Simon Silaidis applied his life’s love of calligraphy in the rural, urban and suburban surroundings of Asia and Europe. You will spot his work in abandoned places, in the streets and in his studio using ink and bamboo pens. His style is a mix of Western, Asian and Arabian calligraphy and his vision of a [...]
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Skyfall—Urban Calligraphy by Simon Silaidis
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This Week in Fonts
I love typography, the typography and fonts blog16 May 2013 | 10:01 amA deco style numbers font from Joshua Mayfield, a calligraphic text family by District, a ligature packed display face from Nootype, a contemporary stencil by Atlas Font Foundry, a family of contradictions from Typotheque, a flexible gothic digitized for the first time by Hamilton Wood Type, and a single face with 9 fonts within from DSType. Joshua Mayfield: Roloi Designed by Joshua Mayfield Originally inspired by the numerals on a vintage clock face, Roloi is a layered numbers font in the deco lettering style, and includes a full set of automatic clock symbols. District: Fair Sans Text… -
H&FJ Supports Hamilton
Hoefler & Frere-Jones30 Apr 2013 | 10:40 pmTypefaces: Knockout, Acropolis, Knox, Saracen, and Ziggurat In support of their unique work to both safeguard and celebrate American wood type, H&FJ is proud to announce the donation of a $10,000 Sustainability Grant to the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Wood type is a vital part of our visual culture. Its riot of technological and typographic innovations remains as relevant as ever to modern typographic practice: whether your favorite font comes in multiple widths, or features chromatic layers, it owes a considerable debt to its wood type forebears. H&FJ has… -
Dalton Maag joins Typekit with fonts for web and desktop
The Typekit Blog16 May 2013 | 12:08 pmHelp us welcome Dalton Maag to Typekit. Renowned for the technical quality of their typefaces, the foundry is best known for corporate projects that include custom fonts for Ubuntu (an open source typeface already available on Typekit), Nokia, BMW, and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. But Dalton Maag has been making typefaces for everyone since 1999. For starters, we have included Aktiv Grotesk, Effra, Foco, InterFace, Lexia, and Tondo Signage in the Typekit library. Top to bottom: Lexia Regular, Black, and Regular. (source text) A quiet, well-balanced slab serif, Lexia is available in six weights… -
Library Subscriptions: The Future of Fonts? Shall We Sing or Cry?
Typographica8 May 2013 | 7:21 amYesterday, Adobe declared that Creative Cloud is its future. Designers will no longer license desktop copies of Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign and use them “forever” (though that word is obviously limited by each version’s practical lifespan). Instead, they subscribe to a Creative Cloud membership and get access to the apps through an online account. Along with this announcement came the news that Typekit will be included in the Creative Cloud product. This move was widely expected — once Adobe acquired Typekit in 2011 we all knew that they would use the fonts to add value to…
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I love typography, the typography and fonts blog
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This Week in Fonts
16 May 2013 | 10:01 amA deco style numbers font from Joshua Mayfield, a calligraphic text family by District, a ligature packed display face from Nootype, a contemporary stencil by Atlas Font Foundry, a family of contradictions from Typotheque, a flexible gothic digitized for the first time by Hamilton Wood Type, and a single face with 9 fonts within from DSType. Joshua Mayfield: Roloi Designed by Joshua Mayfield Originally inspired by the numerals on a vintage clock face, Roloi is a layered numbers font in the deco lettering style, and includes a full set of automatic clock symbols. District: Fair Sans Text… -
This Week in Fonts
1 May 2013 | 8:35 amA no-nonsense sans from Lineto, a layered type system by Latinotype, a charming hand made face from Voltage LTD, delicate and flowing curves courtesy of Typesenses, a contemporary sans by VirusFonts, a classic titling serif from Domahoka, a Swiss inspired sans by Wordshape, and a modern sans from Nootype. Lineto: LL Circular Designed by Laurenz Brunner Strikes a balance between conceptual rigour, skilled workmanship and measured idiosyncrasy, resulting in a no-nonsense sans-serif text font with unmistakable character yet universal appeal. Latinotype: Trend Hand Made Designed by Daniel… -
Making waves with Magasin
24 Apr 2013 | 12:49 pmI’ve always been fascinated by typefaces based on fluid handwriting, and as an amateur calligrapher of copperplate, I decided to design a display font based on this experience. Origins and background My first approach to this project began with the lettering I designed for BoMo, a graphic design studio, in spring 2011. It’s based on a brief: feminine, professional and sensibility. The solution came as a well-crafted series of ‘calligraphic letters’ with high contrast, the B, the M and the o, combined as two connected syllables. During the design process I discovered the significant… -
This Week in Fonts
11 Apr 2013 | 9:44 amA bright slab serif by Typofonderie, a massive system from Typonine, a text face with flavour and a hardworking family from Rosseta Type, a casual face by HVD Fonts, an expansive family from Lost Type Co-op, a type designer’s typeface by Emigre, a warm and rugged face from Fountain, a geometric slab serif by The Northern Block, and a humanist grotesque from Atlas. Typofonderie: Mislab Designed by Xavier Dupré With Mislab, Xavier Dupré has designed a brighter and more legible slab serif than most. Mislab aptly combines the strength of a slab serif with the lightness of a sans serif. -
Socialist TV Typeface Videtur Finally Freed
5 Apr 2013 | 9:55 amIn the 1980s, the German Democratic Republic’s state television broadcasting service commissioned Axel Bertram to develop a custom typeface. The result was “Videtur,” a remarkably independent serif design that was intended to define the on-screen graphics of East German television for years to come. But by the beginning of the 1990s, the GDR no longer existed. With it went its state broadcasting service – and Videtur, too. Another 20 years in the now reunified Germany would have to pass by before Andreas Frohloff could finally help bring a modernized FF Videtur to market. Original…
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Hoefler & Frere-Jones
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H&FJ Supports Hamilton
