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 Friday, November 20, 2009
Geometric Faces
Fontfabric offers a small, but interesting, collection of geometric typefaces. Several are available for free download, including 2 weights of Oval, an aggressively contemporary font family.
Fontfabric is an independent type foundry , which was launched at the close of 2008 by designer Svetoslav Simov
who is based in Sofia, Bulgaria. Our goal is to create high-quality
fonts which stand in a unique class of their own, and which will serve
as a good base for any designer project whether it be web, print,
t-shirt design, logo etc.
via OK GreatPosted by Megan
Typography
Friday, November 20, 2009 8:25:42 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Letterpress Zombies
My friend Claudean, a designer here at F+W Media, sent me a link to the Yee-Haw Industries etsy store and it totally blew me away. You can find T-shirts, cards, calendars, posters and more inspired by and printed with their huge collection of vintage wood type. Of course, my favorite products were all about zombies, like this type-tastic T-shirt:
These zombie face prints created from rare metal type:
and this handy public service message poster:
 Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:29:31 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Festive Fonts
The Font Bureau has combed through its collection to highlight a few faces that are perfect for the upcoming holidays. Dress up your studio's holiday party invitation, client gifts and seasonal greetings with these novelties ...
Narcissus is based directly on a 1921 German
revival of Fournier's celebrated 18th-century ornamented types and
conveys an organic charm.
Niagara Engraved, on the other hand, recalls the crisp, elegant, soaring geometry of the early 20th century.
Ironmonger Inlaid
may have been originally inspired by wrought iron and perforated steel,
but in the right context it can be surprisingly festive.
The Zingha Deco styles apply the engraved technique to more contemporary letterforms, in both upright and swash italic styles.
And Nutcracker is a design unto itself—conceived, as the name implies, especially to express the character of the season.
Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:03:51 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Open House
Next week, the House Industries crew is descending on the Type Directors Club in New York City for two days of typographic goodness. Thursday, November 19, they're setting up a pop-up shop at TDC HQ, where you can purchase any number of House products (color us jealous), followed by an evening presentation, Letter as Image. Then on Friday, House's Ken Barber leads an all-day, hands-on type-making workshop. More details here.
Posted by Bryn
Events | Typography
Thursday, November 12, 2009 1:43:15 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Typographic Coasters
This set of 4 charming Letter Coasters, made of laser-cut felt, can be yours for only $11.
via Design*Sponge
Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Thursday, November 12, 2009 1:10:29 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
What a Jerk (Not)
Brooklyn designer, music buff and School of Visual Arts grad Dan Cassaro runs a gig he calls Young Jerks. Check out his design portfolio here. And catch his blog here. I'm particularly fond of this typographic poster that shares a recipe for his grandma's pasta sauce. It'd look great framed in a kitchen.
via GrainEdit
Posted by Bryn
Design School | Designers | Typography
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 5:59:31 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, November 09, 2009
Natural Alphabet
Russian illustrator Eibatova Karina has created a gorgeous alphabet of natural forms in pencil drawings.
The idea of the project is to represent a letter in a natural form and appearance. Like something alive has turned into a letter and stood still. 
via Kitsune NoirPosted by Megan
Illustration | Typography
Monday, November 09, 2009 1:11:20 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 Monday, October 19, 2009
Lovely Lettering
Two things make me love Lisa Ridgely's blog, PenandInk-Journal.com: First, as someone with anal-retentive, second-grade-teacher-ish handwriting, I can only WISH my penmanship was a fraction as nice as hers. Second, since we're putting together a feature on hand lettering for an upcoming issue, I've been totally inspired by handwriting lately.
Ridgely is a Maryland-based calligrapher, and her work is stunning. Plus, she hand-writes her blog entries. How cool is that?
'Scuse me, I need to go practice my writing now ...
Posted by Bryn
Illustration | Typography
Monday, October 19, 2009 1:36:38 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Inspirational Posters
The most recent in a series of inspirational posers about the creative process by Frank Chimero, "The More You Say" says a lot in a few words.
via Share Some CandyPosted by Megan
Designers | Typography
Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:38:54 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, October 09, 2009
Type Trouble
The Font Bureau is suing NBC for trademark infringement over several faces that are part of their fall marketing campaign.
In a trademark and copyright infringement lawsuit filed in U.S.
District Court, Font Bureau argues that NBC only paid for a single
license—which would only permit the company to install the typefaces on
a single computer—and only paid to use a limited number of fonts. But
NBC went ahead and copied the fonts to a bunch of other computers
within the company, Font Bureau claims, and also started using several
other fonts for which licenses were never obtained. (In case you're
wondering, the typefaces in question include Bureau Grotesque,
Interstate and Antenna.)
Oops!
Read more.
Typography
Friday, October 09, 2009 5:27:26 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday Font Find
P22 Type Foundry and the Sherwood Collection introduce Spooky by Ted
Staunton. (On sale for $15.96 throughout the month of October.)
Spooky is a chilling font that is evocative of the type used in horror
films and posters. It's creepy, it's kooky...it's spooky. Perfect for
invitations, banners or other ghastly uses.
 Posted by Megan
Typography
Friday, October 09, 2009 1:15:32 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Type Camp
Designer Jessica Yurasek shares her recent Type Camp experience and how it helped to rejuvenate her creativity.
I signed up for Type Camp not quite knowing what to expect, but I knew
one thing for certain: that the past two years at my in-house design
job had burned my creativity to a crisp. There are many things I love
about my work, but I was beginning to feel like I had settled into a
rut. So when I found a link to the Type Camp website,
my heart jumped. Started in 2007 by teacher and typographer Dr. Shelley
Gruendler, Type Camp professed to be a living-learning creative retreat
for designers and typophiles — a seemingly perfect way to escape my
creative slump. It sounded absolutely glorious to travel to an island
off the coast of Vancouver, BC to study typography with four inspiring
teachers and a group of like-minded designers. I couldn’t wait.
Read more.
via I Love TypographyPosted by Megan
Typography
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 1:12:45 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, October 01, 2009
Moveable Type
Minneapolis broadcast design & animation studio motion504 recently completed the reception sponsor reel for the Minneapolis screening of the AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the American Commercial. The inventive title sequence introduces each reception sponsor through a cinematic narrative that imagines the craft of "moving type" via mechanical gadgets that look as if they were built a century ago.
Set in a world with a turn-of-the-last-century aesthetic, the visually striking sequence opens at the storefront of the fictional Verne Bros. Kinetic Type Company. Inside, the elderly protagonist earnestly works away during the wee small hours at his closed shop. His undertakings are a mystery until, suddenly, peculiar kinetic gadgets appear and unexplainably come to life. His compelling conjurations abound in the dusty workshop, as each unique gadget unravels with science-defying wonder, creatively introducing the AICP reception sponsors, one by one.
To view the AICP Minnesota Show reception sponsor reel, go to: http://www.motion504.com/AICP_show/
 Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, October 01, 2009 5:53:20 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Monday, September 28, 2009
Daily Drop Cap
The Daily Drop Cap is an ongoing project by typographer and illustrator Jessica Hische.
Each day (or at least each WORK day), a new hand-crafted decorative
initial cap will be posted for your enjoyment and for the
beautification of blog posts everywhere.
 via design work life Posted by Megan
Typography
Monday, September 28, 2009 4:14:41 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Type T
This stunning typographic T-shirt was created by illustrator Julia Sonmi Heglund.
Julia is a designer and illustrator
based in Madison, WI. She enjoys imagery that brings intrigue; whether
it be through the mystical, the bizarre, or the grotesque. Graduating
with a bachelor's degree in art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
in 2006, Julia utilizes her roots in fine art with her interest in
child-like styles, creating whimsical worlds with sublime elements to
allure the viewer's mind.
via The Donut ProjectPosted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:08:46 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Have Your Type And Eat It, Too
Yes, I will stop and watch those crazy cake decorating shows if I pass by one while flipping channels. There's just something so amazing about make a gorgeous sculpture you can eat. What's better than that? An awesome typographic cake inspired by a Threadless T-shirt.
via Made In EnglandPosted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, September 08, 2009 8:37:10 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, September 04, 2009 Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Pentagram Is Down With Guitar Hero?!
Michael Bierut totally rocked the new Guitar Hero identity, which includes a custom typeface.
After considering changes that ranged from imperceptible to
unrecognizable, Pentagram redrew the original Guitar Hero logotype,
adjusting some of its more aggressively odd features to enable accurate
reproduction at a variety of scales and in media from digital
animations to temporary (or permanent) tattoos. In addition, the new
logotype serves as a basis of an extendable system, unifying the
presentation of Guitar Hero, Band Hero, and DJ Hero in a consistent
brand architecture.
Project Team: Michael Bierut, partner-in-charge; Joe Marianek, designer. Hero font designed by Kai Salmela.Posted by Megan
Designers | Typography
Wednesday, September 02, 2009 8:29:43 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Handbook Of Lettering
This gorgeous vintage book cover was posted on Inspiration Resource and I just had to have it. Luckily, Amazon has several copies available (through different sellers) for under $10!
 Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:08:47 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
First Font On The Moon
Did you know the first font on the moon was Futura? It was used on a commemorative plaque left by the astronauts of Apollo 11 in 1969. I ready this juicy tidbit in a cool series of posts on idsgn called Know Your Type.
via Kitsune NoirPosted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 1:02:47 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, August 24, 2009 Monday, August 17, 2009
Silly Name, Nice Fonts
Font Squirrel scours the web and links to the best free fonts they can find. The selection isn't huge, but these typefaces are actually usable.
via How About OrangePosted by Megan
Typography
Monday, August 17, 2009 3:05:27 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Truck Type
Photographer Eric Tabuchi has been capturing images of type painted on the backs of trucks for more than 4 years and has compiled 2 complete alphabets and other word pictures.
via 30gmsPosted by Megan
Typography
Monday, August 17, 2009 2:00:02 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, August 14, 2009
Crazy For Paisley
I'm crazy about the embellished hand-lettering of Australian illustrator Natalie Perkins.
I chose the paisley motifs because they are
portable and adaptable, I can use them like building blocks and carry
them around like a talisman. I enjoy the form and find meditation in
exploring the forms that were born in Persia, but they also comfort me
as an Australian with a “nothing” identity - we build our identity by
borrowing or stealing, but because we are a young country, we have the
remarkable capability, using the internet, to research our mostly
appropriated tenets and icons and to know their complicated pasts.
 Posted by Megan
Illustration | Typography
Friday, August 14, 2009 4:38:46 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Movie Titles
Web designer Christian Annyas has amassed an inspiring collection of movie title stills from the 1920s to the present. Check them out for some great type ideas.
via Made in EnglandPosted by Megan
Design Resources | Typography
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 1:28:26 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Wood Type
Fine font purveyor T-26 is offering Wood Type Impressions Volume 1 & 2 for the discounted price of $449.
The two DVD Volumes contain over 500 high-resolution grayscale TIFF
images, suitable for use in any image editing program, such as Adobe
Photoshop.Each image set has been hand-printed on a relief proofing press in a
progressive dark-to-light series using textured printmaking paper. Many
sets also include experimental alternates (distressed, scratched, or
solvent spritzed prints). These are NOT keyable fonts, they are raster images. Each letterform
or shape will need to be hand set and composed... just as is intended
with real Wood Type!
Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:46:20 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Show Me The Money
Type fiends Hoefler & Frere-Jones just sent out a great email newsletter detailing how several of their faces can be used to set numbers with style in annual report design.
When you're faced with designing text-heavy, number-heavy material, few
things make the job easier than choosing the right fonts. This month,
H&FJ presents four things to look for when selecting a typographic
palette, and five families of fonts that are designed to meet the
challenge.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 6:05:15 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, July 17, 2009
Fuzzy Felt Font
Based on a vintage British children's toy, the Fuzzy Felt font is available as a free Photoshop font from Font Soup.
A child hood memory, Fuzzy Felt was created in 1950 by Lois Allan.
Using machines which originally created felt gaskets for tanks, she has
created one of Britain’s all time favourite toys.To keep the character and detail of the felt I decided to keep the
font as individual PSD files, converting the glyphs to vector
completely stripped them of any felt resemblance. Using the files may
take a little bit longer than using a font file but the outcome will
definitely be worth it.
via Made in England
Posted by Megan
Typography
Friday, July 17, 2009 2:31:20 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Typographic Signs
Architect and Etsy seller William Dohman offers charming custom typographic signs made from recycled wood.
I will custom make any word up to 7 letters. I can do more letters, but
please contact me with your specific request. Perfect for a child's
name or any word you may have a connection to. Each
wooden sign is cut out of recycled plywood. The white paint is applied
using a dry-brush method and then the entire sign is sanded to achieve
an aged look. Measurements are typically 7" tall and the length will depend on the word chosen.
 Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Thursday, July 16, 2009 6:55:48 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Type Technology
We just got an exciting announcement from type foundry Underware about their latest creation, Liza pro, which automatically chooses from many, many alternate character to give the text a very hand drawn feel.
Flirting, fashionable, provocative, emotional, casual, moderate, extremely sensible & beautiful - Liza Pro covers it all. Liza Pro, Underware’s new retail typeface, is a live-script typeface. Thanks to its extremely intelligent Open-Type architecture, she approaches human hand lettering as close as technically possible. Liza Pro deeply analyzes the text. Out of a stock of 4000 hand crafted characters, Liza creates the most optimal combination. All of this works automatically. All you need to do is typing your lettres d’amour, and Liza makes the text always look different.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Monday, July 13, 2009 8:42:49 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, July 09, 2009 Tuesday, July 07, 2009 Monday, July 06, 2009
Type Portaits
Creativity blog Fuel Your Creativity points to 15 amazing portraits created from type including an amazing image of Mos Def made out of his lyrics.
(Thanks for the tip, Katie Weeks!)Posted by Megan
Illustration | Typography
Monday, July 06, 2009 2:42:16 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
I Love Not Camping
Even though my personal response to this cheerful watercolor illustration by Minneapolis-based Katie Lombardo is "Let's not and say we did," I'm totally drawn to the colorful type.
 Posted by Megan
Illustration | Typography
Thursday, July 02, 2009 5:56:59 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, June 19, 2009 Thursday, June 18, 2009
Adios
Say "goodbye" to boring type with the last font offering from Alejandro Paul and Veer.
Adios showcases Alejandro Paul’s most enduring preoccupations. It’s a
calligraphic script that merges the best ideas of the past with current
design practices. It’s also a technically intricate font bursting with
OpenType features.Inspired by designs in “how-to”
commercial lettering guides of the 1940s, Adios echoes the work of
lettering artist H. Wotzkow, not to mention contemporary tattoo art. A
profusion of ornamental ascenders and descenders allow extraordinary
variety. The lowercase “h” alone offers 43 variants. 
Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:06:22 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Alphabeasties
I'm looking forward to Alphabeasties, a new children's book from Chronicle that's illustrated with animals made out of letters.
From an alligator made of aaa's to a zebra made of zzz's, the
alphabeasties in this book are ingeniously built out of multiple
typefaces. Adults and children will be engaged and delighted with the
flaps, which lift to reveal "beasties" for each letter of the alphabet.
Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss are
graphic designers at the two-person design studio Werner Design Werks,
Inc. in St
Paul, Minnesota, which has garnered many graphic design awards, as well
as a place in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress,
Musée De La Poste, Victoria and Albert Museum, Musée des Arts
Decoratifs, and the Cooper Hewitt Museum.
via Notcot.orgPosted by Megan
Designers | Typography
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:18:10 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Bold Type
German design publisher Gestalten also sells fonts and has a nice sampling of free fronts for download on their site, including Frank Bold Ltd.Frank Bold Ltd offers a limited character set of the hybrid sans serif
blackletter font by designer Anton Studer. Frank is a contemporary
revival of blackletter script lettering, also known as Gothic script,
used in German-speaking countries until the late 20th century. This no
frills font can be used in small point sizes as well as used in larger
headlines. This limited edition of the Bold weight is a perfect free
trial.
via Kitsune Noir Posted by Megan
Typography
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:06:38 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
Furniture Font
Cody Haltom, an Austin-based designer, worked on this funky furniture font when he was employed at The Butler Bros., a design and advertising firm. Now, he has an office at Public School, a collective environment housing many
other talented creatives.
via Neatorama
Posted by Megan
Designers | Typography
Thursday, June 04, 2009 2:09:50 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Cryptic Dingbats
Kryptoids pay tribute to an unlikely range of visual motifs: circuit
boards and org charts, chemical structures and family trees, transit
maps and crop circles, not to mention their original source of
inspiration: shift knob diagrams. Each Kryptoid font contains 300
pictomorphs, and each of those comes in three substyles for a total of 900 unique glyphs per font. The substyles
are accessible as OpenType features, and can be stacked and colored in
your favorite OT-friendly drawing application.
 Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, June 04, 2009 1:31:52 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, June 01, 2009
REM Type
TypeTrust just announced the release of the REM Collection, three fonts designed by Michael Stipe and Chris Bilheimer and engineered by Neil Summerour.
ORANGE
Michael Stipe bought an orange plastic stencil to begin a project in
which he stenciled on a shirt every city he visited that year. After
stenciling the alphabet on many types of paper and fabrics, they and
Chris turned the finished letters into this font .
TOURFONT
This font was created for REM's 2003 Tour by making a standard stencil font, then reattaching the bridges.
ACCELERATE
Accelerate was created for REM's 2007 album Accelerate. The goal was to
make a font as bold as the band's new material, boldness on the edge of
losing form.
 Posted by Megan
Typography
Monday, June 01, 2009 2:45:39 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Paper Magic
Matt Shlian is an incredible paper engineer who tackles typography in a project called "Inhale/Exhale."
via Neatorama
Posted by Megan
Typography
Monday, June 01, 2009 2:17:28 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 Friday, May 22, 2009 Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Old Bag
Designer Wendy Harrison started Letterfest to celebrate her love for type and unique gifts and housewares. Her "Old Bag" shopper is funny, but totally useful.
Head down the shops with this eco-chic typography bag. I’ve
hand-drawn the letters and screen printed them on a lightweight cotton
bag. Natural cream fabric, dark pink lettering – the print is on both
sides.The bag is approximately 16" × 16", with 18" handles. Can easily
fold up to fit in a pocket or handbag when you’re out and about.
 Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:56:10 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Monday, May 18, 2009
Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee
This set of vintage coffee mugs on eBay would be perfect for a small design studio's kitchenette. Celebrate your love for caffeine and typography at the same time! Starting bid is only $15.95.
 Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Monday, May 18, 2009 3:05:56 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, May 15, 2009
Type Addiction
If you have to be addicted to something, there are worse things than getting hooked on gorgeous custom type. Canadian designer Paul Sych offers some super tempting type treats at Faith.ca.
via Grain EditPosted by Megan
Typography
Friday, May 15, 2009 3:42:27 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Letter Bag
The very talented Louise Fili has lent her considerable design skills to BlueQ for an alphabet inspired shopping bag based on vintage European letters.
 Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Thursday, May 14, 2009 8:11:05 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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By The Numbers
To raise money for their scholarship fund, the Type Director's Club will be holding a silent auction of posters on June 11.
Numbers are mighty powerful. But they can also make our eyes can glaze
over–especially when the numbers are in the billions and trillions. To
liven things up, the TDC has invited a group of ultra-talented
designers (James Victore, Strange Attractors, Deb Bishop, Matteo
Bologna, and Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich to name a few) to create a
series of posters with numbers as their central theme.
via designworklifePosted by Megan
Events | Typography
Thursday, May 14, 2009 2:41:12 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Lovely Serifs
Think of a slab-serif typeface, and you think of something heavy, solid, somewhat imposing and maybe of limited usefulness. No longer. Hoefler & Frere-Jones have a new slab-serif face, Sentinel, that really breaks the mold: it's respectable, to be sure, but also approachable and (thanks to an italic variant) flexible for setting body text. Sentinel makes for eye-catching headlines, but it also colors beautifully in blocks of copy. We're big fans.
Typography
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:13:54 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Fifteen Free Fonts
Smashing Magazine identifies 15 free fonts that don't suck.
Every now and again we take a look around, select “fresh” high-quality free fonts
and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so
the time you need to find them is usually the time you should be
investing in your current projects. We search for them and we find
them, so you don’t have to.
via prblogPosted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 4:35:40 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Tuesday Type Treat
P22 and the International House of Fonts proudly announce Festiva—the latest font designed by Terry Wudenbachs for the IHOF Collection.
P22 Festiva is based on lettering found on a 1960s kitchen appliance catalog. It evokes 1960s TV and pop culture while still having a contemporary feel. The fun exuberant flavor of this face is perfect for parties and celebrations. The letters dance across the baseline and the lower case wants to be an upper case but just can't quite make it. P22 Festiva Regular includes a full unicode European Character set (Western, CE, Turkish, Romanian etc).
 Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, May 05, 2009 12:08:29 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, May 04, 2009
All Type, All The Time
If you never get tired of looking at gorgeous type, then We Love Typography is the site for you. WLT is an image, video, & text ‘bookmarking’ site that is wholly dedicated to type-related content.
Think of it as a type-centric and visional delicious, if you like.
 Posted by Megan
Typography
Monday, May 04, 2009 3:23:04 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, May 01, 2009
Digital Type
SketchType, a collection of hand-drawn letters from T26, can be used to give your work a handmade feel with the convenience of raster images. The DVD includes 20 original hand-drawn type sets in 58 files (300 dpi / transparent
grayscale / Photoshop PSD format). There are 6 uppercase type sets and
14 upper-lower type sets, and each contains numerals, symbols and Spanish characters.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Friday, May 01, 2009 4:50:41 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Type Love
The design team at Bosque, a multidisciplinary creative agency based in Buenos Aires, often incorporates hand-rendered type into their illustrations. 
Posted by Megan
Illustration | Typography
Friday, May 01, 2009 4:01:32 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The Wizard Of Type
Illustrator Brent Hardy-Smith is collecting vintage illustrations as part of his research for a master's degree in design and art direction. One of the treasures he's so kindly scanned, is a series of chapter headings from a 1958 version of The Wizard of Oz, illustrated by Maraja. The hand-rendered type is inspirational.  via designworklifePosted by Megan
Illustration | Typography
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 5:05:47 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Type Inspiration
Get some vintage type inspiration from Unicorn Graphics' Wood Type Museum. This Web Museum is established for the
purpose of educating the general public, and the next generation, on the
beauties of wood types and engraved blocks. Our mission is to gather, save,
preserve, and interpret wood types and information about them.
As the demand for broadsides increased during
first years of the nineteenth century, the need for the process of
producing large letters cheaply arose. Wood was a logical material
choice because of its ready availability, lightness, and proven
printing qualities. In 1827, Darius Wells of New York City first
found the means to mass produce wood letters. In March of
1828, first wood type catalogue was published by Wells. Throughout
the wood type manufacturing history, many manufactories were in
business. Among those, Wm. H. Page & Co. and Hamilton Mfg. Co. was
the most noted ones.
 via CraftPosted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 6:00:40 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Thursday Type Treat
The design goal of the Sofia typeface was to create a sans serif design that creates an impression of modernism, harmony and roundness. These characteristics give Sofia a harmonious and sensible appearance for both text copy and headlines. Sofia is available in six weights and regular, condensed and expanded proportions. You can purchase Sofia˙ typeface at fonts.com or at itcfonts.com.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:03:05 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, April 10, 2009
The Beez Neez
Typography
Friday, April 10, 2009 1:17:39 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Tuesday Type Treat
Stop the presses! Comicraft has just released a new font by the artist and letterer of Watchmen, Dave Gibbons. Gazette is a retro display face that comes in solid and open versions with alternate characters, all for $39.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 2:22:38 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, April 06, 2009
We Make Letters
At the very creative blog We Make Words, Amy and Luci transform household items into letters that spell words like "nice," "sorry," and "fairy."    via designworklifePosted by Megan
Creativity | Typography
Monday, April 06, 2009 6:16:40 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Heart Chart
This altered eye chart by illustrator Adam Ziskie makes me think his heart has really been broken recently. In any case, it's the perfect combination of humor and sadness. All great art is bittersweet.  Posted by Megan
Illustration | Typography
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:01:12 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Found On Twitter
Typography
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:26:45 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Things I Like
San Francisco-based designer Richard Perez knows how to play with type, as in this poster of his favorite things. (I'm down with them all except for Lincoln and VHS tapes).  Posted by Megan
Designers | Typography
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:25:52 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Master Typographer
Nice profile on FontFeed of master typographer and printer Jim Rimmer, who was also featured in HOW's February issue on type. You may recall that piece, which detailed Rimmer's Stern typeface -- a gorgeous piece of work that was released simultaneously in metal and as a digital font from P22. Writer and type aficionado Tamye Riggs did a bangup job with the profile, and we were lucky to have some lovely images to work with. (Photo below is from the FontFeed profile.) 
Typography
Monday, March 30, 2009 3:11:11 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Imagination
Illustration | Typography
Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:53:56 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Anything Is Possible
Illustration | Typography
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:51:06 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Type Bucket
The delightful online store Three Potato Four is selling one-of-a-kind burlap buckets made from used coffee sacks. The printing on the bags is transformed from informational to decorative. Re-purposed from a recycled (fair trade) coffee sack these amazing
buckets are as unique as the sacks they came from. Beautifully crafted
by Maya from Mayamade they are lined with a soft unbleached cotton that
have a linen-like weave. We love the worn and typographic look of these
extremely sturdy and versatile buckets.  Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 2:30:10 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday Type Treat
You Work For Them recently released several new typefaces, including Merriam. Developed with a skilled hand, Merriam could easily be classified
alongside other English slab-serif typefaces such as Clarendon, but
deviates with a smaller x-height and hand-drawn distressed texture
amongst a few other stylistic variations.
  Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:34:40 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
A Graphic Love Affair
House Industries' love affair with midcentury textile designer Alexander Girard continues ... and frankly, our love affair with House Industries does, too. The Delaware gang has released a new collection of fonts and objects inspired by Girard, whose collaborations with the Eameses and with George Nelson led Herman Miller to Modernist heights in the 1950s and '60s. House previously produced a series of alphabet blocks featuring Girard's lively and colorful patterns. Now comes a new font series, including Girard Script, Girard Slab and Girard Sky (based on Girard's identity for the old Braniff Airlines). Plus, some fun Tshirts (we want!!!) and stuffed toys. Everything bears Girard's sunshiny color schemes and Mexican-influenced graphics. Fantastic! Women's Old Sun T:  Rosy Casa Doll:  Girard Script: 
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Thursday, March 19, 2009 7:44:27 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Ampersand Jewelry
I love the ampersand. It's such a classy character. So when I saw this adorable ampersand necklace on Etsy, I was tempted.  But don't really wear necklaces very often, so I emailed the store owner and asked if she'd ever considered making earrings. Turns out, she'd be thinking about it for a while and agreed to make me a pair for $20.  Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 3:59:26 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Graphing the Fall
I loved this graphic by the remarkable designer Paul Sahre in Sunday's New York Times Week In Review section, accompanying an article on the stock market's decline. He pretty much sums up everyone's sentiment these days: 
Typography
Monday, March 16, 2009 8:42:06 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Really?
