The Story Behind the Clearview Font

How a graphic designer and a typographer and their obsession with fonts and legibility led to a painstaking effort to clean up America’s road signs, one letter at a time. [1.1 MB]
Clearview Font Story

And listen to an interview on the radio show, Studio 360 with the designer of the Clearview font, Don Meeker. Studio 360 is hosted by Kurt Anderson. This show, On The Road, was originally broadcast on 9.14.07, and it is available in their archives at studio360.org

PDF’s of reading material to download

All these chapters from the textbook, Book Typography, A Designer’s Manual, Mitchell & Wightman – 2005, are available for students in DES 123. Please give a couple of minutes for each PDF to download. Most average about 4 to 7 mgs. each in size.

Each chapter begins with a contents page, and these chapters – or parts, represent just a portion of the entire book. There are many comparative examples of type layouts and settings throughout the text (each highlighted with a pastel yellow background). One can talk at length about typography, but nothing measures the benefit of viewing examples first hand. Please let me know if you have any trouble downloading any of this material.

Part 1 Function and Readability
Part 2 The Text Panel
Part 3 Typeface Characteristics and Choices
Part 4 Text Composition
Part 5 Headings
Part 6 Prelims, Titles & Endmatter
Part 7 Additional Elements on the Page