Holly Strother first pointed to this fantastic Flickr pool called “Hand Drawn Type” on the KERNSPIRACY list. Another favorite, but less type-y, after the jump.
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I don’t know what exactly to say about these laser-cut type-themed scarves by Little Factory except, “Please, please, baby jesus, in the name of all that is good and holy allow one of these to magically appear in my scarf drawer unexpectedly.” At $52, they’re a little spendy, but if you’ve got a graphic designer [...]
MyFonts, a well known online type retailer and resource, started a great monthly newsletter late last year called Creative Characters in which they interview type designers from various well known foundries. As both a fan and frequent user of his work, I was thrilled to see that this month’s newsletter features Nick Curtis of the [...]
It’s impossible to overstate how much I adore Gotham, the typeface originally designed as a commission for GQ Magazine by type wunderkinds Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones. While most designers have a love affair with Helvetica, Gotham is the first face I go to when I’m planning to use a sans serif. So, I’m thrilled [...]
Witty commentary by Kirby Ferguson of Goodie Bag on the ubiquity of Trajan in the world of key art design. I have a feeling it’s directy attributable to a majority of producers specifically asking for “the font they used on the poster for (whatever movie they’re trying to emulate).”
Robert Bringhurst’s magnum opus The Elements of Typographic Style should be required reading for anyone who even thinks about working with type. Applying the principles that Bringhurst clearly and eloquently articulates in Elements is what makes the difference between typing and typesetting, and knowing that difference is what makes one a designer. I’m not the [...]
Love this expressive lettering on what I think is a vintage coffee sign spotted at Groundwork coffee in downtown L.A.’s Arts District.
A little out of focus thanks to the crappy camera on the Treo, but I love this expressive hand lettering that I spotted at a neighborhood Starbucks. I wonder if this iss an original creation by one of the employees or if they provide them with some kind of style guide for writing on their [...]
