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Typographic http://www.typographic.com (design offline)

Category:
Graphics & Web Design > Personal Sites

Created by:
Jimmy Chen in 2001

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Rating:
7.1 (22 votes)

Date added:
Apr 28th, 2001

Last updated:
Mar 12th, 2002

Suggested by:
marc nichols (38)

Tools Used:
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

Our comments:
Typographic, as the name suggests, is a showcase of typography as a form of art. Intriguing Flash animations inside. Not very usable but why care.

--Aycan

Free Scripts (9) - Nov 6th, 2007 Presentation  8 Graphics  9 Usability  5 Technical  8 Personal Slant  9 Overall 7.8 Nice artwork, but not for a website - would be perfect as a cd-cover or inlay. nikul (34) - Sep 23rd, 2002 Presentation  5 Graphics  6 Usability  5 Technical  6 Personal Slant  5 Overall 5.4 Good job, But generic look kyle_19 (30) - Jun 28th, 2002 Nice design. I like the use of colors too. But i get the "i have seen this before" impression on the design. Try to be a little unique. francesco (17) - Jun 21st, 2002 Presentation  7 Graphics  9 Usability  6 Technical  8 Personal Slant  8 Overall 7.6 beautiful colors and gradients Hanson (28) - Apr 25th, 2002 Presentation  6 Graphics  7 Usability  2 Technical  7 Personal Slant  5 Overall 5.4 Though once it must have been a benchmark site, against it's contemporary fellow typographic sites, it falls short. Nicky (27) - Mar 3rd, 2002 Presentation  4 Graphics  7 Usability  4 Technical  6 Personal Slant  4 Overall 5.0 Typographic was once a groundbreaking site, remixing typography and flash to an exiciting blend. However, the latest incarnation is nothing but a cheap corporate imitation. Same old same old text effects, hardly readable print... Nope, some things will never be the same again. samktheman (27) - Feb 19th, 2002 Presentation  8 Graphics  10 Usability  6 Technical  6 Personal Slant  6 Overall 7.2 Good use of a loading status. It took a long time to load. The graphics were fantastic, a piece of sound would make this site perfect. JB (28) - Jan 28th, 2002 Presentation  7 Graphics  9 Usability  5 Technical  8 Personal Slant  8 Overall 7.4 great animation, great graphics, but poor navigation and presentation. Updated on Feb 12th, 2002 Ky (19) - Jan 3rd, 2002 Presentation  10 Graphics  8 Usability  4 Technical  9 Personal Slant  9 Overall 8.0 WOW. Blockbuster movie quality directing makes this one of the most professionally, and beautifully put together sites Ive seen. Absolutely surreal. Franky (13) - Jan 2nd, 2002 Presentation  6 Graphics  9 Usability  5 Technical  8 Personal Slant  8 Overall 7.2 pioneering the field of flash animation, motion and typography. One of the few webdesign revolutionairies jeev (11) - Dec 30th, 2001 Great motion typography presented over here. If there could be a downside then it must be the minute size of the typeface. Shawn (34) - Dec 22nd, 2001 Presentation  3 Graphics  8 Usability  5 Technical  8 Personal Slant  7 Overall 6.2 took me half an hour to find out where to go. after being tipped that the previous versions were better, I can only support that. Mugsy (23) - Dec 7th, 2001 Presentation  6 Graphics  8 Usability  7 Technical  7 Personal Slant  7 Overall 7.0 not bad, though i like the previous reincarnations much more. Fred (158) - May 15th, 2001 Beautiful splash picture on the main page, but the 'enter' link is too small. I could barely see it and click on it, should be much bigger. The on/ off sound feature is brilliant, it allows any type of user to do what they want for sound. When you open the flash page, it's very hard to understand what's going on. The links are impossible to know, and the content lacks. This site was not a great help for whatever it's supposed to do. DeeJay (36) - May 15th, 2001 Presentation  6 Graphics  8 Usability  4 Technical  7 Personal Slant  5 Overall 6.0 groundbreaking website which has been a reference point for anyone into typography and motion. unfortunately nothing of that remained in the new version. Updated on Jun 14th, 2002 marc nichols (38) - May 1st, 2001 + redefining the use of typography & flash + highly atmospheric + smooth, innovative animations + beautiful lush colors + a website which is an inspiration to many + pushing the boundaries of webdesign is also a function + stimulates explorative senses - sluggish load - navigation is confusing - lack of content makes it a one time visit, however, regular updates make it one to bookmark.