What are Fonts and Typefaces?

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8 жыл бұрын

Here's a look at the evolution of fonts over the years and how computers have leveraged greater processing power to add pizzazz and clarity to your favorite sites!
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@RoximRox 8 жыл бұрын

I'm interested in a psychology of typeface video.

@jonathanbr7_ 8 жыл бұрын

same

@bladactania 8 жыл бұрын

same here. would be very interesting.

@SmokeyEdits 8 жыл бұрын

I would watch that as a series. Would be great for Techquickie, as the videos could be about single fonts and could be short in length. Might be a bit too niche, but this was the top comment, so I could be wrong.

@thisisgreg2.0 8 жыл бұрын

I would like to see a psychology of typeface video as well

@alejandrofloreszuniga6325 8 жыл бұрын

I'm interested too!

@kevinstarlike 8 жыл бұрын

my Comic Sans emotion: suicide oh look, Vsauce's "A Defence of Comic Sans" is the next autoplay video

@pingpong1138 8 жыл бұрын

Hey I'm not the only one XD

@Henrix1998 8 жыл бұрын

I think they set that

@pingpong1138 8 жыл бұрын

+Henrix98 no it's automated

@ganaraminukshuk0 8 жыл бұрын

I hate Times New Roman more than Comic Sans, so, uhh, where does that put me?

@gamecast4432 8 жыл бұрын

Ganaram Inukshuk Comic Sans is better for kids and some ads for food

@isaiah9727 8 жыл бұрын

that moment when youve completely run out of ideas so you do a tech quicke on microsoft word

@pingpong1138 8 жыл бұрын

haha

@hugh_maniac 8 жыл бұрын

Typography is so much more than just Microsoft Word...

@jamiegreig9699 8 жыл бұрын

That moment you're so tired of hearing sentences starting with 'that moment' you want to shove a screwdriver between the ears of everyone who says it Double suicide with no note

@666hobart 8 жыл бұрын

Ya, no doubt I didn't see your comment before I posted mine, a big thumbs up to you sir!

@Penguin-kr9do 8 жыл бұрын

I don't get all the hate on these videos. If you don't like TechQuickie, don't watch. I, and many other people, like the quick look these videos offer into random things related to tech.

@Yemto 8 жыл бұрын

I like Comic Sans since it's reminds me of one of my favorite skeletons in a certain computer game.

@wfmg7235 8 жыл бұрын

I have many scary Mr. Skeltals come join!

@Chronove 8 жыл бұрын

Nyahahahaaa

@rann01 8 жыл бұрын

*Bonetrousle intensifies*

@actuallyasriel 8 жыл бұрын

i was snickering whenever he mentioned comic sans help me i'm such trash

@Chronove 8 жыл бұрын

Asriel Dreemurr Alphys... get out of Asriels account -.-

@HooligusMaximus 8 жыл бұрын

The psychology behind how people view typefaces sound really interesting! I'd love to hear more about it.

@sebimoe 8 жыл бұрын

Few suggestions for future(?): 2:10 - I think that showing the actual bitmap font used with the computers mentioned in the script would be a better idea. (and not funnily colored picture of a bitmap font remake) This gives a false impression that fonts can carry color or graded transparency information. 2:20 - Replacing the linear interpolation with no interpolation at all (nearest neighbor) would better show aliasing, and the computers in mentioned era did not apply this kind of interpolation anyway. 2:30 - This image would look better with no interpolation. The semi-smooth edges make it look as if it were a low-quality image. 2:58 - I believe this explanation could be made more comprehensible if "[...] how lines and curves relate to one another." would be replaced by "[...] lines and curves which outline the letters" or something along those lines. 3:20 - Replace your logo with a font based one for high-dpi displays. 4:00 - Using an enlarged subpixel-antialiased font only raises more questions to the viewer than it helps to answer. I would consider using a grayscale antialiasing or explaining how this type of antialiasing works. :>

@AlphaCore_ 8 жыл бұрын

"Up Next: A Defense of Comic Sans by Vsauce" Lol, wut?

@frostycreeper1055 8 жыл бұрын

Sæm. xD

@SmokeyEdits 8 жыл бұрын

One of my favorites of the newer generation of VSauce.

@MacGuy3135 8 жыл бұрын

They were next to each other in my recommended.

@jamez6398 8 жыл бұрын

It's cos it was used on old computers with loads of aliasing and it looks okay in that case.

@AlphaCore_ 8 жыл бұрын

+James Oldfield Yeah, I know about that.

@shehzaanaabdulla3047 8 жыл бұрын

I'd want to see the human interaction with typefaces video. But then I'm the kind of person that found this video far more interesting that I probably should have.

