In German, capitals are an integral part of grammar though. This sentence in German would look like: " In German, Capitals are an integral Part of Grammar though." It's not only what's important or at the beginning of a sentence, but shows if something is an object or a verb, objects and nouns are always capitalised and verbs are always small, for example. I just thought it might be an interesting little thing to add, as not everyone may have noticed.
Would you really consider them integral? Because I think it's more of an aesthetical extra, rather than an integral part. (if you consider integral to mean important)
@Barry Manilowa No, it's not quite like title case. Verbs and adjectives are not capitalized except at the beginning of a sentence. The capitals basically help you find nouns.
@@namjuok7203 Being German, using only lower-case letters (or all caps for that matter), as some people do in texting, advertising, or for aesthetic reasons, is mainly annoying because it strips away information and makes texts harder to read. It's ok for headlines or trademarks, but beyond that, it slows me down when I'm reading.
Typography was chosen for TED... I'm pleased. As a student of Visual Communication Design, we need to have a more delicate eye on our environment, for example, a font.
He makes it look as if Futura is the most used font, it’s not. Helvetica is the most used font. It’s so ubiquitous, you see it everywhere! Loved the presentation though.
I usually do not think about fonts as I used to is because NOW I only care if I can actually read it. In the past, I used to think of the various things and meanings I could pass to the reader without being too obvious about it. I now think about how readable it will be by choosing a certain font for my Kindle or Kindle app to both allow me to get the most words on the screen and still be readable to me...sigh.
But I mean... many typefaces could have been used instead of Futura. I think it would be more fair to attribute all of this achievements to the invention of writing and our writing system as a whole, instead of a single font.
Who chose the typefaces at NASA? Is there documentation that other typefaces were considered? It's clear that Futura was the most used, but is there information on how they made the decision for the plaque? Was there even a discussion or was it simply decreed that Futura would be used?
it's not that it "tapers". it's that the perfect circle in the middle is offset to be centered from edge to edge of that letter, and not centered inside the other perfect circle that it is supposed to be punching a hole through.
meanwhile my city's public buses EDS (the route display matrix on the side or front) has all different designs, some in arial, some looks like it came from london. and also the MRT station station navigation signs are all over the place with the icon and arrows and designs being all different...
The problem with a font such as Futura is it has a narrow 'I' and wide circular 'O's. Some words then look very unbalanced. The kerning on the apollo plaque text is atrocious - I'd have lost my job if I'd have set type like that. Look at the amount of white space between any characters with vertical strokes such as 'IN' and the gap between 'A' and 'C' in PEACE or 'LY' in 'JULY'.
Easy to read, that till a web designer get his/her hand on it, first redesign with thinner lines, adjust to lowest contrast possible to background, lock font size to very very small. Then pat themselves on the back for a great job, resulting in a web coder inventing reader mode🙄
"Mercury warped into Apollo"....... What? Mercury was a space program, followed by the Gemini program, followed by the Apollo program & a lot of smaller programs in between.
Am I the only one who is thinks what makes this talk so "worth spreading" (maybe because of limited knowledge in typography) but still completes watching the entire video (because of the way the speaker put the argument was just so appealing)?
I think the Nazis rather used fracture type faces. Which fell out of use after the war. Except maybe for titles from newspaper and such. But never the whole text. Luckily I learned in early ages to read such texts because of super old books in my school. Still an interesting topic.
@@sojosadventures3001 well think about it. If an alien species finds the plaque, wouldn't it have been better to write: "We came in peace for every species or life form"?
@@whoopjohn not really. It was humans who went to the moon, not any other species, so we can only represent mankind. Some other species aren't peaceful by nature lol
@@sojosadventures3001 I think my misunderstanding concerns the word 'for'. I am English, not American. 'For' as I read it conveyed the meaning 'For the benefit of', whereas I think the intention was 'On behalf of', which is far more benign. Two countries divided by a common language.
Cool story about the font. Too bad we can't talk about any of the technology used for the moon landing as no evidence of it exists. Not even drawings of the rockets. Nothing.
In German, capitals are an integral part of grammar though. This sentence in German would look like:
" In German, Capitals are an integral Part of Grammar though."
It's not only what's important or at the beginning of a sentence, but shows if something is an object or a verb, objects and nouns are always capitalised and verbs are always small, for example.
I just thought it might be an interesting little thing to add, as not everyone may have noticed.
Would you really consider them integral? Because I think it's more of an aesthetical extra, rather than an integral part. (if you consider integral to mean important)
i've never learned this in german class
@Barry Manilowa No, it's not quite like title case. Verbs and adjectives are not capitalized except at the beginning of a sentence. The capitals basically help you find nouns.
I want to ask you the notion that using only lowercase letters in German would be quite an avant-garde...like Herbert Bayer's Bauhaus font
@@namjuok7203 Being German, using only lower-case letters (or all caps for that matter), as some people do in texting, advertising, or for aesthetic reasons, is mainly annoying because it strips away information and makes texts harder to read. It's ok for headlines or trademarks, but beyond that, it slows me down when I'm reading.
As a graphic designer I find this very interesting.
Jessie Polfliet as a wannabe graphic designer (who has taken some graphic design classes) I find this interesting
Typography was chosen for TED... I'm pleased. As a student of Visual Communication Design, we need to have a more delicate eye on our environment, for example, a font.
Great video! Thanks! Didn't realize Futura was so popular until now...But we still have Helvetica staring at us in the background :)
Every time you hear Futura, drink!
As much as I enjoyed typography; wow.... Histo-typeography?
Never learned it in this way
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This is what Ted is all about, awesome talk, enjoy it while you can people.
Cool, I had no idea a typeface could have such interesting cultural ties.