30 Apr 2013 | 10:40 pmTypefaces: Knockout, Acropolis, Knox, Saracen, and Ziggurat In support of their unique work to both safeguard and celebrate American wood type, H&FJ is proud to announce the donation of a $10,000 Sustainability Grant to the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum of Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Wood type is a vital part of our visual culture. Its riot of technological and typographic innovations remains as relevant as ever to modern typographic practice: whether your favorite font comes in multiple widths, or features chromatic layers, it owes a considerable debt to its wood type forebears. H&FJ has… -
H&FJ: The Video
22 Apr 2013 | 10:00 pmAs part of the presentation of the 2013 AIGA Medal, the American Institute of Graphic Arts commissioned this short video about Hoefler & Frere-Jones. In addition to offering an intimate look at two recent works-in-progress, and a tour of H&FJ’s offices in a rare moment of repose, this startling exposé reveals for the first time what ongoing dispute provokes the greatest disagreement between H and FJ. (Hint: this sentence contains five of them.) Thanks once again to the AIGA for recognizing our work, and to Dan and Andre at Dress Code for presenting typeface design with such thought, care,… -
LANDMARK: A New Font Family from H&FJ
10 Feb 2013 | 10:00 pmTypeface: Landmark When Tobias and I first started working together in 1999, we received an irresistible commission from Michael Bierut at Pentagram: to design a typeface for Lever House, one of New York’s most significant architectural landmarks. In a neighborhood of skyscrapers designed simply to warehouse the maximum amount of rentable real estate, Lever House is a rare building with thoughtful urban values, featuring a grand public colonnade, a welcoming sculpture garden, and an enormous setback that showcases that rarest of midtown luxuries: the sky. The typeface we created was an airy… -
H&FJ Awarded the 2013 AIGA Medal
5 Feb 2013 | 5:37 amThe American Institute of Graphic Arts has announced that Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones will be awarded the 2013 AIGA Medal, the profession’s highest honor. “In recognition of their contributions to the typographic landscape through impeccable craftsmanship, skilled historical reference and insightful vernacular considerations,” the award recognizes both the work of Hoefler and Frere-Jones, and the accomplishments of the H&FJ type foundry throughout its twenty-four years. Since 1920, the AIGA Medal has been presented annually to innovators who set standards of excellence for… -
The Plastic Wood Type
12 Dec 2012 | 7:00 pmTypeface: Knockout One of the joys of designing typefaces is seeing the flavors that designers coax out of your work. A fair amount of exploration always goes into our own process: Gotham wouldn’t be Gotham were it not able to look simultaneously young and old, and one of Idlewild’s virtues is the range of wildly different qualities that emerge in company of friends. But type designers never have the final say on what’s possible: it’s always the graphic designers who use our work who deliver the greatest surprises. Over on Dribbble, I’ve been collecting some of my favorite projects…
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The Typekit Blog
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Dalton Maag joins Typekit with fonts for web and desktop
16 May 2013 | 12:08 pmHelp us welcome Dalton Maag to Typekit. Renowned for the technical quality of their typefaces, the foundry is best known for corporate projects that include custom fonts for Ubuntu (an open source typeface already available on Typekit), Nokia, BMW, and the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. But Dalton Maag has been making typefaces for everyone since 1999. For starters, we have included Aktiv Grotesk, Effra, Foco, InterFace, Lexia, and Tondo Signage in the Typekit library. Top to bottom: Lexia Regular, Black, and Regular. (source text) A quiet, well-balanced slab serif, Lexia is available in six weights… -
Typekit proudly sponsors TYPO Berlin
14 May 2013 | 10:58 amWe are traveling to Germany! Join us and our friends at FontShop for their annual TYPO Berlin conference, Thursday through Saturday, May 16-18. If you missed TYPO San Francisco, this is your chance to catch up on the multidimensional aspects of today’s complex design processes from a plethora of informed industry professionals. Typekit’s very own David Demaree will be speaking on Thursday. His talk, “The weight of the web” will explore “the web as an adaptive medium, where our work can consist not only of pixels and words, but also metadata and instructions for displaying… -
Sites We Like: Able Brewing and Arbor Brewing Company
10 May 2013 | 11:08 amThis week, we’re raising our glasses—or mugs—in celebration of two famous and ubiquitous brews: coffee and beer. Cheers! If you’re passionate about the perfect cup of coffee, the crew at Able Brewing Co. has you covered with a mesmerizing catalog of specialized brewing tools, focusing on reusable and sustainably-made supplies. The site uses Nudista Web for the headings and body copy throughout—a sturdy and precise font for people who enjoy their coffee the same way. Michigan prides itself on its brews. Arbor Brewing Company, one of Ann Arbor’s most popular brewpubs,… -
Typekit proudly sponsors D-Crit Conference 2013
9 May 2013 | 11:02 amJoin Typekit this Saturday, May 11th, in supporting the School of Visual Design’s annual D-Crit conference. The conference theme is counter/point, reflecting on the contrasting design perspectives of graduates students and renowned professionals. An excellent lineup of speakers is invited to reflect on this theme, including John Hockenberry of NPR, Paola Antonelli of the MOMA, and Andrew Blauvelt of the Walker Arts Center. The event will take place in the Visual Arts Theatre at the School of Visual Arts (333 W 23rd St., between 8th & 9th Ave.), starting at 12:30pm on Saturday, May 11. -
Pocket Guide to Combining Typefaces
7 May 2013 | 11:44 amToday’s guest post was written by Elliot Jay Stocks. It’s nice when good things come together, isn’t it? Good things like independent publishing house Five Simple Steps and Typekit’s resident Type Manager Tim Brown, for instance. The result of this fruitful combination is a wonderful little book about typography. Specifically, a typography book about good things coming together. Combining Typefaces is the latest title in Five Simple Steps’ series of Pocket Guides — concise e-books that focus on a specific topic — and Tim’s does exactly what it says on the tin: it helps…
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Typographica
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Library Subscriptions: The Future of Fonts? Shall We Sing or Cry?
