Vol. 2 / Issue 25
Typography
2014-05-23
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Marie
Third generation sign painter Dan Mansen
The lost art of traditional sign painting turns out to be not so lost. -
Jamie
Typekit Practice
Learn the fundamentals of typography with Typekit’s free online lesson series.Type Design by Andrew J. Young from The Noun Project -
Calum
Gentlemen of Letters
A short documentary about the artists behind Dublin’s hand-painted signs.Paint Brush by Scott Lewis from The Noun Project -
Anna
'Letter torturing' on football shirts
A happy ride past Highbury’s Art Deco East Stand this week got me to thinking about graphic design’s place in football. I’ve learnt that a squashed Optima appears on all Premier League shirts and that, sadly, the book Football Type is sold out. -
Mathew
Street typography
An almost poetically beautiful video of two workmen / craftsmen applying bus stop signage. Legible, useful, practical and utterly non-decorative. Proper typography. -
Thomas
Typeface As Programme
Jürg Lehni analyses the evolution of typographic technology and the nature of digital fonts. -
Joseph
Frank E. Blokland
If you have an interest in letterforms or typeface design, Frank E. Blokland’s PhD research is an amazing resource. I especially recommend the section ‘Notes on patterns and grids’. -
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