I really love how you drop in the language of typography (ie. Drop cap, gutter etc)
He makes it look as if Futura is the most used font, it’s not. Helvetica is the most used font. It’s so ubiquitous, you see it everywhere! Loved the presentation though.
I usually do not think about fonts as I used to is because NOW I only care if I can actually read it. In the past, I used to think of the various things and meanings I could pass to the reader without being too obvious about it. I now think about how readable it will be by choosing a certain font for my Kindle or Kindle app to both allow me to get the most words on the screen and still be readable to me...sigh.
But I mean... many typefaces could have been used instead of Futura. I think it would be more fair to attribute all of this achievements to the invention of writing and our writing system as a whole, instead of a single font.
My most loved typeface
Take a shot every time he say "Futura".
13:40 this statement would have never been uttered before 2016
How do you choose the content? It's Awesome. 😊 I never thought typography would be a subject of study. 👌👍
I will use this typeface in my office from now on! Fantastic!
luiz felipe Cesario No comic sans allowed
Who chose the typefaces at NASA? Is there documentation that other typefaces were considered? It's clear that Futura was the most used, but is there information on how they made the decision for the plaque? Was there even a discussion or was it simply decreed that Futura would be used?
Michael Johnston that would be interesting to find out. I'm going to go look. Let me know if you find anything.
it's not that it "tapers". it's that the perfect circle in the middle is offset to be centered from edge to edge of that letter, and not centered inside the other perfect circle that it is supposed to be punching a hole through.
The result is that the circular part tapers at the two ends
Perfect circles? In a typeface? Think again…
Fascinating, thanks for sharing!
meanwhile my city's public buses EDS (the route display matrix on the side or front) has all different designs, some in arial, some looks like it came from london.
and also the MRT station station navigation signs are all over the place with the icon and arrows and designs being all different...
As soon as I watched it, I wanted to sleep
The problem with a font such as Futura is it has a narrow 'I' and wide circular 'O's. Some words then look very unbalanced. The kerning on the apollo plaque text is atrocious - I'd have lost my job if I'd have set type like that. Look at the amount of white space between any characters with vertical strokes such as 'IN' and the gap between 'A' and 'C' in PEACE or 'LY' in 'JULY'.
I’m so glad I watched this!
Love this channel 👍
I kinda like the Futura font.
Mmm K it’s my fave!
Easy to read, that till a web designer get his/her hand on it, first redesign with thinner lines, adjust to lowest contrast possible to background, lock font size to very very small. Then pat themselves on the back for a great job, resulting in a web coder inventing reader mode🙄
"Mercury warped into Apollo"....... What? Mercury was a space program, followed by the Gemini program, followed by the Apollo program & a lot of smaller programs in between.
After americans borrowed a german font, they needed rockets to use this font on and went ahead and borrowed Werner von Braun too.
Beautiful!
Do anybody thinks that Boeing uses Futura on their flight decks?
Never thought there would be a video regarding the moon landing that would be boring. 🤐
Why not "Universe" then? Gill Sans, Helvetica even?
PS - I used to be a Compositor, anyone know what that was?
What's the font this RUclips video provided subtitles in? It isn't Futura.
Helvetica
Carl Brovsky Roboto maybe
Carl Brovsky probably Helvetica
Am I the only one who is thinks what makes this talk so "worth spreading" (maybe because of limited knowledge in typography) but still completes watching the entire video (because of the way the speaker put the argument was just so appealing)?
Sooner than yesterday 😋
I think the Nazis rather used fracture type faces. Which fell out of use after the war. Except maybe for titles from newspaper and such. But never the whole text.
Luckily I learned in early ages to read such texts because of super old books in my school.
Still an interesting topic.
It's just a font bra
Future it is!
Watch ‘American Moon’ , you’re welcome
Great!
What do you think a horses number one priority when it comes? To voting A stable economy
Now make TED's logo in Futura and in lower case letters.
In seven. Every thing is fine .
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where is new zealand
On the left earth-picture ;)
@@karlzen86 there it is! Thanks
This dudes is working hard to justify his paycheck haha
No views,six likes.......
Never been this early
Dear MATH, stop asking to find ur X ,
She's not coming back :O
Comic
Sans
??????? I'm lost.
First 😁
'We came in peace for all mankind' implies 'Sod the rest of the species, wherever they come from'. Not a good choice of words.
Your point makes no sense.
@@sojosadventures3001 well think about it. If an alien species finds the plaque, wouldn't it have been better to write: "We came in peace for every species or life form"?
@@whoopjohn not really. It was humans who went to the moon, not any other species, so we can only represent mankind. Some other species aren't peaceful by nature lol
@@sojosadventures3001 I think my misunderstanding concerns the word 'for'. I am English, not American. 'For' as I read it conveyed the meaning 'For the benefit of', whereas I think the intention was 'On behalf of', which is far more benign. Two countries divided by a common language.
Second!
Cool story about the font. Too bad we can't talk about any of the technology used for the moon landing as no evidence of it exists. Not even drawings of the rockets. Nothing.
This is a weird talk. Interesting, but I’m not entirely sure it’s saying too terribly much.
Do UNTO ANOTHER WHAT AS YOU YOU WANT OTHERS TO DO UNTO YOU KARMA COMES OUT OF NOWHERE LOL
I’m Vietnamese guys !
Lmao..I'm Pekingese ! howdy 👋🏽
These missions have nothing to do with peace, this is all about colonization and nothing else #spaceforce🤪🤯
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Nah. Typefaces without serifs are junk.
(Does anyone know how to choose the typeface for these comments?)
That is a good question
so boring...
dont you think they were just lazy?
A plaque of lies.