiful stop-frame. Thanks for taking the time to do this sir!
Well done...a fine script...clear and concise...
That is a lot of letters you got there. Much respect for cutting those out.
This is a brilliant film Sire. Hats off.
I love this! Showing my students!
What a fun way to learn about fonts, and the history helps explain what is really quite confusing to those who are living & breathing graphic design
This is one of the most beautiful UA-cam videos that I've ever seen. It all looks so effortless and it flows so well and I can't imagine the effort that went into the production of this video.
I have to say "Wow", so inspirational. Thanks for your sharing!
I'd love to watch this animation forever.
This one was incredibly good fun! I love it! Being a designer working with type everyday I always enjoy entertaining stuff on typography..
As acalligrapher this is so helpful to explain the influence of one on the other calligraphy and type development. Thanks
Interesting stop motion to learn type and its history, thanks!
I'm a little late to the party, but if you're interested in diving deeper, I have a podcast on type design history :)
I can't believe you just explained what took me about 6 years to learn in about 5 minutes. Well done. Liked and shared!
That ending! I know what it takes to make these traditional stop motion videos... Looks simple but those transitions like 4:45... Seamless!
Simply fantastic. Thank you for your clever artistry.
Being someone that has been doing graffiti for over 7 years I loved this fucking video. Super well put together man!!!!🙏🔥
love it! Great typography video!
As a graphic designer I find this fascinating. I didn't know about the different names for the kinds of serif fonts. You've done an amazing job on this. Thanks!
Did anyone else watch this because of how satisfying it looks instead of wanting to learn the history of typography?
Yes! So well done. I am also very interested in type design history :)
Why are there so many graphic designers that seem so astonished by the content of this video? Man, you should know this stuff. You should be going through the story like "aha", "yep, that's true", "ooh I had forgotten about that".
Good narration btw.
Great stuff. Nicely presented and to the point without boring waffle. Very well done!
Extremely well done. I'm a teacher and have been looking for a video to help explain the importance of font. This video has somehow eluded me until now. I'm so glad to have found it. Great work!
Wow. thanks for your hard work cutting down these letters, it really is inspiring!
Excellent video. Brief but covers a lot and is very easy to understand. Thanks for creating!
who knew font had a history! you learn something new everyday.
I just begun to love typography working on a logo and now, after watching this I decided that this is my new passion!!
That's true about fonts- I hadn't realized that. According to Wikipedia, Bi Sheng's clay tablets were hard-to-break and were soon replaced with metal. He used a "moving type" press but it was not mechanical like Gutenberg's.
You're right that there are much fewer fonts in East Asian languages, because they have thousands of characters. However there's a lot of creativity and innovation in the history of typography in non-English languages which should get more attention, I think.
Cleverly executed and informative. Thanks Ben Barrett-Forrest for this.
I thought that all of the forms of writing were created when we invented computers. Your artistic ability to show this subject in a fun way captivated me for many other reasons also. I now am going to love choosing different typography fonts for my papers I will write this year.
Wow I love they way you explain such an complex and huge concept in an easy way. Great
This video is so cool! Bravo!!
Clear, informative and fun. What more could you want? Well done!!!
Please make more videos! This is so good.
This is so cool! I loved the D rolling to its side lol. And the commas taking a dive like dolphins.
This animation style is the sickest shit I’ve ever seen wtf
It's a great video for students and a really nice way to talk about history of typography. I'm talking about guys who declare themselves as rightful professionals in the design matter that have never gone through this topic, based on what I read on the comments.