DIY animation
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The 15th September 2009 edition of Digital Planet looked at Kenya's growing animation industry. Here we explain how you can try your hand at animation... Read more : DIY animation
Maps without boundaries
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Tony Hirst looks at how our Global Positioning Systems can contribute to collaborative map making Read more : Maps without boundaries
DIY tech - just making it up with the Arduino
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Arduino is an exciting, but simple way to get into electronics, as Tony Hirst explains Read more : DIY tech - just making it up with the Arduino
Photosynth
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The Digital Planet team made use of Microsoft's experimental Photosynth service, which allows you to take a bunch of snapshots and turn them into something... Read more : Photosynth
Make a font
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Why type in Times when you could be using Gareth Mitchell's handwriting to make a statement? The BBC/OU series Digital Planet explores how to make... Read more : Make a font
Maker Faire
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Although many of the electrical goods and gadgets we buy today come in pre-sealed boxes, which makes it hard to take them apart and look... Read more : Maker Faire
Other DIY sites
There's lots more online to allow you to explore and work with fonts. Here's just a few links that we enjoyed:
Personality traits and font preference - what does your choice of font say about you?
Type navigator - a visual font search system
Typesetter - want to see the effects of changing and tweaking fonts? This tool lets you compare screen fonts side-by-side.
Identifont - want to know what a font you've seen is called? Answer some simple questions, and all will be revealed.
Readability - how much difference does font size and line spacing make to the ease of reading?
Typeface anatomy - want to sort your kerning from your leading and your glyphs from your tabular figures? Start here.
Spell with Flickr - for example: Digital Planet
Find out more
Interested in design? Then maybe the Open University short course Design and the Web is the one for you? The course is delivered online and available worldwide.
First broadcast: Tuesday 24 Mar 2009 on BBC World Service
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