8 May 2013 | 7:21 amYesterday, Adobe declared that Creative Cloud is its future. Designers will no longer license desktop copies of Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign and use them “forever” (though that word is obviously limited by each version’s practical lifespan). Instead, they subscribe to a Creative Cloud membership and get access to the apps through an online account. Along with this announcement came the news that Typekit will be included in the Creative Cloud product. This move was widely expected — once Adobe acquired Typekit in 2011 we all knew that they would use the fonts to add value to… -
Henriette
17 Mar 2013 | 2:30 pmBased in Vienna, Typejockeys are three young designers — Anna Fahrmaier, Thomas Gabriel und Michael Hochleitner — with a broad palette of activities. They make graphic design for print and web, and have their own digital-to-letterpress project. They are also a typefoundry, to which both Gabriel (KABK, The Hague graduate) and Hochleitner (University of Reading graduate) contribute. With everything that’s going on besides type design, they aren’t Europe most productive foundry, but when they bring out a new typeface, it is always something of an event. Typejockeys’ fonts are not only… -
Our Favorite Typefaces of 2012
13 Mar 2013 | 9:05 pmI’ll be honest. When December rolls around and I ask a group of smart, articulate font users and makers to each select their favorite release of the year, not everyone rushes back with their pick. And when they do, they don’t always have much to say about it. Some years are stronger than others. 2012 was a strong year. The rich diversity in new type design has never been so evident. I got so many responses this time around, many with texts that were longer and more in-depth than ever before, that I admittedly fell behind in the editing and production of the list. I hope you’ll… -
Quintet
13 Mar 2013 | 8:59 pmToday’s large font families allow graphic designers to easily create variation — using different weights, widths, or italics — while retaining stylistic consistency. Kunihiko Okano, who is also an experienced package designer, chose an unusual way of creating a useful palette of fonts. How do you achieve typographic diversity in display use? The layered approach of Quintet gives the designer a toolbox that allows exploration of different shades within the same underlying model. Different weights are implemented in an unconventional way: instead of varying the main strokes,… -
Bery Roman, Script, and Tuscan
13 Mar 2013 | 8:41 pmSometime, somewhere, during the last decades of the nineteenth century, the type designer slowly mutated into a ghost hunter. Faces of the past became sources of inspiration, some quite obvious, others forgotten; all acquired a mnemonic, almost “mediumnic” value. An aura. It is heaven-sent, then, that the works of Jean Gabriel Bery were summoned and rescued from oblivion, thanks to the pioneering research work of Eric Kindel and Fred Smeijers on the history of stenciled letterforms. Those who visited the astonishing and stimulating exhibition the duo curated for the Catapult gallery in…
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Typblography
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Adobe contributes font rasterizer technology to FreeType
1 May 2013 | 11:00 amToday we are pleased to announce that Adobe has contributed its CFF rasterizer to FreeType. The code is now available for testing in the latest beta version of FreeType. This open source project, aimed at improving CFF rasterization in devices and environments that use FreeType, is a collaboration between Adobe, Google and FreeType. Modern fonts use one of two outline formats – TrueType or CFF. TrueType was developed by Apple in 1990, while CFF (the Compact Font Format) was developed by Adobe as a second-generation form of the Type 1 format (often called PostScript fonts) that Adobe… -
Adobe Blank Redux
3 Apr 2013 | 2:44 pmAs discussed in our March 28, 2013 article, Adobe Blank was recently released as a open source special-purpose OpenType font that helps to solve the FOUT (Flash Of Unstyled Text) problem. The version that was initially released was approximately 80K in size, and included 257 glyphs, 256 of which were functional in the sense that they are mapped from 1,111,998 Unicode code points, though they are intentionally non-spacing and non-marking. I further analyzed the tables, and found a way to trim the size further by increasing the number of glyphs to 2,049, 2,048 of which are functional. The size… -
New type specimens are now available
1 Apr 2013 | 3:30 pmThe Adobe Type team is often asked for more details on how we go about designing typefaces; what sort of historical elements went into the design, was there a specific approach that we took, and what problems we were trying to solve. Very often, a combination of factors like historical precedent, language coverage, stylistic trends and media target (print, web, UI, app, etc.) can be interesting to our customers. With the typophile in mind, and others who are interested in font design, we produced our latest set of type specimens. These specimens, now available as PDFs on www.adobe.com/type,… -
Introducing Adobe Blank