@reinux 8 жыл бұрын

There's actually more going on in ClearType: since pixels on your screen are typically arranged in red-green-blue or blue-green-red order, by displaying red for the right edges of a line, or blue for the left edge of a line, you effectively triple your horizontal resolution in exchange for your text looking slightly more colorful than they should.

@BrendanWeibrecht 8 жыл бұрын

This is what I wanted to say. It ends up looking so much better than greyscale anti-aliasing. There should probably be an annotation to amend that section of the video. Otherwise, a great watch =)

@alannabray5354 8 жыл бұрын

Love this! We talked a lot about typefaces and fonts in my Intro to Multimedia class, and apparently there are a lot of words we use to refer to text that are from back when it was all done on printing presses by hand. For example, leading, referring to the spaces between lines of text, comes from when they used to put actual pieces of lead in between the rows of letters to space them out! Please do that typeface psychology video :D

@Confettiod 8 жыл бұрын

I would greatly enjoy a video about the psychology of typefaces! Thoroughly enjoyed this video!

@rufusfrancis6941 8 жыл бұрын

Hey could you guys do a video on how power supplies work? Like how they convert ac into dc and how cheap ones differ from "all digital ones" Thanks

@SujeethNarra 8 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see that video about the psychological effects of fonts, love learning how all these subtle details affect us.

@JackieChinJR 8 жыл бұрын

Ooh my recent psychology dissertation thesis was on typography/typeface too! Definitely would like to see more psych side about it

@SWLinPHX 4 жыл бұрын

It’s funny growing up how much we suddenly learned about different fonts right when we started getting into word processing and computers. I never really thought about them until then when I was in my early 20s.

@smolkomartin 8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I want ot see that video. It will be awesome to know that, especially for presentations and other stuff.

@Xavi1437 8 жыл бұрын

Continue this series please! :)

@TheOnceAndFutureDoug 8 жыл бұрын

From a designer: Comic Sans has a purpose. You use it for children and people with learning disabilities. It was designed to be a friendly, open font that was very easy to read (why it has a large x-height). The problem is people use it for anything but that... No, you want to get a typographer foaming at the mouth you talk about Papyrus. Bad font, designed badly, for a bad purpose in a way that's kind of racist when you think about it. And hipsters love Helvetica because hipsters know little to nothing about fonts other than that Helvetica is really well designed. And it is. It's just about as vanilla a font as you can get. Give me Frutiger. Clean, well designed and man, that humanist curve.

@dsofe4879 8 жыл бұрын

RIP Adrian Frutiger.

@dsofe4879 8 жыл бұрын

+Jacob Bengel It's so ugly it's an insult to ancient egyptians.

@TheOnceAndFutureDoug 8 жыл бұрын

It is, at best, a face-level caricature of one of the most ancient civilizations in human history. It's insultingly badly designed. It's clip art in typographic form. I'd be insulted if I was Egyptian.

@DesoloSubHumus 6 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't call it racist. Historical abomination? Maybe, but not racist. Even then, it's just what the typeface was named, and the connotation (not denotation) that it was even Egyptian at all is purely imaginative. Honestly, it may have made just as much sense to call it something like 'Curvy Sand Erosion' or ' Infested Eucalyptus Leaves' instead, which would not have seemed like an insult to anything, but still, it is just a name. It's not like it's based on actual Ancient Egyptian writing. If anything, calling it 'Papyrus' still makes sense, anyway - just think of the actual papyrus plant and the the civilization that first used it to make paper. Papyrus leaves are long and tapered, just like the Papyrus font. www.google.com/search?q=papyrus+plant+images Is it overused? Yes. Are there thousand of better typefaces out there? Yes. If it had never become so popular due to Apple including it with their OS, would we hate it as much as we do otherwise? Probably not. Let's face it, the most hated fonts (Comic Sans, Papyrus, Times New Roman, Arial, etc.) all have one thing in common: they have been included in one OS or another as a factory installed font. If Frutiger were factory installed as a default in an OS tomorrow, Frutiger would be included in the list of 'ugliest fonts ever' ten years from now, no matter how beautiful it actually is when judged purely on its own merits and not on how overused or improperly used it is.

@deliberatevideo 4 жыл бұрын

Huh, everything I never knew I wanted to know! Thanks!

@cheliae8560 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you - brilliant presenting.

@psnKnowledge 8 жыл бұрын

This video literally changed my life.

@social3ngin33rin 8 жыл бұрын

yes please do an episode on font psychology I thought it was strange when I learned about them awhile back

@MCsciencesmith 8 жыл бұрын

Please do it. It sounds really interesting.

@bjornsan 8 жыл бұрын

I once began to Watch a documentary about Helvetica just because I wondered how you can make a movie about a typeface. I were suprised that it was really fascinating and ended up watching the whole thing.