The Sci Fi channel is changing its name and logo to Syfy. Ugh. Not only is the word mark horsey and unattractive, it's doesn't have an obvious pronunciation if you're not already familiar with the channel.  old logo  new logo
Typography
Monday, March 16, 2009 7:32:58 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Friday, March 06, 2009
Download This Calendar
Illustrator Natalie Perkins is creating monthly desktop calendar wallpaper with her lovely images and hand-rendered type.  Posted by Megan
Illustration | Typography
Friday, March 06, 2009 3:27:30 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009
For Animal Lovers
Design*Sponge offers a great sneak peek into illustrator Frank Viva's home in Toronto. My favorite thing in the space is a typographic poster with a quote from George Orwell's "Animal Farm." Happily, it's for sale from Whigby for $24.99. Show your literary side and demonstrate your
kinship and solidarity with animal kind the world over. Two Legs Bad
(Four Legs Good) was created by Frank Viva and is hand silkscreened for
Whigby on Skin, a brand of luxurious printing papers from the Curious
Collection.
Posted by Megan
Illustration | Typography
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 6:55:46 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, March 02, 2009
Custom Letter Pillows
When you think of type, it's rare to think "soft and fuzzy," but these custom letter pillows from Laura's Left Hook will change your mind. For only $20, she'll crochet a 15-inch letter of your choice and stuff it with fiberfill.  via CraftPosted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Monday, March 02, 2009 2:49:20 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Typography Of The Damned
For the relaunch of Anne Rice's vampire novels, Little Brown commissioned illustrator Kate Forrester to create creepy illustrative typography for the covers.  Posted by Megan
Illustration | Typography
Friday, February 27, 2009 2:33:05 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Type Trees
Reading material in Crawley’s brand new library building is not
restricted to the pages of the books on its shelves, thanks to a series
of typographic tree sculptures created by artist Gordon Young and a team of collaborators that includes design studio Why Not Associates.
The striking, cracked trees, 14 in all, are situated throughout the
library building and are installed vertically, flush to the floor and
ceiling to resemble supporting, structural pillars. Each tree is, in
fact, a real oak trunk and displays carved passages of text from
literature within the library, the typeface of each passage chosen
carefully to suit the nature of the text – which is where Why Not
Associates comes in. “We worked with the selected passages of text, choosing typefaces
and designing the layout,” says Why Not’s Andy Altmann of the studio’s
role in the making of the Crawley Trees. “Because there were 14 trees
to do, all of us in the studio got to do one.” Read more. 
via Boing Boing Posted by Megan
Typography
Friday, February 27, 2009 1:56:07 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Tuesday Type Treat
Typography
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 4:01:12 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Pretty Puzzle
I just got a type catalog in the mail from House Industries celebrating fonts and products inspired by the work of Alexander Girard. My favorite of many Girard goodies is the animal puzzle. Based on a Girard carpet design found in the project archive of
Saarinen’s Miller House in Columbus, Indiana. The design was never used
in the landmark home, but we couldn’t let this folksy menagerie sit in
the archive without letting it see the light of day.
  Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:32:19 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, February 20, 2009
Words Are Pictures
Illustration | Typography
Friday, February 20, 2009 5:39:21 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Pimp My Signature
Use the Text Ascii Art Generator to turn any word or phrase into one of many Ascii fonts, then use it to totally trick out your email signature.     Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, February 19, 2009 6:09:17 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Type Art
Artist/designer Keetra Dean Dixon often plays with type in her lovely, thoughtful pieces.    via FlyPosted by Megan
Designers | Typography
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 7:02:38 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Hell, Yes!
Poking around the New Museum website, I came across this delightful typographic mug inspired by artist Ugo Rondinone's "Hell, Yes!" sign that is currently being exhibited on the museum's facade. It strikes me as a powerful, optimistic statement for our rocky times. (Rondinone created the original piece in 2001. Hmm, wasn't there a big bubble bursting then, too?)  Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 4:14:20 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Fat And Sassy
Typography
Wednesday, February 04, 2009 8:28:22 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
People Font
Kapitza, Studio 11.2 shares an interesting type of font—People Font! These illustrations are based on photographs taken in Manhattan over time, portraying street life in and around the streets, avenues and boulevards of Manhattan, New York.  Posted by Jessie
Typography
Tuesday, February 03, 2009 5:26:47 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, February 02, 2009
Handwritten
Most handwriting fonts look more like fonts than handwriting. But every once in a while a smart, quirky face like Hannah comes along. Hannah is a font comprised of three versions that work together as one,
producing not variation and contrast between weights but between
widths. The loose, hand drawn quality adds yet another layer of
personality to the font. Hannah is similar to one of our popular Hand
Set fonts, ThinAire, but is available in OpenType format which makes
Hannah much more versatile. There are also some additional unicase
characters included in the font which can be activated as contextual
alternates in OpenType.
  via i love typographyPosted by Megan
Typography
Monday, February 02, 2009 2:21:30 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Urban Typography
Typography
Monday, February 02, 2009 1:58:27 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, January 23, 2009
Masterful Penmenship
Calligrapher Betsy Dunlap is offering a unique Valentine postcard from her Etsy shop. For $10 she'll hand write your message in one of three gorgeous styles on a letterpress-printed card. The card was printed by the always impeccable Pistachio Press on an
antique Vandercook letterpress with hand-mixed fuchsia ink. Card is a
5x7 flat, made from Crane's Lettra 100% cotton paper. The personalized
note will be inscribed on the back in navy ink, hand-mixed from
gouache. The envelope is Crane's 100% cotton in navy, with the address
inscribed in metallic gold ink.
  via Oh Joy!Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Friday, January 23, 2009 2:48:14 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Shoe Type
Design student Zumra Waheed created a delightful typeface based on high-heeled shoes for her Letterforms and Calligraphy class.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Monday, January 19, 2009 8:49:46 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Type Cake
The next time you need to communicate an important message, say it with cake! The Alphabet/Number Cake Pan allows you to create any letter or number using movable blocks in an aluminum pan.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, January 15, 2009 2:27:04 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Free Font
Ecofont is a typeface that uses 20% less ink when it's printed, while maintaining legibility. Even better, you can download it for free.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:35:36 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Circle Around
P22 and the Lanston Type Company announce the latest addition--LTC Circled Caps. Designers of commercial products might find this particularly interesting. Most fonts include a circled 'c' for Copyright, but they seldom contain a circle 'p' for Publish, or the circle 'U' and 'K' for Kosher foods.  Posted by Jessie
Typography
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:14:05 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Type How-To
In case you're still scrambling to create holiday cards, gift tags or lovely custom placecards for your big dinner party, FontShop's Yves Peters offers up a tutorial on creating "handtooled" or engraved typography in Adobe Illustrator. It's a great step-by-step lesson. via FontFeed
Typography
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 1:49:05 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, December 22, 2008 Friday, December 19, 2008
Design For Kids
As this collection of vintage cereal boxes shows, design for kids has been colorful and cacophonous for a long time. But there's something much more charming and endearing about the type and illustrations of the older boxes.   via DrawnPosted by Megan
Illustration | Typography
Friday, December 19, 2008 2:20:29 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Paper Type
Russian-born, London-based designer Yulia Brodskaya creates stunning typography from curled paper. This breaks my heart in the nicest way.   via DrawnPosted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, December 18, 2008 3:34:51 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Vintage Type
Designer Kent Henderson recently uploaded scanned pages from "Examples of Modern Alphabets, Ornamental and Plain" - 1864. They're just stunning.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, December 18, 2008 3:25:17 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Cool Kid Stuff
Two of my favorite Cincinnati stores are King Arthur's Court Toys and Blue Manatee Books. I stopped by both this weekend to pick up gifts for the orphanage my company is sponsoring this Christmas. But I also came home with a gift for myself: This awesome alphabet stamp set from Melissa & Doug, a company that makes well-designed toys that are fun and educational.  Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Monday, December 15, 2008 2:09:19 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
Bamboo Type
Just in time to be the perfect designer holiday gift, Veer is offering a set of bamboo type coasters. Table your passion for type with these laser-etched bamboo type
coasters. Bundled in a family of four, each 4" by 1/4" coaster features
a unique jumble of characters from Baskerville Semibold.
 Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Thursday, December 11, 2008 1:00:13 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Charming Letters
This short film of two people drawing letters left me with a smile on my face. Job (my brother) and Gradus (my son just turned 4) both are very
ambitious concerning letters. Spontaneous jam sessions in our studio
inspired us to make this video about the fun of drawing letters.
via Design Observer Posted by Megan
Typography
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:10:16 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, December 05, 2008
Do You Love Cheeses?
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Friday, December 05, 2008 2:23:39 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday Font Find
BAQ Rounded is a new typeface by British design firm Thinkdust. Pair these solid, chunky letterforms with lighter-than-air BAQ Outline for a dynamic type treatment.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Friday, December 05, 2008 2:10:27 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Postage Stamps By Type Designers
To see gorgeous typography in the most limited of spaces, check out this amazing collection of postage stamps created by type designers.  Gerrit Noordzij (b. 1931) is a Dutch teacher, type
designer, and typographer. From 1960 through his retirement in 1990, he
taught at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. He designed many books
for Van Oorschot publishers and has written many articles about writing
and type.  Julian Waters (b.1957) is a designer and calligrapher
living near Washington D.C. In 1989 he succeeded Hermann Zapf in
teaching annual lettering workshops at Rochester Institute of
Technology. With clients including the USPS and National Geographic, he
has received awards from the Type Directors Club, Art Directors Club, Print Magazine, and Letter Arts Review Annual. Posted by Megan
Typography
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:13:23 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, November 07, 2008
USA T(ype)-Shirt
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Friday, November 07, 2008 2:20:18 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Tuesday Type Treat
Going for a vintage look? Check out Wood Type Impressions 2 from T26. The Volume 2 DVD contains 262 high-resolution (600-dpi) grayscale
TIFF images, suitable for use in any image editing program, such as
Adobe Photoshop.Each image set has been hand-printed on a relief proofing press in a
progressive dark-to-light series using textured printmaking paper. Many
sets also include experimental alternates (distressed, scratched, or
solvent spritzed prints).
 Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, November 04, 2008 1:14:10 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, November 03, 2008
By Hand
Darren Booth is a Canadian illustrator who specializes in expressive hand lettering.  Posted by Megan
Illustration | Typography
Monday, November 03, 2008 1:46:50 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, October 31, 2008
Halloween Font Find
Skeleton is a perfectly creepy hand-made font from the Estonia-based design company HMF.   Posted by Megan
Typography
Friday, October 31, 2008 1:05:26 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The Movie Font
Sure, we've all had fun bashing Papyrus and Comic Sans (heck, some designers even love to trash Helvetica). Now another font comes in for a good smackdown: Trajan. That's right, Trajan: the movie font. Posted by Bryn
Typography
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:32:02 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, October 10, 2008
Friday Font Find
Nexodus, by Hungarian designer Amondó Szegi, is a perfect font for Halloween. It has a decidedly medieval feeling and comes with plenty of creepy ornaments, too.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Friday, October 10, 2008 2:03:55 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Hand-Lettering Love
Designer Jessica Hische specializes in hand-drawn type for logos, book covers, illustrations and more. Her work is lovely and smart.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:23:35 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, September 29, 2008
T-Shirt Sans
Target is selling a cool T-shirt design by Turn Nocturnal that features sans-serif fonts including Helvetica,
Myriad and Futura.  via NotCotPosted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Monday, September 29, 2008 3:43:51 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Mmmm, Type
Compendium, a new script face by Alejandro Paul, is so gorgeous I want to lick it. I imagine it would have a sophisticated flavor like a prosciutto-wrapped fig. And the designer is clearly delighted with his work: Nearing 700 glyphs, its character set contains plenty of variation in
each letter, and many ornaments for letter beginnings, endings, and
some that can even serve to envelope entire words with swashy
calligraphic wonder. Those who love to explore typefaces in detail will
be rewarded, thanks to OpenType. I am so in love with the technology
now that it’s becoming harder for me to let go of a typeface and call
it finished.
 Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, September 25, 2008 5:35:50 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Heavy-Weight Champion
When the only weight you're interested in is heavy, consider Facebuster, a new single-weight font designed by Silas Dilworth.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Monday, September 22, 2008 5:52:58 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Alphabet Clips
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Thursday, September 18, 2008 6:19:44 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
I Am Amused . . .
Typography
Tuesday, September 16, 2008 3:12:52 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Stash Type
Illustration | Typography
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:38:42 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, August 25, 2008
A To Z
Is type taking over home decor? Here's a lovely shelf from Pottery Barn Kids that celebrate letters from A to Z.  via SmissmissPosted by Megan
Typography
Monday, August 25, 2008 8:34:24 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
Type Love
Geronto Bis is a lovely font inspired by a letters engraved in the stone of a French Church. It was designed by Jack Usine and is available as a free download from Smeltery.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, August 21, 2008 3:56:44 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
Across The Univers
Classic typeface meets classic tank in the latest offering from Typographyshop.com. A stylistic companion to their first product, Helvetica Neue Descending a t-shirt, Adrian Frutiger's 1954 masterpiece is illustrated in descending weights in two colors.
 Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Thursday, August 14, 2008 4:22:49 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Newsweek Features HOW Book, Written On The City
Newsweek just posted a small gallery of images from Written on the City, a new HOW book exploring message graffiti around the world. The colorful images capture street type at its most raw and inspiring. It makes city governments cringe. But graffiti can be provocative,
inspiring and poetic—sometimes even a tool for public discourse. That's
what San Francisco designers Axel Albin
and Josh Kamler say in their new book, "Written on the City." They've
compiled their favorite "message graffiti" from cities around the
globe—the musings, rants, political statements and cultural
observations of artists who risk jail to have their voices heard.
See more graffiti here.  Posted by Megan
HOW Books | Typography
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:55:52 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, August 04, 2008
Wise Words
Typography
Monday, August 04, 2008 7:12:34 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, August 01, 2008
Type Perspective
Designer Axel Peemoeller created some amazing, perspective-dependent type for the Eureka Tower
Carpark in Melbourne, Australia. "The distorted letters on the wall can be read perfectly when
standing at the right position," he writes. Be sure to check out all the images.   Posted by Megan
Typography
Friday, August 01, 2008 2:00:09 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Font Humor
What if fonts were people and they all got together to decide who could join the club? Of course, hilarity would ensue.
via Neatorama Posted by Megan
Just for Fun | Typography
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 6:58:01 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Summer Type
It looks like FontShop has been having some serious summer fun with a little project they call FontPool. You can fill your own pool with type with inflatable letters from party and teacher supply stores.  Posted by Megan
Just for Fun | Typography
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 1:53:50 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Recycled Letters
Urban Outfitters is selling a delightful line of 3D letters made from recycled materials. The designs vary, but they all seem to come from food packaging.   Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 4:06:42 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Hand Written
Check out web designer Cameron Adams's collection of type designers' handwriting.
There's great power in a typeface, but what's always interested me
more than the typeface is the designer behind it – why did they create
the typeface? Where did their inspiration come from? How did they
start? Lately, I've been asking just one question, though.
Something which has always intrigued me: these people that help us
communicate ... how do they themselves communicate? If we strip away
the monitors, and the printing presses, and the typefaces ... how would
William Caslon have written on a post-it note?
 via DrawnPosted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, July 10, 2008 2:53:13 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Ampersand T
Show your love of type right on your chest with this Ampersand T-shirt from House Industries. A wise man once said that you're only as creative as the obscurity of
your sources. In general social circles you don't get much more obscure
than House Industries, and this obscurity is compounded by a House
Industries shirt that doesn't say House Industries anywhere but on the
label. So you'll be walking down the street with one of these shirts
draped just right to hide your slightly flabenning middle, and this
random hot designer chick will come up to you, grab the back of your
collar to see who exactly made such a simple but elegant garment. What
an icebreaker. We can't guarantee that this is going to happen and we
can't assume that you even want it to happen, but it's a nice shirt
nonetheless.
 Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Tuesday, July 08, 2008 6:23:44 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, July 07, 2008
Vernacular Type
Designer Douglas Wilson has been documenting hand-painted signs for the last six years but only recently uploaded the images to his Flickr page. Looking around his blog and website, after checking out the images, I feel like I want to be friends with Douglas Wilson. He has great taste in design inspiration and an exuberant obsession with letterpress printing.  via By So and SoPosted by Megan
Designers | Typography
Monday, July 07, 2008 3:43:34 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, June 27, 2008
Type In The NYT
The New York Times recently published a story in its technology section about designing your own fonts. It offers a couple of resources that could be helpful to both professionals and amateurs. What's interesting is that it's ranked the number 1 story in the technology section this morning. Before the personal computer, most people were oblivious to fonts. Some may have recognized Courier and Elite on the I.B.M.
Selectric typewriter ball. Then word processing programs offered a
hundred or more fonts, from Arial to Wingdings. More were offered in
software packages and on the Internet. Now, many people can recognize
fonts by name. Indeed, a documentary about typography and one of the
most familiar typefaces, “Helvetica,” played to sellout crowds at film
festivals.
Posted by Megan
Typography
Friday, June 27, 2008 1:28:46 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Speaking of Type
On the heels of Megan's post about the letter-shaped icecube trays, I just had to borrow this link from core77 and share this awesome Uppercase Scarf from Little Factory. 
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Thursday, June 19, 2008 2:45:34 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Icey Type
I keep seeing these cool letter ice cube trays around the blogosphere but nothing about where they can actually be purchased. So I was happy today when I came across The Spoon Sisters, which sells all kinds of fun kitchen and home goods, including the letter and number ice trays. Besides saying it in ice, you can use the silicone trays for jello, butter and even baked goods.  Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:52:50 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
An Alphabet Of Chairs
What's better than a nicely illustrated ABC poster? One that celebrates modern design by pairing chair sillhouettes with letters. This lovely poster by Blue Art Studio can be purchased for $35. I'm seriously considering a purchase.  via Core 77Posted by Megan
Illustration | Typography
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:49:49 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, May 16, 2008 Friday, May 09, 2008
Build Your Own Font
If you've got a little time to kill today, check out FontStruct from Fontshop. You can use the online tool to build your own modular fonts. Browse the gallery for lots of inspiration.  via PoppytalkPosted by Megan
Typography
Friday, May 09, 2008 4:26:11 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday Font Find
Calgary, designed by Alejandro Paul, was inspired by the brush script on a "Welcome to Calgary" sign.   Posted by Megan
Typography
Friday, May 09, 2008 1:23:39 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Found On Flickr . . .
this paper alphabet made by Argentine creative Lala Ladcani.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Wednesday, May 07, 2008 6:05:49 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
So Do I
This inspiring typographic drawing was created by 22-year-old design student Will Bryant.  via BySoAndSoPosted by Megan
Illustration | Typography
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 6:24:16 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Smoking Type
For a treasure trove of early 19th-century typographic inspiration, check out Rolling Paper Graphics from Gingko Press. This unique collection presents 540 different kinds of rolling paper plus seventy posters.  via FlyPosted by Megan
Typography
Monday, April 28, 2008 5:50:09 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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The 27th Letter
Launched by the Art Directors Club and Moleskine, The Undiscovered Letter was a creative competition developed to raise awareness about lettera27, a nonprofit literacy organization. The challenge was to create a 27th letter for the alphabet. My favorite entry was submitted by Rei Inamoto, global creative director for AKQA. The letter “space” isn’t really a letter because there is nothing
there. But without it, ourlanguagewouldnotfunctionanditquicklybecomesunintelligiblewhenalltheletters arestrungtogetherlikethis.