28 Mar 2013 | 4:08 pmEarlier this year, the Adobe Type Team was approached by one of our other development teams to produce a special-purpose font with two fascinating—at least to me—characteristics: All Unicode code points are covered. All code points are rendered using a non-spacing and non-marking glyph. I decided to take on this task, because I immediately recognized that the special-purpose Adobe-Identity-0 ROS was the appropriate vehicle for developing such a font. The font itself was developed early this year, and I finally got around to releasing it on Open@Adobe as a new open-source project… -
For the love of type
1 Mar 2013 | 9:23 amA few weeks back my co-worker Miguel Sousa blogged about the fundraising adventure our team embarked on to help raise money for the Hamilton Wood Type Museum. Now that we have all of the donations tallied and matching requests submitted, I am happy to announce that our crazy idea of selling cupcakes in-a-jar for Valentine’s Day raised $7,500 for the Hamilton Museum. As lovers of type, and supporters of the Hamilton Museum, we couldn’t be happier with how this fundraiser turned out. As you can see from the following video footage, we all got our hands—and kitchens—dirty as we…
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Typography Served Featured Projects
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Structorator Font
22 May 2013 | 3:30 amStructorator is a grid-based, experimental display font. -
Picture
21 May 2013 | 9:30 pmA series of highly detailed picture frames that each depict an idyllic tomorrow. -
ISADORA Calligraphic Font
21 May 2013 | 3:30 pmISADORA Calligraphy font, is inspired by the elegant and organic lines of Art Nouveau, but geometrically constructed. Useful for creating highly attractive arnamentales holders. -
Roccia Typeface
21 May 2013 | 9:30 amRoccia Typeface This is my last typeface creation. Enjoy it! -
type treatments 2012
21 May 2013 | 3:30 amType treatment 2012
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Design Observer: Main Posts
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John Thackara: Cycle Commerce As An Ecosystem
21 May 2013 | 8:26 amJohn Thackara reviews new products, services and ingredients needed to help a cycle commerce ecosystem flourish in India’s cities, towns and villages. -
OBlog: Wheelwright Prize 2013 Winner
20 May 2013 | 1:54 pmGia Wolff, Brooklyn-based architect, wins $100,000 travel grant for her proposal Floating City: The Community-Based Architecture of Parade Floats. -
Daniel A. Barber: The Visualization of Peak Oil and Renewable Energy
20 May 2013 | 10:53 amOn Places, Daniel Barber traces the energy debates back to the postwar era, when leading scientists argued that shifting from fossil fuels to renewables was not just technically feasible but also ethically necessary. -
John Foster: A Nod to Surrealism
19 May 2013 | 10:11 am<br /> For artists not working in digital media — those who cut, build, draw, paint, glue, bend, and make things in the more traditional manner, there is something of a “Surrealist” popularity at hand today. -
Alexandra Lange: Ruth Asawa's wire scuptures qualify as extreme craft: they look weightless, but suggest you back off.
18 May 2013 | 7:58 pmOn a retrospective of the work of midcentury sculptor Ruth Asawa at Christie's, her first solo show in New York in 50 years.
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Design is Kinky
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AARK
20 May 2013 | 6:50 pmMelbourne based AARK Collective are creating some beautifully designed time pieces, with emphasis on good design & long lasting products. -
Jay Nelson
15 May 2013 | 8:37 pmSan Francisco based Jay Nelson has a very interesting sculptural aesthetic to his carpentry. -
Andrew Quilty
13 May 2013 | 5:55 pmPhotographer Andrew Quilty is having an exhibition in Sydney called Australian Artist’s Portraits at Maunsell Wickes Gallery – 19 Glenmore Road Paddington, Sydney. Pictured here is Ben Quilty. -
Mike Mitchell
8 May 2013 | 2:52 pmMike Mitchell currently has an exhibition at the Mondo Gallery in Austin Texas featuring a series of movie portraits of seminal pop characters. You can check them all out on his website. -
Book Submission Open
2 May 2013 | 12:18 amSubmissions are now open for the 2nd Edition of the 2013 Semi-Permanent books. Check the page for guidelines and send in your work.
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Jean François Porchez
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Donner les typos à un client ou non?
26 Apr 2013 | 11:18 amLe droit d’auteur français protège les créations graphiques, comme typographiques. Vous ne faites jamais l’acquisition d’un logiciel ou d’une fonte, mais de son usage… -
À la découverte de la typographie
31 Mar 2013 | 1:50 pmJe publie à titre d’archive, le compte rendu d’une conférence que j’ai donné à la Reims Management School fin 2003, sur une invitation de Frank Adebiaye. Déjà 10 ans… -
ECV Typography 2013 in New York
13 Feb 2013 | 7:59 amThe greatest part of this new Master is that a group of students will visit New York between the 20 and 25 February 2013. For them, I have built a strong program with the help of many friends in New York and elsewhere… -
Not every typeface designers do that
6 Feb 2013 | 1:12 amThere is a lot of images on the web, but rarely about a critical subject as typeface designer on a bed with his fiancée… -
Typefaces addiction
12 Dec 2012 | 12:46 amTypefaces are just like cigarettes: you started buying them because you thought they made you look cool, but now you’re just addicted.
