Tag: optics

Shaping Light series — Index—01: Introduction | 02: Building Waves So today, we’re going to go over some properties of light; namely, how it propagates in a field (no obstacles for now). And right, no weird math equations (scratches head). Let’s jump in. 1. Sinusoid Waves Sinusoid waves are the simplest (as in Nature simplest) […]

Shaping Light series — Index—01: Introduction | 02: Building Waves There are some things about The Art of Eyeballing series that really never satisfied me. First, it is too unfocused: it lives under a general practice of type design, sure — but theory of perception, of the stroke, optical adjustments, form analysis; all these can […]

0. Introduction If you ended up here, you probably heard about Optician Sans. I mean, it’s everywhere, from Fast Company to Gizmodo, introducing me to the experience of finding time to do e-mail and podcast interviews. I have even considered turning Behance notifications off, due to the constant phone buzzing (yes, I have now turned […]

Index Introduction | Learning To See | Overshooting | The Stroke: Optics This is the first article of three, in our series, to talk about the stroke. We briefly introduced the idea (in the previous article) that the stroke width has an effect on perception and, for this reason, should be adjusted. So, this article is just about that: optical […]

Index Introduction | Learning To See | Overshooting | The Stroke: Optics You probably heard about overshooting, specially if you came from a visual arts background. If you haven’t, welcome! And if you have, well, it doesn’t hurt to refresh our knowledge and explore what we know in a more in-depth way. 1. Definition So, what’s overshooting? If you search […]