@StanleyYork 8 жыл бұрын

I would love to see some HCI videos Luke! This topic interests me greatly!

@SWLinPHX 4 жыл бұрын

It’s so important that you use the right font for the right message or tone you are trying to convey. Don’t realize it until you see someone who does it wrong

@guydht1 8 жыл бұрын

The next autoplay video........ Priceless.

@Tiesproductions 8 жыл бұрын

I would really like to see that psychology of fonts video!

@CocoaNutTF2 8 жыл бұрын

Much video. Very information. Many help.

@poiurewq0 8 жыл бұрын

A video on the psychology of typefaces would be great!

@Balomis 8 жыл бұрын

I was so happy when you started by saying typeface instead of font! Don't give in to the masses Luke, stay strong! Also, there is mistake in the video. A typeface is exactly how you described it, the various styles of characters. However a font is not just the variation of weight and angle in a type family. A font is actually the physical file type: so a ".otf" is a font (an OpenType Font to be exact) where as "Futura Bold" is a typeface. Calling typefaces fonts is kinda like calling songs MP3s. As a designer, I'm kinda passionate about this stuff ;)

@alberto.zanardo 8 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see the video about psychology of typefaces!

@BenChieeal 8 жыл бұрын

If you are trying to figure out what to make videos about, I got a few suggestions: What is a North Bridge? What exactly is a screw/bolt and what sizes will I come across building a PC (what size are stand offs for example), Difference between TN, IPS, LCD, LED? Case mods? How to build a case? Good video. Not great, but good.

@TheHoaxHotel 8 жыл бұрын

Partial to Silian Rail myself.

@Pienimusta 8 жыл бұрын

Always nice to learn these as university student...each teacher wants answers on their own typeface/font ;D

@AznTempest254 8 жыл бұрын

Any chance on doing a video on PCI-E vs USB Wireless Adapters?

@austinashley 8 жыл бұрын

Yea definitely another video on fonts this was cool

@TommyT_ 8 жыл бұрын

I definitely want to see the font psychology video

@HolmAdrian 8 жыл бұрын

Interesting video, thanks!

@ganaraminukshuk0 8 жыл бұрын

Impact was called MEMES in the video. Forget Comic Sans, how about a follow-up on why people like myself (I can't be the only one) hate Times New Roman? My best hypothesis (for myself, at least) is that it's the only typeface suitable for school reports and, for the longest time, I hated writing, so seeing it too much made me hate it.

@CoWinkKeyDinkInc 8 жыл бұрын

It's the generic serif font, that's why

@pgktf2331 8 жыл бұрын

I actually love Times New Roman, it's just so simple, eligible and beautiful at the same time. TNR and Baskerville are probably my two favourite fonts (for day to day life, because they are other much more "creative" or silly ones that I like). The one I hate the most has to be Arial, it's so boring and over used that I hate it. And I obviously also hate Comic Sans... But I get your point, every one have different opinions

@kryptyk3068 8 жыл бұрын

+PGkTF Cooper Black is one of my favorite fonts.

@MacGuy3135 8 жыл бұрын

My school uses bloody areal EVERYWHERE. And i just cant take exam papers written in areal seriously.

@FreezerBladeQwerty 8 жыл бұрын

Yes Luke!!! Please do a video on typeface psychology!!!!! >w

@dotcomGone 8 жыл бұрын

And heck yes you should make that video about the psychology of type faces!

@reesesapphire267 8 жыл бұрын

What's the last typeface used in the background of the intro? The rounded one made up of different colors.

@EvilCronos13 8 жыл бұрын

I could go for a video explaining different type faces, like the "beloved" comic sans.

@dascandy 8 жыл бұрын

Cleartype wasn't about just using some colors, but about using the parts of a pixel to anti-alias - ie, the red or blue parts. That's why you get red or blue (or green, in some cases) corners to your letters where it tried to use only that subpart of a pixel, and why it always looks terrible when zoomed in, as you use the left half of X pixels, which does not actually help.

@zubesspams1641 8 жыл бұрын

Yesssss!!! Please make a fonts-emotions video!

@captainkeyboard1007 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when typefaces pertained to the print characters from a typewriter, which characters had similar sizes. Each alphabet, number, punctuation mark and some symbols similar sizes. Each alphabet, number, punctuation marks, and some symbols had the same width and height measurements that can fit into a one-inch line was called "pitch." There were four pitch sizes: "10" as the largest pitch, "12," "15," and "17" pitch as the smallest on some electronic typewriters. Very few typewriters had one design font added. Printer fonts are flexible because all characters do not have the same measurements as do typefaces. Some characters are taller and deeper than others, especially font characters with serifs on them. I have seen printer fonts derived from Adobe Linotype typesetters, which computer and manufacturers emulated to add to their computer and printer drivers and software. I would prefer to use typefaces on checks, small cards and some forms; I prefer to use printer fonts on everything else.👍

@bikutoso 8 жыл бұрын

Fonts are one of the things I always forget to install when installing a new system. But again installing fonts-liberation and or ttf-mscorefonts-installer isn't that difficult when I remember it.