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Mrs Eaves v The Bees
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Warhol's Children Interview
22 Apr 2013 | 9:32 amIn the lead up to the International Design Conference agIdeas which I will be speaking at in May, Warhol's Children interviewed me about my work. You can read it here. Image by Toby Dixon -
A Pair and A Spare DIY Lettering
22 Apr 2013 | 9:20 amGeneva Vanderzeil – the beautiful brains behind the DIY fashion blog, A Pair and a Spare – recently asked me to create a DIY lettering tutorial for her readers. You can check out the results here and maybe even have a crack at making a "Happy Days" card yourself. If you would like to have a more hands-on experience, you can join myself and Wayne Thompson (Australian Type Foundry) at our upcoming Melbourne Type by Hand workshop in May. -
A fine line between pleasure & pain
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The Loop Party Post Cards
22 Apr 2013 | 8:51 amAustralia's online creative work hub, The Loop, recently revamped their website and threw a party at MTV to celebrate. They asked me to design three postcards with inspirational quotes to share with the attendees.
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House Industries Show and Tell
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Counting Koi from House and Uncle Goose
29 Apr 2013 | 10:45 amStraight from the pure breeding environment of Uncle Goose’s exclusive stock pond, our new Counting Koi are reared from original House Industries numerical data and feature the most coveted pure black bloodline. New color varieties will emerge as selective reproduction continues. -
House Industries at Adobe Max
24 Apr 2013 | 11:00 amNeed to diversify your deck? Could your graphics use an upgrade? Is your media marketing outmoded? Then check out the House Industries dog and pony show at Adobe MAX on May 8. Or, if you just require a little relief from the digital doldrums, brush up on your lettering chops during the all-analog workshop led by yours truly. -
House Industries for Baccarat
22 Apr 2013 | 11:50 amBaccarat Japan asked House Industries to design this typographic crystal tumbler to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their Roppongi store in Tokyo. The pattern features one LOVE for each year and is only available the Baccarat flagship store in Roppongi. Can’t make it to the Baccarat store in Roppongi? You can still feel the love with these hand-pulled prints. “Toujours l’amore” soundtrack courtesy of Dimitri From Paris. Video produced by Carlos Alejandro. Thanks to House Industries’ own “Kunoichi”, Yayoi Cannon, of Entropy Design. -
BJ, B and Number 33
18 Apr 2013 | 1:25 pmWhen tattoo icon BJ Betts invited Ken and me to contribute to his forthcoming lettering book, we had no idea that he’d Jedi mind trick us into giving him tattoos. The client asked for a “B” and the House33 logo. Even after repeated reminders that it was our first time and that the tattoos might end up looking like rubber stamps, he still insisted. A humbling experience. -
Flux, files and Neutraface No. 2 Titling
18 Apr 2013 | 8:22 amNeutraface No. 2 Titling on Richard Sachs’ dropouts.
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MarkSimonson.com Notebook
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Typekit, The Early Years
6 May 2013 | 5:50 pmI ran across this today in my studio while searching for something else. Given today’s big Typekit announcement (with which I’m participating), I thought it would be fun to post a photo of it. With this Type Kit, you only got one font. -
Jeff Nelson
30 Apr 2013 | 9:29 amThis last Saturday night, I stopped by the annual Saint Paul Art Crawl. It takes place in the Lowertown area of downtown Saint Paul, where former warehouses have been turned into artists’ lofts, starting back in the 1980s. I don’t go to The Crawl every year, but I’m glad I did this year. One of the artists who had work on display was a guy named Jeff Nelson. Lately, Jeff has been doing wall-sized chalk murals of lettering and illustration at area restaurants. I first noticed one a month or so ago at The Cheeky Monkey in Saint Paul. I didn’t notice who did it at the… -
Whiteface Mt. Memorial Highway
16 Apr 2013 | 5:46 pmSeen in an antique store (a former dress factory) in Oneonta, New York, July 7, 2007. -
Letter Sculpture
11 Apr 2013 | 6:35 pmSaw this sculpture by an artist named “Peyton” at the Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, Minnesota, back in August 2011. -
Free O’ Frost
4 Apr 2013 | 3:50 pmI love this old lettering, c. 1954. Seen in the Amana Heritage Museum, Amana Colonies, Iowa, March 19, 2012.
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Ralf Herrmann: Wayfinding & Typography
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Canapé—a cosy typeface
13 May 2013 | 1:02 amCanapé by Sebastian Nagel is the latest release at fonts.info. It is based on the idea of letters with a subtly curved and slightly modulated line. Through this, the typefaces has a warm and friendly, almost haptical appearance which brings some kind of cosiness to your communication with type. Canapé Serif with its 4 fonts [...] -
The Capital Sharp S in Use
22 Apr 2013 | 4:03 amA while ago I announced on Twitter, that it is now 5 years since the Capital Sharp S was added to the Unicode. I was asked, if it has actually been used somewhere in real world situations. A valid question! A new character shouldn’t just be made to look good in type specimen brochures. So [...] -
Skyfall—Urban Calligraphy by Simon Silaidis
3 Apr 2013 | 1:20 amSimon Silaidis applied his life’s love of calligraphy in the rural, urban and suburban surroundings of Asia and Europe. You will spot his work in abandoned places, in the streets and in his studio using ink and bamboo pens. His style is a mix of Western, Asian and Arabian calligraphy and his vision of a [...] -
From signs to minds—Can cartographic signs be superior to regular direction signs?
18 Mar 2013 | 6:01 amIn a scientific study, Michaela Skiles from Middlebury, Vermont has tested, if simplified maps on signs could not only get people to their destination, but also help them to construct a better mental map, which would improve the understanding of the surrounding and help with orientation and navigation in the future. In this guest article, [...] -
“The Geometry of Type”, 100 typefaces explained by typographer Stephen Coles
6 Mar 2013 | 11:01 pmIf you enter the field of typography today, you are very likely overwhelmed by the diversity of the available typeface. You can choose from over 20.000 type families at MyFonts alone. How should one ever get to understand the differences in style and quality and learn how to chose the right typefaces for a certain [...]