It’s a letter that’s not a letter. You can’t see it but when it’s not there, you definitely notice the lack of it.
You can see Rei's concept fully explained here.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Monday, April 28, 2008 4:05:17 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Sweet Lettering
I was following links today, looking for some inspiration, when I stumbled on designer/typographer Marian Bantjes website. Clicking around her portfolio, I found an amazing project where she created the letters from sugar. It turns out it was an assignment for Stefan Sagmeister's book " Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far," which has been sitting on my shelf waiting for me to take the time to really look through it. So I let myself spend some time with a few of the chapters, which are bound seperately. Whatever you might think of Stefan and his design star status, the book is inspiring and fun to look at. It's clear that Mr. Sagmeister is very much in touch with an impish, child-like impulse to create something out of nothing.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:34:46 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
A Type of Candidate
On the NYTimes.com Campaign Stops blog, design writer and critic Steven Heller asked several industry notables to weigh in on Sen. John McCain's choice of Optima for his campaign logo. (Actually, it's not like McCain himself actually chose the face.) Heller previously posted about Sen. Barack Obama's use of Gotham by Tobias Frere-Jones. Read the whole post, which includes Seymour Chwast's curmudgeonly-in-kind-of-a-funny-way comments and Cyrus Highsmith's comparison of the campaign to his dentist. And then there's a fun bit from Matthew Carter, who goes so far as to set the names of potential VP candidates in Optima: "The moment of typographic truth will come when Senator McCain picks a
vice presidential running mate and two names have to be combined on
banners and bumper stickers. By choosing Optima, a rather distinctive
typeface, he may have seriously limited his options."
Carter notes that both Huckabee and Romney look a little silly in Optima, but that Rice fits the typeface quite nicely. 
Typography
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:06:44 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Font Bots
Jonathon Yule, a Canadian Designer, has a series of three robot illustrations on his site that are created from sans serif fonts. I love you, helbotica.  via Boing BoingPosted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 2:24:26 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, April 14, 2008
A Poster You Can't Refuse
L.A. Pop Art creates and sells posters with images formed by handwritten letters. The Godfather poster, for example, includes the entire script of the film in the image. Los Angeles Pop Art creates pop
art images using the ancient technique of “micrography,” an art form
that dates back millennia to the Egyptians, Jews, and Muslims.
Micrography is the art of writing texts in very small letters to form
the illusion of an image. Entire texts, such as a movie script or book,
are used to form posters and other artwork.
  via NOTCOT Posted by Megan
Typography
Monday, April 14, 2008 7:26:30 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Attractive Face
The very attractive 4-weight text face Adriane is on sale for $111.30 from the TypeTrust. Designed between 2006 and 2007 by Marconi Lima, it can be
classified as a transitional typeface and recently won an award at Tipos Latinos 2008.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:09:23 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, April 04, 2008
Friday Font Find
I love how Joshua Darden's font Omnes changes as it increases in weight from demure to serious to ebullient.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Friday, April 04, 2008 6:09:24 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Type Love
I just fell in love with the captial A in the font Maryam, designed by Ricardo Esteves Gomes. The script face, available in two weights for $45 from T26, includes more than 70 ligatures for variation.
Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, April 01, 2008 4:44:52 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, March 28, 2008
You're Not My Type
Here's some Friday fun, courtesy of our friend Steve Gordon: Extensis has a little Flash-based dating game called Typecaster that lets you pair up two typefaces on a date to see if they're compatible. Warning: Mistral is a real jerk, so steer clear, ladies. 
Just for Fun | Typography
Friday, March 28, 2008 5:20:29 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
We Like Your Type
Typography
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 6:09:04 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, March 21, 2008
Tons Of Type In Motion
Popping up all over the blogosphere today is a link to a wonderful post on Always Watching about TV and movie scenes that rely entirely on type and sound. But what happens when you combine typography with motion? That''s the process of kinematic typography and the results, when paired with some excellent scenes from your favorite films and TV shows, can be moving and marvelous.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Friday, March 21, 2008 3:38:24 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
No Bag
Part of It works
with artists to create products for causes they are passionate about.
Sales from products benefit charities chosen by the artists. For instance, sales of this alphabet bag by London-based designer Daniel Eatock benefit The International Dyslexia Association. Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Thursday, March 20, 2008 5:58:42 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, February 29, 2008
Leap Day Sale
Typography
Friday, February 29, 2008 1:25:38 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Mmmm, Lettering
Poking around on Flickr last night, I came across some playful lettering by designer Jon Contino, which made me want to know more. It turns out he has a blog as well as a site for his design studio Onetwentysix, so you can see work from early sketches through finals.  Posted by Megan
Designers | Typography
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 2:58:15 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, February 25, 2008
Temporary Type
Creativity | Typography
Monday, February 25, 2008 4:25:40 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
Mmmm, K
I just fell in love with a K, the K from a font called Cape Rock, to be exact. It looks like the second half of an H that's transforming into a claw in order to grab something it wants. 
Typography
Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:19:54 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Good Penmenship
Typography
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 3:48:21 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
But If You're Not In The Mood . . .
you could send someone this ambivilent e-valentine created by calligrapher Maybelle Imasa-Stukulls for Kate Spade's Behind the Curtain site. (Click on "B Mine" for the entire selection of sentiments.)  Posted by Megan
Just for Fun | Typography
Thursday, February 14, 2008 6:24:25 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Overheard On The Forum
What if Comic Sans was a dude, who would he date? Find out with the Extensis Typecaster. (Turns out Comic Sans and Papyrus are a match made in heaven.) You can also discover which font you should hook up with. (Mistral? I don't think so.)  Posted by Megan
Just for Fun | Typography
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:50:36 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Historic Type
Typography
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:13:56 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, February 11, 2008
Type Talk
I Love Typography has a nice interview with Jean François Porchez who designed Parisine, one of the fonts we use in the magazine. What advice would you give to aspiring type designers?
Practise calligraphy and read a lot on type history. Then draw and draw every day. Don’t copy others, but try to be yourself; use your own cultural resources and background to create new trends in type design. You are unique. When the above is achieved, the next steps are (and these are equally applicable to life in general):
• Respect tradition;
• Clear analysis of the problem, because as designers our work is problem solving;
• Finally, utmost respect for the user/reader.
Posted by Megan
Typography
Monday, February 11, 2008 4:08:04 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Letterpress Mini Doc
If you've never seen a letterpress in action, you must watch this short documentary about Firefly Press. It really captures the feeling of the process, one that I enjoy immensely. Posted by Megan
Typography
Monday, February 11, 2008 3:16:32 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Overheard On The Forum
What's your favorite font right now? One forum members offered this list: thesis
gotham
trade gothic
filosofia
bembo
rockwell
clarendon
Posted by Megan
Typography
Wednesday, February 06, 2008 2:08:04 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Monogram Mugs
I got over my Jonathan Adler mug obsession from last week when I came across these monogrammed mugs at Anthropologie for only $6. I liked the bird on the P better than the flowers on the M, so I went with the that. The store has plenty of type-centric products to choose from, including another series of monogram mugs and large metal letters to put on a shelf or hang on the wall. I never get tired of looking at letters!   Posted by Megan
Gifts and Goodies | Typography
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 4:19:57 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, January 28, 2008
Such A Pretty Face
Hoefler & Frere-Jones just announced a new geometric slab serif face called Archer. Sweet but not saccharine, earnest but not grave, Archer is a colorful new slab serif designed to hit just the right notes of forthrightness, credibility, and charm. Romans and italics in eight weights each, including a delicate hairline, plus small caps, tabular figures, and fractions, to tackle the most demanding applications.
 I like that this face is friendly and trustworthy at the same time. It's little suprise that it was first developed for Martha Stewart Living. Posted by Megan
Typography
Monday, January 28, 2008 8:36:08 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, January 25, 2008
OurType
If you're looking for contemporary fonts with strong roots in classic typography, check out the Belgium-based OurType.  via notcot Posted by Megan
Typography
Friday, January 25, 2008 4:37:42 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Big Bio
Clarendon EF is the star of the Biography Channel's recent rebranding by New York-based design and production firm Leroy and Clarkson. At the heart of the rebrand is a bold new logo comprised of the word 'bio' followed by a dot or period. "It's modular, easy to use and distinctive in its simplicity so that it functions well globally," notes principal and creative director Daniel Fries, "it's a design package with a very accessible but sophisticated graphic language."