@GraphicJ 8 жыл бұрын

As a Graphic Designer I loved this video.

@darkdancerman 8 жыл бұрын

tech quickly as fast as possible

@boblorna5933 8 жыл бұрын

I never really think about the font when I'm reading something. Even so, I'd still like to see the typeface psychology video.

@SentinalKnight 8 жыл бұрын

What's the font in the thumbnail???

@ZeusTheImortal 8 жыл бұрын

+Tecquickie What font/typeface did you use in the thumbnail?

@ScooterinAB 8 жыл бұрын

Yes to your question. I'd like to learn more about the Comic scourge and other psychological effects.

@DJMYSTRO12 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks I NEED MORE FONTS!!!!!

@whiskersmedia 8 жыл бұрын

i would love a video on the psychological effects of typefaces

@topshicret1962 8 жыл бұрын

Timed perfectly

@noelj62 8 жыл бұрын

Yes Luke.. Go for it more typeface videos.

@gesiagahighschool6606 5 жыл бұрын

YEAH I AGREE

@yurnero21ful 8 жыл бұрын

Yes please, make a video about font and typeface psychology

@mblmg 8 жыл бұрын

Yes! More font science please!

@tjeulink 8 жыл бұрын

this reminds me of the middle. especially when you asked if we would want you to do more episodes aboun fonts.

@ultifix2251 8 жыл бұрын

I want a video about fonts cuasing different emotions, please!

@fokjohnpainkiller 8 жыл бұрын

*People that use supposed "handwriting" font in their phones give me cancer* Exhale.... I feel better now thank you

@fermiLiquidDrinker 8 жыл бұрын

It would be great if they talked about LaTeX.

@LloydLynx 8 жыл бұрын

it says i need flash on this video but every other youtube video works just fine with html5 (i run ubuntu)

@mitchellpayne3674 8 жыл бұрын

Yes, do the video on why different fonts are desirable or hated. Also, Consolas, Helvetica and Impact are all we need. You're welcome.

@damientan8837 8 жыл бұрын

more videos of the fonts please!

@minbcraft 8 жыл бұрын

I like Segoe UI Light, it looks so modern

@namawapaya 8 жыл бұрын

yoooo does anyone know what kind of font thats on the thumbnail of this video?

@SKsemi 7 жыл бұрын

What font is behind you at 0:18

@zachary3352 8 жыл бұрын

The psychological effects of typefaces would be really cool!

@Helltech 8 жыл бұрын

I usually never learn anything from FAP, and today I learned what Serif and San Serif was and my mind is blown lol.

@peterpeter9230 8 жыл бұрын

Lol, I only use Comic Sans. Its just amazing.

@wfmg7235 8 жыл бұрын

All text that I've ever inserted into any of my videos on this channel is in comic sans... :)

@wfmg7235 8 жыл бұрын

***** leni pls

@WetaMantis 8 жыл бұрын

Comic Sans Masterace!

@llucioo 8 жыл бұрын

I would personally love to know more about typefaces psychology

@unvergebeneid 8 жыл бұрын

"TrueType or OpenType." Small correction here: it should have been "TrueType or Type 1." OpenType is a much later file format that's basically a container format for either TrueType or Type 1 fonts (with lots of other bells and whistles added, and yes, it's not Type 1 but CFF but you know: quickie).

@greysonweimer5305 8 жыл бұрын

hey luke, is that a FitBit Blaze on your wrist?

@ItsBeJade 8 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a video of why I love Comic Sans.

@faisalmahmud5583 8 жыл бұрын

what is print directory tree? please?

@LovSven2011 8 жыл бұрын

Interesting topic. More detail would be nice. BTW Why do some people think Serif fonts are easily readable?? Doesn't seem like it to me.

@M390VI 8 жыл бұрын

Century Schoolbook and Palatino Linotype, now those are some classy fonts!

@SamuelJohnKing 8 жыл бұрын

yes pls, more video on font.

@MichaelN77 8 жыл бұрын

Please do a video where you talk more in depth about Typefaces please.

@TheAyanamiRei 8 жыл бұрын

I have GOT to know about the Psychology of Font!! I had no idea that Fonts even used Psychology!!

@ArchOfWinter 8 жыл бұрын

There was a video on Chinese fonts and how much time it takes to design a style that fits several thousands of characters. I cost several hundred dollars at the cheapest for one set of font.

@ultifix2251 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for not shouting!