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The FontFeed
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TYPO Berlin Goes East
14 May 2013 | 2:18 pmIn two days Europe’s biggest annual design conference reaches adulthood when TYPO Berlin celebrates its 18th anniversary. “Touch” opens on Thursday, May 16 at 2 PM with a keynote by the formidable Ken Garland, star of the most recent edition of TYPO London. This year TYPO has taken it upon itself to bring its audience in touch with design from neighbouring Poland and the immense Russia, two countries that experienced major social and political changes. These changes had dramatic influences on all aspects of society, graphic design included, and being exposed to them broadens your… -
Mota Italic Gallery Unofficially Opens TYPO Berlin With Word Jazz
10 May 2013 | 2:14 pmFor the third consecutive year Mota Italic Gallery in Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg will host a pre-TYPO Berlin party. This gallery exists to showcase type, letters, and typography in both art and design, and is owned and operated by Mota Italic, a type design studio specialising in unique, extensive type families. In the past two years the gallery has carved out a name for itself in the Berlin design scene as the organiser of beautiful exhibitions – modest in size yet not in scope. Next week Wednesday, May 15th TYPO Berlin attendees are invited to celebrate its second anniversary as well as… -
8 Faces Launches New Issue And New Website
2 May 2013 | 3:46 pmYesterday Elliot Jay Stocks launched the latest issue of his limited edition typography magazine 8 Faces, available in printed format and as a downloadable PDF. The core concept remains unchanged – if you could use just eight typefaces, which would you choose? 8 Faces asks this question – and many more – to eight leading designers from the fields of print, web, illustration, and of course type design itself. Eighty-eight pages of in-depth interviews, critical essays, and inspiration from the very best in the business. The magazine is available exclusively from the… -
ScreenFonts: Stoker, Dead Man Down, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Tyler Perry’s Temptation, Wrong
30 Apr 2013 | 9:41 amDon’t you hate it when after you’ve finished something you discover new elements that would have made it even better? This has happened with ScreenFonts posts too. For example I once revisited the posters for The Road, originally reviewed in the November 2009 episode, in the subsequent one so I could include some alternate versions. This time I discovered a beautiful painted poster by Caspar Newbolt for LUV – discussed for January 2013 – while researching the poetic collaterals for Pavilion. These movie posters for Pavilion are simply stunning. Caspar Newbolt succeeds… -
YouTube Video Hilariously Parodies Vendor/Client Relationship
23 Apr 2013 | 8:48 amThis afternoon Allison Dhondt – sales and customer relations at FontShop BeNeLux, and responsible for their excellent Twitter account – pointed me to a very witty 2009 YouTube video by Scofield Editorial, Inc.. The Vendor Client relationship (in real world situations) takes all too familiar situations from the daily life of graphic designers, web designers, type designers, and by extension most (artistic) professions, transporting them to the restaurant, the DVD store and the hairdresser. By doing so the absurdity of some requests from customers become painfully apparent. With…
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Typophile - News
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Study: Publishers Not Offering Multi-Device Experiences
7 May 2013 | 11:59 amView the full infographic: http://bit.ly/10ljy4b Download the full report: http://bit.ly/15yaRqi Read the blog post: http://bit.ly/12eaWJR A new report from the Brand Perfect™ initiative by Monotype reveals the need for brands and technology providers to collaborate with global publishers, enabling all parties to harness the growth opportunities that a “cross-platform” approach to advertising could bring. The report, Adventures in Publishing – The New Dynamics of Advertising, exposes an untapped opportunity available to brand advertisers who want true access to mobile audiences. In… -
Monotype’s SkyFonts Enables Download of Google Fonts
1 May 2013 | 4:16 pmSign up for Fonts.com Master plan: http://bit.ly/15YvHyt Google Fonts Users Download Skyfonts: http://bit.ly/14S9P85 Register for SkyFonts webcast: http://bit.ly/ZjFbNn Monotype teamed up with Google to offer versions of Google Web fonts designed for print. Users of Google Fonts can now work with free, desktop versions of Google Web fonts accessed through Monotype’s patent-pending SkyFonts™ technology, which enables cloud-based access to OpenType® fonts. SkyFonts is a desktop client utility that operates in the background of Macintosh® or Windows® machines, activating and deactivating… -
New Fonts.com Plan Offers Unlimited Fonts & Typecast
1 May 2013 | 4:16 pmRegister for SkyFonts webcast: http://bit.ly/ZjFbNn Read Type First blog post: http://bit.ly/12Yv7Ok Sign up for Fonts.com Master plan: http://bit.ly/15YvHyt Monotype has enhanced its Fonts.com Web Fonts service to provide greater flexibility and choice to creative professionals. The new Master subscription plan brings together the company’s Web font solution with unlimited access to more than 7,000 desktop fonts. Combined with Monotype’s Typecast™ application for designing with Web fonts in the browser, the master subscription is an industry first that provides a comprehensive solution… -
Announcing HWT Unit Gothic- a wood type font system in 7 widths from the Hamilton Wood Type Foundry
1 May 2013 | 9:56 amThe Unit Gothic series was released by Hamilton Manufacturing Co. in 1907. This sans serif family features one of the first multi width/weight type 'systems', anticipating the Univers font system by 50 years. This set of 7 fonts was designed to aid in press room efficiency and its incremental variation in widths gave poster printers unprecedented flexibility in fitting copy while using consistently harmonious fonts. This HWT release is the first ever digital version of these fonts. Each font contains 600 glyphs including Greek and Cyrillic character sets as well as alternate characters which… -
New Monotype eText Typefaces Optimized for e-Reading
3 Apr 2013 | 10:11 amView eText Fonts: http://bit.ly/XovVvK Read Press Release: http://bit.ly/10wWpry Read Blog Post: http://bit.ly/Z8lPcS Today, Monotype announced the release of a collection of typefaces designed for digital reading environments, including e-books, web content, mobile applications, digital publications and online newspapers. Device manufacturers, digital publishers and Web designers can now turn to a selection that includes some of the most popular text faces used in print – designed and tuned for exceptional readability on e-readers, tablets, smartphones and other web-enabled devices.