The Clarendon EF letterforms, which make up 'bio.' serve as a toolkit for the rebranding packages. "The logo is the toolkit. Each package utilizes the typography abstractly to create rich and dynamic packages" says Senior Art Director Ryan Moore. "The simplicity of our approach yielded a surprisingly diverse and modular brand package. Each element was derived from the logo therefore inherently tied to the brand, an idea the client found very exciting."
   Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:17:56 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, January 21, 2008
Font & Order
Friend of HOW Grace Dobush (who once was an intern here) just started a new blog to chronicle her obsession with Friz Quadrata a.k.a. the Law & Order font. It all started with a chicken-flavored seasoning packet, now she can't be stopped. Dun Dun  Posted by Megan
Typography
Monday, January 21, 2008 2:49:38 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, January 07, 2008
Type On The Web
Typography
Monday, January 07, 2008 7:07:01 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, January 04, 2008
Handwriting On The Screen
I love movies, so I saw several during my Christmas vacation. My favorite, by far, was Juno. It was sweet and heartwarming, but not icky or overdone. And one of the coolest things about it was the opening titles designed by Shadowplay Studio.    Posted by Megan
Illustration | Typography
Friday, January 04, 2008 2:07:03 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Huh? Cool!
When I first read this release from P22, I was a bit confused. But then I tried it. So cool! P22 announces the P22 Music Text Composition Generator, a free online music utility that allows any text to be converted into a musical composition. This composition is displayed in musical notation and simultaneously generates a midi music file that is played back on your computer. The P22 MTCG was programmed by designer Colin Kahn from an idea conceived by P22 creative director Richard Kegler.
 Posted by Megan
Just for Fun | Typography
Thursday, December 20, 2007 3:54:56 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Extras
P22 and Lanston Type recently released LTC Goudy Extras, a set of over 50 ornaments, connecting borders, flourishes and decorative motifs originally designed by Frederic Goudy throughout his career. Many of these designs were used by Goudy at his Village Press and offered by his Village Foundry in the 1920s. The styles range from complex title page illustrations to simple linking borders, but all have the unique Goudy style.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, December 04, 2007 2:27:33 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Readable Script
Ventura, a recent relase from TypeTrust, is a legible script with a nice set of alternate characters. The single-weight face sells for $26.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 1:59:35 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Typeflakes
We just looked out the window and it's totally snowing! Sure, it won't last, but suddenly we're in a winter-time mood. If you want to generate your own flakes, check out TYPEflake from Firstborn Multimedia. Just type in a phrase, choose a font and watch your words get turned into a beautiful snowflake. You can even email your creation to a friend.  Posted by Megan
Just for Fun | Typography
Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:42:01 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Nice Signs
Check out the website of artist and sign painter Jeff Canham for some great examples of hand lettering.  via Oh Joy!Posted by Megan
Typography
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 6:46:27 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, November 12, 2007
Creative Type
The type-design firm Underware has a reputation for giving amazing workshops. They recently held a workshop during Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and the results are captured here. While all the projects have a certain Stefan Sagmeister-esque quality, they are interesting to look at, nonetheless. via SwissmissPosted by Megan
Typography
Monday, November 12, 2007 7:29:19 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, November 08, 2007
Design Your Own Font
I Love Typography recently posted a two-part article about how to design a font. If you've ever wanted to try your hand at this, here's a good place to start. Part 1 and Part 2.
 Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, November 08, 2007 8:19:23 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Happy Halloween
Awesome design/fashion blog Fly has a link to illustrator Andy Smith's portfolio today. I stopped by for a look and realized I'd seen his work before. In fact, the poster below was hanging on my office wall for a while (maybe last Halloween).  Posted by Megan
Typography
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:47:46 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Fresh Font
Designer Marian Bantjes, known for her masterful use of type, has just released her first font, called Restraint. Here's how she describes it: The font contains the 26 letters of the alphabet, numbers, a hyphen, an
ampersand and a question mark, plus a whole ton of squiggly bits for
making fantastic shapes and borders. Simply masses of entertainment
value.
 Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 12:58:18 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
"Funny"
HOW Books art director Grace Ring just sent me a link to The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks, which collects and posts pictures of signage sporting this all-too-common mistake. There are also lots of examples of vernacular typography. (Grace said the site reminded her of a chapter in Milk Eggs Vodka about the grocer's apostrophe.)  Posted by Megan
Just for Fun | Typography
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 5:49:31 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Spooky Type
Just in time for Halloween, Veer has put together a gallery of spooky typefaces and ornaments like this image collection from Lanston Type. I particularly like the scripty cat, ornamental spider web and bat silhouette. 
  
Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, October 09, 2007 4:32:22 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, October 03, 2007
A French Alphabet Book
A French Alphabet Book of 1814 (published by Rizzoli) is a charming collection of watercolor illustrations of French country life, along with lovely examples of hand lettering. It would make a wonderful gift for type lovers and Francophiles alike.    Images courtesy of Charles Plante Fine ArtsPosted by Megan
Typography
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 6:18:33 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, October 01, 2007
New In Type
Zebra and Kiub are two notable new releases from our favorite alpha-numeric font founderies P22 and T26. Zebra was originally designed by Karlgeorg Hoefer in 1965 and is available digitally for the first time. The font is clearly vintage in style, but it will be interesting to see how designers might put it to use in contemporary application.  Kiub was created by Italian designer Gianni Sinni. Available in squared and rounded variations, the quirky font screams indie-band poster.  Posted by Megan
Typography
Monday, October 01, 2007 8:32:28 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, September 21, 2007
Skull Font
Typography
Friday, September 21, 2007 9:15:59 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, September 13, 2007
Type Underground
P22 just released Underground Pro, an updated version of Underground, which is based on Edward Johnston's historical type design for London Transport's Underground Railway system. The font system includes six weights. Other features include Small Caps and Petite Caps for all weights, titling options that mimic London Transport signage and the addition of lower case characters to the bold weight. 
Posted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, September 13, 2007 7:43:13 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007
New Faces
Digital font foundry T.26 just released seven new faces including Otis Condensed, a heavy contemporary display face in one weight. 
Posted by Megan
Typography
Tuesday, September 04, 2007 4:10:52 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
The Art Of Type
The work of San Francisco-based artist Tauba Auerbach is extremely typographic and interesting.   via Hi + LowPosted by Megan
Typography
Thursday, August 30, 2007 4:18:22 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Helvetica at Home
We just got word that Gary Hustwit's "Helvetica" movie will be available on DVD. You can pre-order the retail version for $20, and the deluxe limited-edition version for $75 at HelveticaFilm.com. The limited-edition package (1,000 copies) comes in a custom box that includes the retail DVD,
three letterpressed mini-posters, a color C-print of a still from the
film (one of 10 different stills) signed by director Gary Hustwit, two
love/hate Helvetica buttons and a letter of actual Helvetica metal type. Both editions will be released November 6.
Typography
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:20:34 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, August 13, 2007
Sign Of The Times
The New York Times just ran an interesting story about the history of road signs and their future. It focuses on the development of Clearview, a new sign font approved in 2004 that's starting to be adopted across the country. The Federal Highway Administration granted Clearview interim approval
in 2004, meaning that individual states are free to begin using it in
all their road signs. More than 20 states have already adopted the
typeface, replacing existing signs one by one as old ones wear out.
Some places have been quicker to make the switch — much of Route I-80
in western Pennsylvania is marked by signs in Clearview, as are the
roads around Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport — but it will very
likely take decades for the rest of the country to finish the roadside
makeover. It is a slow, almost imperceptible process. But eventually
the entire country could be looking at Clearview.
 Posted by Megan
Typography
Monday, August 13, 2007 2:09:20 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, August 03, 2007
City Of Type
Typography
Friday, August 03, 2007 5:04:58 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Hot Chocolat
Posted by MeganChocolat is a new typeface from T26. The sans serif font, in two weights, looks a bit like a candy bar on a hot day—all its straight edges have melted into softness.
Typography
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 9:00:42 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, July 23, 2007
Travelling Type
Typography
Monday, July 23, 2007 3:17:05 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, July 20, 2007
Time For Type
Posted by Megan
Today is the last day to register for Typecon 2007 at the regular price. I'm super bummed that I don't get to go this year!
Typography
Friday, July 20, 2007 6:59:38 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Type Sale
Typography
Wednesday, July 18, 2007 3:31:44 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
Herding Cats
Posted by MeganManaging fonts on the Mac is like wrangling kittens. Sure, they're cute (and fuzzy, if they're anti-aliased), but fonts are sometimes hard to find, and they occasionally don't behave as you'd like. They wander in and out of your computer depending on the job, and it's often hard to tell one apart from another. If your fonts have you flummoxed, or you just want to control the adorable little beasties, several options are available for herding and caring for them.Learn about how to wrangle your fonts here. 
Typography
Thursday, July 12, 2007 2:31:18 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Bling Type
Posted by MeganBallers Delight is an exciting new picture font that
was created by participants of Chank Diesel's "Gloss-n-Floss" fontmaking
workshop at the recent HOW Design Conference in Atlanta.
Fifty workshop participants spent an afternoon creating these bejewelled letters.
Each individual letter was constructed out of beads and
gems on small canvas boards measuring 5"x7". Letters were then
photographed and the resulting pics were used to make a thuggish new
grunge font with a big hip-hop influence. You can dowload a free version here.
