Hello Monday…oops I mean Tuesday. This email, was supposed to go out yesterday…but we were busy learning and networking at The JWE Conference in Connecticut (do not worry, we will talk all about our experiences in a future blog post!)
OK you want to design in Hebrew (or do some Hebrew design) whichever way you say it
I know, I know this is waaay long overdue? BUT, I will make it worth your while!Just today (I am writing this on Thursday, and you are seeing this on Monday), I was thinking about what I should talk about. My brain is awhirl with ideas as most creatives are. You know how are we just like a frog, jumping from one thing to another. I am trying to stick to one item at a time.
BTW, a great technique that I heard from Kate over at eofire is to keep a sheet of paper near you as you focus on ONE task. Anytime another idea sneaks into your brain, that is totally not related to what you are doing, jot it down, so that you do not feel the itch to jump and escape from what you are doing.
OK, back to the task on hand–
Typography, that is
Hebrew Typography!
I will start off with some interesting design inspiration, we will also explore in future articles some great tools, expose you to some great typefaces and how to integrate Hebrew into your software programs.
Hebrew Typography Inspiration
Don’t you just love the website name AlefBetty? This Hagaddah is from their website…They also have some interesting geometric alef bet posters along with other items. Click on image to see more.
Oded Erez has here his sketch to final font design. It is really interesting to see a picture of him using a specialty brush to draw the letters. You can also see his actual sketches (and there are many) in the evolvement of the font.
Doing some research I came across some picture of the font in use
Even more interesting is seeing how the English letters marry PERFECTLY with the Hebrew.
I will end off with one more…this is an oldie but surely a goodie:
Dan Reisinger
Dan created a host of famous Israeli logos that are recognized all over Israel. He mostly sticks to a more geometric style with usage of simple shapes to give over his message. Major takeaway: Simpler is better. Give over your message in the simplest way possible. Strip away all the clutter to really dig and get the diamond!
Here is another example of matching Hebrew and English type shapes together
All images for Dan, sourced from http://tipografiaivrit.blogspot.com
So here ends our Hebrew Typography for today….I would love to hear where you get your inspiration, tools etc for your design projects that need Hebrew Typography!
Leave me a comment below!