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Type Specimen Pool
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Fonts.com: Latest Font Additions
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20 May 2013 | 2:10 pmDownload Google Fonts to your desktops for free using SkyFonts.
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Updating the TypeCulture Cinema
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Kinesis Pro Is Here!
20 Mar 2012 | 11:46 amAdobe Systems Inc. is now offering Kinesis in the Adobe Pro glyph set. Kinesis Pro has Central and Eastern European characters, as well as figures and symbols for the small caps, a full set of ligatures and many new glyphs that make for a high performance typeface family. Click here to see Kinesis Pro at Adobe. Click here to get our updated PDF specimen. -
Recognition for TypeCulture Fonts
19 Oct 2011 | 11:15 amExpo Serif, Expo Sans and Expo Sans Cond. were selected as winners in the ATypI’s 2nd Type Design Competition, which sought to find the best typefaces of the last decade from around the world. Click here to see all 53 winning entries. -
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12 Jul 2011 | 12:29 pmJust a reminder: all TypeCulture news items (both the significant and the less significant), as well as interesting type-related stories and online discoveries (with links and pictures!) can be found on the TypeCulture Facebook page.
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Geotypografika
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Ben Proell / SO-DALICIOUS
22 May 2013 | 7:35 amVernacular conglomerates. Above: Ben Proell, MCAD GD Senior exhibition, 2013. Ben’s work has been fascinating us at MCAD for some time now, and his final work is no exception. Exploring the vernacular type of local businesses, often hand-painted, his installation attempts to revel in commerce at a human level–pointedly mocking the excess and inhuman qualities of mega chains. Here, Ben sought to celebrate the unique voices of each shop, blending them together into a broader veneration. While both bold and simply fun, the work contains a deep soul. Above: Ben Proell, MCAD GD Senior… -
Ashley Huhe / Kayla Kern
15 May 2013 | 7:13 am2013 MCAD Commencement and Exhibition collateral. Above: Commencement poster by Ashley Huhe and Kayla Kern, 2013. Another academic year has passed and MCAD‘s commencement ceremonies are set to take place this Saturday (May 18, 2013). To help celebrate the occasion, Ashley and Kayla were commissioned to design the event collateral, including beautiful posters, programs, and more. Above: Ashley Huhe and Kayla Kern, 2013. Above: Ashley Huhe and Kayla Kern, 2013. Above: Ashley Huhe and Kayla Kern, 2013. It is exciting to see these two students, who have both created so much exemplary work… -
Jasio Stefanski / Badges
10 May 2013 | 5:33 amCSS coded forms. Above: Jasio Stefanski, screenshot from his experimental Badges website. Part of his MFA Thesis at MCAD that I had the distinct pleasure to work with him on, Jas has further developed ideas that initially found form in True Colors (see original post here). Each unit is created in CSS (with a few exceptions), and this process also generated the screenprinted versions (see below). Partially a study of both form and projected/reflected light, the web version of Badges can be manipulated by the viewer and makes for a contemplative if abstract experience. Above: Jasio… -
AGI Open London
3 May 2013 | 6:05 amSeptember 26-27, 2013 Above: Screenshot from the AGI Open London website, designed by Spin. Each year, members of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) invite the global design community to gather for two days of lectures, discussion, and camaraderie. This years event is held in London, featuring over thirty speakers and promises to be a truly exciting few days. The organizers hope to break down imaginary barriers between speakers, members, and attendees, and have developed an intriguing program to facilitate the theme of dialogue. As a recent inductee, I am honored to be participating… -
MCAD MFA
1 May 2013 | 7:29 amNew windows open on this growing program. Above: Screenshot detail from the new MCAD MFA website designed by Jasio Stefanski and commissioned by Program Director Tom DeBiaso. Featuring the work of current MFA candidates, this site is augmented by a companion Tumblr and a Facebook page making it easy to keep up to date with new work and events. The detail above features a story on 1st year candidate Huiqian Wu. Above: Detail showing some of the variables Stefanski programmed which allow the site to take on different faces. The site also provides links to the work of Mentors which teach in the…
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You Should Like Type Too
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Fuck Fish
22 May 2013 | 8:22 amJohn Laroche: Look, I’ll tell you a story, all right? I once feel deeply, you know, profoundly in love with tropical fish. Had 60 goddamn fish tanks in my house. I skin dived to find just the right ones. Anisotremus virginicus, Holdacanthus ciliaris, Chaetodon capistratus. You name it. Then one day I say, “fuck fish”. I renounce fish. I vow never to set foot in that ocean again. That’s how much “fuck fish”. That was 17 years ago and I’ve never since stuck so much as a toe in that ocean. And I love the ocean. Susan Orlean: But why? John Laroche: Done… -
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Packages that Pop: The Oyster Inn
20 May 2013 | 10:38 amA Special Group is responsible for the fresh packaging for The Oyster Inn: a restaurant/shop/inn just outside of Auckland, NZ. -
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Typeface Tuesday: Word Animals
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Packages That Pop: Slingshot Coffee Co.