Typography
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 4:36:55 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Friday, June 22, 2007
Car Type
Posted by MeganApparently, Chicago-based designer Carlos Segura has a love for both good typography and cars. He's combined both interests into a single blog called CarType that tackles, among other things, automobile branding through the years. 
Typography
Friday, June 22, 2007 7:12:33 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, June 04, 2007
Zoinks!
Posted by Bryn
These early-June days have us thinking about those blissful summer breaks we had when we were grade-schoolers. So we were feeling a big nostalgic when a newsletter from type foundry T-26 crossed our desks this morning, with a fun font that instantly takes us back to kid-hood. 
Typography
Monday, June 04, 2007 2:21:14 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, May 24, 2007
This Day In Type
Posted by Meganvia NotCot
Celebrate your love for type every day at This Day in Type. The brand new community posts a new typographic image every day celebrating the day's date. Submit own and share the love.  
Typography
Thursday, May 24, 2007 5:52:37 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
Type of the Weird
Posted by Megan
via 30gms This is just too weird. Each of these objects is an agate cabochon, the letters appearing on
them formed by the combination of natural iron fractures and a very
skilled lapidary artist. The most commonly revealed pattern is a simple
cross but occasionally letters are found. It took an agate collector
over 20 years to assemble four complete alphabet collections.
One of the collections recently sold at auction for $11,000! 
Typography
Thursday, May 17, 2007 7:59:51 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Misprinted Type
Posted by Megan
I hadn't visited type designer Eduardo Recife's site in a couple of years, so I was thankful for the reminder from How About Orange. There are a bunch of great free fonts along with examples of each font in use. 
Typography
Thursday, May 17, 2007 6:46:02 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Just My Type
Posted by Meganvia Oh Joy!Barbara Calzolari, an Italian calligrapher and illustrator, uses type in unexpected places with gorgeous results.  
Typography
Wednesday, May 09, 2007 5:31:27 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
the evening news
Posted by TriciaJust heard that PRI's The World will be doing a story on Mexican blackletter in an hour or so. If you missed it, you can listen here. 
Typography
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:38:00 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Thursday, April 05, 2007
A Typeface for Carnivores
Typography
Thursday, April 05, 2007 4:16:55 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, March 26, 2007
Microscopic Alphabet Soup
Posted by Meganvia Neatorama
"Scientists have created the tiniest-ever
alphabet soup by designing and producing billions of microscale fluorescent particles in the shapes
of the 26 letters, all in one font and suspended in a liquid." More.
Typography
Monday, March 26, 2007 5:54:41 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, March 12, 2007
What's Your Type?
Posted by
Carmen
Our February issue was all about typography and one of our readers got in touch with us to see if we could help her out. She's doing a thesis project about fonts and wants to get feedback from as many designers as possible. You can help out your fellow designer by filling out a quick survey (it's only six questions long).
Typography
Monday, March 12, 2007 2:32:45 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, March 01, 2007
Going Once, Going Twice
Posted by MeganAustralian font foundry Letterbox is embarking upon an unusal type experiment. On April 17, they're planning to auction the exclusive rights (for one year) to their new face Bisque on eBay. The auction will close on April 27, World Graphic Design Day. 
Typography
Thursday, March 01, 2007 6:18:50 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Active Type
Typography
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 3:59:35 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, February 23, 2007
Type in Motion
Posted by Bryn
Justin Cone, editor of Motionographer, teaches a class in time-based typography at SCAD; he's posted a remarkable piece of work by one of his students, Jarratt Moody. It's killer. Really. Thanks to HOW columnist and Conference speaker Jeff Carlson for the linky. 
Typography
Friday, February 23, 2007 1:54:16 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, February 20, 2007
What A Pretty Face
Posted by MeganEason is a gorgeous new typeface, designed by Randy Jones, and released by Fountain.
Typography
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 2:59:27 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Books for Designers
Posted by MeganDigital Type Foundry T26 has a cool Amazon book list on their site with all their fave type and design books, including some unusual selection you might not have seen elsewhere.
Typography
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 3:11:13 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, February 08, 2007
Someone Is Trying To Tell You Something
Posted by MeganWritten on the City is an amazing project started by designers Axel Albin and Josh Kamler to document a specific kind of graffiti—messages written on walls and sidewalks around the world that are really trying to say something. 
Typography
Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:07:19 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007
To Hel with 'Em
Posted by
BrynAh, just when we thought we wouldn't have much to blog about today, we found this little bit of news in our inbox from FontShop: seems that some people are actually, dare we say?, sick of Helvetica. So the font guys offer a few alternatives. Nah. We'll stick with the original, thanks. 
Typography
Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:19:07 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, February 05, 2007
Indie Fonts
Posted by Megan
Like its predecessors, Indie Fonts 3 provides a collection of more than 1,900 diverse fonts from 20 of today's most eclectic digital type
foundries and features the best work of these designers. The book also includes a CD with 53 representative fonts (fully licensed and ready to install), a huge bargain at only $35. 
Typography
Monday, February 05, 2007 2:41:36 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Hand-Painted Type
Typography
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:18:00 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, January 18, 2007
Sign Language
Posted by Megan
via Apartment Therapy
Artist Darwin Bell creates catchy phrases by photography signs with his Poloroid and framing the images together. What began as a fun birthdy gift for a friend is now a full-fledged art project called Sign Language.  
Typography
Thursday, January 18, 2007 8:16:32 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
A Film About ... Helvetica
Posted by
Brynlink via CoudalFrom " Helvetica," a documentary film by Gary Hustwit, comes this little gem of a quote from Erik Spiekermann: "I can’t explain it; I just like looking at type. I just get a total kick out of it. Other people look at bottles of wine or whatever, or, you know, girls’ bottoms. I just get kicks out of looking at type. It’s a little worrying, I must admit." Hustwit's film is slated for screenings at indie film festivals this spring. For now, you can catch a few clips online.
Typography
Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:58:33 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, January 15, 2007
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Posted by MeganKapitza Shop, which specializes in picture fonts and illustrations, recently released a new Valentine’s Day font called Hearts.
Hearts contains 52 illustrations that can be used individually or to create repeat patterns for backgrounds, greeting cards and wrapping paper. 
Typography
Monday, January 15, 2007 2:29:55 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, January 11, 2007
Cheeky Type
Posted by MeganNew from Hoefler & Frere-Jones: Gotham Rounded Gotham Rounded is inspired by the lettering of engineers: marks on precision instruments, lettering on blueprints, and the alphabets of stencils and templates. Drawn, stamped, engraved and routed, Gotham Rounded captures these forms, offering an eminently usable family of eight styles (including italics) that goes from friendly to high-tech to cheeky with ease.  
Typography
Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:18:00 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Making Statistics Hip
Posted by
Carmen
Lately I’ve been reading (a good thing for an editor—right?!) a book by Jim Wallis. In it he reiterates something we all know, but can always bear to be reminded of: about how change happens—not from political leaders or political actions—but from the bottom up. He says that for things to really happen, they have to come from the people.
So that’s why when I saw the design project, StatAttak, that Venice Beach, CA-based Stolen Inc. is spearheading, it made me think back to that whole idea of spreading the word and giving power to the people—power through knowledge. It happened as the folks at Stolen Inc. were flipping through statistics about different countries (oh, yeah!). They came across the fact that while most of us can expect to make it to about 70 or 80 years old, in Mozambique it’s only 31.3 years. So he took that fact—and others—and plastered them (with good design) on T-shirts that broadcast those realities to the public, and hope for change.
Our favorite part? The geometric type depicting the countries; a surefire sign that makes caring cool.
Designers | Thought Provoking | Typography
Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:20:28 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, January 04, 2007
Word As Image
Posted by Meganvia Notcot These obsessive drawings of interiors by Swedish artist by Thomas Broomé meld type and image into a singular hypnotic vision.  
From the exhibition catalog:
ModernMantra is a series of 18 ”text drawings”, made in Indian ink on white paper. In a somewhat schematic fashion they portray sterile and depopulated interiors, often simply but properly furnished. One does not have to get very close to them to see that the drawings are really calligrammes, that the interiors are drawn with words that simultaneously describe what they depict.
Typography
Thursday, January 04, 2007 8:44:40 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Burbank In The House
Posted by Megan
In a tribute to the golden age of animation, House Industries is introducing Burbank, a versatile new collection of 20 fonts. The collection will be available January 1, 2007.
The collection features Burbank Big, in three widths and four weights, and Burbank Small, in four weights of both Roman and italic. Designed for mixing and matching, Burbank offers a nearly endless array of combinations.
Typography
Tuesday, December 19, 2006 1:01:57 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Hello World
Posted by Meganvia Neatorama "I noticed that a lot of buildings in Google Maps looked like letters, and I thought 'Hmmm, how I use that as
an excuse to waste even more time playing with Google Maps?' This is the best I could come up with," says Jesse, creator of geoGreeting.com. Type in a world or phrase and geoGreeting generates the letters using aerial photographs of buildings from around the world. Neato indeed. 
Typography
Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:55:50 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, November 06, 2006
Historical Type
Posted by Megan
via Boing Boing The page below is scanned from a zine produced by British prisoners in a World War I prisoner of war camp in Germany. 
Zoom
Typography
Monday, November 06, 2006 8:42:11 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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