Typography
Life is hard for those creative souls who, on being asked to amend work by a non-creative, can’t help but wear their emotions on their sleeves. However, help is at hand. Scabal offer the opportunity to express their emotions and to have the last laugh at the expense of the ‘suits’ who make their life a living hell.
Private Line is a collection of fabrics into which you can insert your own lines of text. The letters are placed vertically to create a pinstripe pattern in any colour-way. There appears to be no limit to the length of sentence you can have but you will be restricted to two typefaces: Cyrillic or Roman.
I wonder if they have a censorship policy.
Nathan Usmar Lauder
Posted on Tuesday, 28th of March 2006 Permalink
Matthew Knight has conceived and built the Visual Dictionary – an archive of single words photographed in the real world. Anyone can register and upload their images, which are then moderated before being added to the dictionary. There are about 500 words so far and no real application for them but it’s early days. I noticed that images remain the copyright of the respective owners – which in theory might limit their future use. (via Eyeteeth)
David Rainbird
Posted on Thursday, 9th of March 2006 Permalink
To mark the launch of Arjowiggins new Inuit paper range a bespoke typeface has been commissioned inspired by the evocative forms and personality of the Inuktitut alphabet (Old Eskimo alphabet). It’s the result of a collaboration between Arjowiggins, design agency Blast and typographer Jeremy Tankard. It features alternate characters and extra ligatures, and has been carefully crafted to reflect the Inuit culture and simplistic lifestyle.
Vikesh Bhatt
Posted on Monday, 6th of March 2006 Permalink
Real wooden type is lovely if you a) can find an eccentric old printer still using it, or b) can afford an eccentric young printer that is reviving the tradition. As a last resort, pop Wood Type Impressions in your slot - 3 Gigabytes of lovingly printed wooden type scans at your fingertips. (via Coudal)
David Rainbird
Posted on Friday, 3rd of February 2006 Permalink
There are no well-designed graffiti typefaces – until now. Typographers Christian Acker and Kyle Talbott collaborate with graffiti artists and release the work as Handselecta fonts. They argue that just as calligraphy inspired the type designs that we use today, today’s urban glyphs should inspire future type designs. The first volume includes graf artists such as Joker, Mene, Mesh, Mesk, & Sabe – (tip for graffiti artists – get a four letter name) and the results are stunning. See the font, then buy the T-shirt – designed by Sabe. Dope!
David Rainbird
Posted on Tuesday, 31st of January 2006 Permalink
The Folk Typography pool on Flickr celebrates the letterforms of people who are not designers, typographers or calligraphers. My favourite is Rummage Sale taken by Joseph Robertson. (via Kottke)
David Rainbird
Posted on Friday, 27th of January 2006 Permalink
Nick Shinn’s lovely meditation on the world’s most ubiquitous font on Typographica, shows just how versatile Helvetica is. In 1957 when Max Miedinger designed Haas-Grotesk, renamed Helvetica three years later, did he have any idea just how successful the font he created would become? Link.
Gary Butcher
Posted on Thursday, 26th of January 2006 Permalink
I’ve finished it!
I’ve stitched this sampler for the Fibre letterhead, it is based on a design called Cyber Sampler II which uses the original Macintosh patterns and fonts, it took:
56 days (various distractions from children, boyfriends, episodes of Lost and celebrity BB)
12 skeins (like reams for paper but for threads)
3 needles (kept losing them)
16 unpicks (never stitch when you are tired, hungover or have had a glass of wine)
47 swear words (no excuse, just from South London)
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Liz Greening
Posted on Monday, 16th of January 2006 Permalink
Marvel at some of the typography in this collection of movie title screens. Link (via Coudal)
David Rainbird
Posted on Sunday, 8th of January 2006 Permalink