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Packages that Pop: The Flour Pot
2 Apr 2013 | 5:37 amDesigned by Sarah Nicely for Flour Pot Bakery.
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Typography Served Featured Projects
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Structorator Font
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ISADORA Calligraphic Font
21 May 2013 | 3:30 pmISADORA Calligraphy font, is inspired by the elegant and organic lines of Art Nouveau, but geometrically constructed. Useful for creating highly attractive arnamentales holders. -
Roccia Typeface
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type treatments 2012
21 May 2013 | 3:30 amType treatment 2012
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Marsid M&M Group
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Pre-press Proof: Challenges And The Alternative
21 May 2013 | 9:41 amProviding a customer with a pre-press proof for an offset run has been an issue for printers and customers alike for a long time. Specially when printing in Pantone (PMS)...The post Pre-press Proof: Challenges And The Alternative appeared first on Marsid M&M Group. -
School & Sport Organization Printing
30 Apr 2013 | 2:08 pmYour local community has the best school and faculty, the brightest students, state-of-the-art facilities, and the most skilled and talented athletes and performers. Marketing these attributes is essential for a...The post School & Sport Organization Printing appeared first on Marsid M&M Group. -
How To Edit Embedded Images In Illustrator Files
30 Apr 2013 | 1:01 pmWe often receive files from customers in PDF or Illustrator format that include embedded images. Some of the time we get requests from the customer to modify the embedded images...The post How To Edit Embedded Images In Illustrator Files appeared first on Marsid M&M Group. -
3 Printing Mistakes That Are Costing You Money
18 Mar 2013 | 10:01 amMaking educated decisions with your marketing is not only about the results but also how those results are obtained. By knowing how printing works and what combinations of specs work...The post 3 Printing Mistakes That Are Costing You Money appeared first on Marsid M&M Group. -
Landscaping Business Advertising Best Practices
25 Feb 2013 | 12:52 pmLast week a local landscaping business owner stepped in asking for business card printing. As a rule I always ask customers what they are doing to advertise their business these...The post Landscaping Business Advertising Best Practices appeared first on Marsid M&M Group.
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This Week in Fonts
16 May 2013 | 10:01 amA deco style numbers font from Joshua Mayfield, a calligraphic text family by District, a ligature packed display face from Nootype, a contemporary stencil by Atlas Font Foundry, a family of contradictions from Typotheque, a flexible gothic digitized for the first time by Hamilton Wood Type, and a single face with 9 fonts within from DSType. Joshua Mayfield: Roloi Designed by Joshua Mayfield Originally inspired by the numerals on a vintage clock face, Roloi is a layered numbers font in the deco lettering style, and includes a full set of automatic clock symbols. District: Fair Sans Text… -
This Week in Fonts
1 May 2013 | 8:35 amA no-nonsense sans from Lineto, a layered type system by Latinotype, a charming hand made face from Voltage LTD, delicate and flowing curves courtesy of Typesenses, a contemporary sans by VirusFonts, a classic titling serif from Domahoka, a Swiss inspired sans by Wordshape, and a modern sans from Nootype. Lineto: LL Circular Designed by Laurenz Brunner Strikes a balance between conceptual rigour, skilled workmanship and measured idiosyncrasy, resulting in a no-nonsense sans-serif text font with unmistakable character yet universal appeal. Latinotype: Trend Hand Made Designed by Daniel… -
Making waves with Magasin
24 Apr 2013 | 12:49 pmI’ve always been fascinated by typefaces based on fluid handwriting, and as an amateur calligrapher of copperplate, I decided to design a display font based on this experience. Origins and background My first approach to this project began with the lettering I designed for BoMo, a graphic design studio, in spring 2011. It’s based on a brief: feminine, professional and sensibility. The solution came as a well-crafted series of ‘calligraphic letters’ with high contrast, the B, the M and the o, combined as two connected syllables. During the design process I discovered the significant… -
This Week in Fonts
11 Apr 2013 | 9:44 amA bright slab serif by Typofonderie, a massive system from Typonine, a text face with flavour and a hardworking family from Rosseta Type, a casual face by HVD Fonts, an expansive family from Lost Type Co-op, a type designer’s typeface by Emigre, a warm and rugged face from Fountain, a geometric slab serif by The Northern Block, and a humanist grotesque from Atlas. Typofonderie: Mislab Designed by Xavier Dupré With Mislab, Xavier Dupré has designed a brighter and more legible slab serif than most. Mislab aptly combines the strength of a slab serif with the lightness of a sans serif. -
Socialist TV Typeface Videtur Finally Freed
5 Apr 2013 | 9:55 amIn the 1980s, the German Democratic Republic’s state television broadcasting service commissioned Axel Bertram to develop a custom typeface. The result was “Videtur,” a remarkably independent serif design that was intended to define the on-screen graphics of East German television for years to come. But by the beginning of the 1990s, the GDR no longer existed. With it went its state broadcasting service – and Videtur, too. Another 20 years in the now reunified Germany would have to pass by before Andreas Frohloff could finally help bring a modernized FF Videtur to market. Original…
