Recent Posts Tagged With 'type'

• Typographic Ads

  Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 12:38 in graphic design, design, Advertising, typography, type

  Who does not love a great use of type? Check out this posting over at the GraphicDesign blog of 30 examples of typographic print ads. Some interesting work and concepts are presented. The Australia Post ad is my favorite.For more great type, don't ...

• Marketing Your Font - HypeForType

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 14:18 in graphic design, design, typography, type

  NEUFORMA FONT #HFT002 IDENT from HypeForType on Vimeo.With all the new fonts coming to the market how do you break through and stand out? HypeForType has come up with a creative way to showcase new fonts through small videos like above. I think it ...

• We Love Typography

  Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 17:48 in graphic design, design, typography, type, we love typography

  I have post prior about We Love Typography but sometimes a good thing is worth mentioning again. Several months ago a vision was formed to start a website dedicated to visual images of typography and all the good stuff related to type. Out of this ...

• IKEA Changes It Up

  Posted on Thursday September 3rd, 2009 at 17:58 in graphic design, typography, type, fonts

  For the last 50 years, IKEA has used Futura as its typeface for everything from its catalog to signage. Now change has come to the use of Futura. IKEA has decided to switch typefaces to Verdana. I feel that Futura does give a touch more modern fee...

• Sexy Type Tart Cards

  Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 12:39 in London, typography, type

  If you have ever visited London, in the fabulous red phone booths you will find "tart cards" for life's pleasures. These tart cards that advertises sexual services fill the phone booths sometimes where it is hard to find the phone. In a project to ...

• Font Conference - The Video

  Posted on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 at 12:04 in Film, video, fun, typography, type

  Watch Font Conference on CollegeHumorDoes Comic Sans save the day? Tune in and watch this classic....

• Font Fight - The Video

  Posted on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 at 11:57 in Film, video, fun, typography, type

  Watch Font Fight on CollegeHumorWill Helvetica kick Arial's but? Will Stencil use his hand grenade? Watch and find out....

• 160 > 140 Characters

  Posted on Wednesday May 6th, 2009 at 01:09 in texting, twitter, la times, type

  So why only 160 characters on a text message? Why only 140 on twitter? A German in the 1980's decided after typing out messages. He found that most messages where under 160 character so the standard was started. As for twitter, they decided to le...

• We Love Typography

  Posted on Thursday April 23rd, 2009 at 02:04 in graphic design, design, typography, type, john boardley

  Its "a veritable cornucopia of all things type, typography, lettering and signage". At least that is how the new site launched by ILoveTypography's John D Boardley and Kari Pätilä describes its self. We Love Typography is full of images for your ...

• David Carson Video

  Posted on Wednesday April 15th, 2009 at 02:12 in graphic design, typography, type, david carson, hillman curtis

  Watch and enjoy this video about David Carson filmed by the wonderful Hillman Curtis....

• Beautiful Font - Dessau Pro

  Posted on Tuesday April 14th, 2009 at 19:15 in graphic design, typography, type, fonts, fontshop

  I saw this beautiful font at the FontShop today, Dessau Pro. The FontShop describes Dessau Pro as- Dessau is Gábor Kóthay’s take on Bauhaus typography with a twist from his Hungarian homeland. Recall the work of Breuer, Moholy-Nagy, and Molnár...

• MAXKERNING

  Posted on Wednesday March 25th, 2009 at 11:16 in graphic design, design, websites, typography, type

  What is Kerning? Who is Max Kerning? Learn more at this interactive and humous site, MaxKerning.com(via Design Observer)...

• Free EcoFont - Saves Ink and Toner

  Posted on Thursday March 12th, 2009 at 17:26 in graphic design, design, typography, type, fonts

  The slogan is "less is more" for the font EcoFont. Developed to help save ink and toner on those everyday print outs like memos and meeting agendas, EcoFont is designed with holes. EcoFont was designed by the Dutch design firm of SPRANQ as a way to...

• Periodic Table of Typefaces

  Posted on Tuesday March 10th, 2009 at 21:52 in graphic design, typography, type

  This is great. See a larger file and how it came about at link.(via Notcot)...

• Hebrew Block Fonts

  Posted on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 01:48 in Israel, graphic design, typography, type, historical design

  Examples of early Hebrew Block Type from the days that Israel became a nation. These fonts are by Zvi Bregman, Wood Type, Tel Aviv, 1940....

• Alphabet Stamps

  Posted on Thursday February 5th, 2009 at 10:06 in typography, stamps, type

  New Zealand released this cool set of 26 stamps last year. The stamps represent all things New Zealand. Check out the full collection at this link....

• Keep Calm and Carry On

  Posted on Wednesday February 4th, 2009 at 11:59 in posters, type, historical design

  This poster that has been floating around for a while has a history. Read all about it at this BBC article. Want one for your home? Go to this link to pick one up....