Blog: Typography

9 August 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

alex cameron, type tuesday

Scholarly and beautiful, a 1918 book by typographer Frederic W. Goudy
Frederic W. Goudy was one of the most prolific type designers of the twentieth century…

5 August 2011

Noted #5

Noted #5

noted

Type on camera, infographics, outdated technology and fake logos
More links to sites, articles and interviews that grabbed our attention this week. Top: Fictional…

3 August 2011

A neon splash

A neon splash

the sign department

Morag Myerscough rubs shoulders with the ‘diving lady’ of North London
Many London visitors and locals are familiar with the famous ‘diving lady’ sign on Hornsey…

2 August 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

alexander ecob, type tuesday

Mário Feliciano’s Grotzec and Sueca: guest typefaces in the new issue of Eye
Every new issue of Eye since the redesign of Summer 2009 features different ‘guest’ typefaces…

31 July 2011

Noted #4

Noted #4

noted

Branding the cosmos, road-trips, crowdsourcing and the type of life
More links to sites, articles and interviews that grabbed our attention this week. NASA brand…

26 July 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

alexander ecob, type tuesday

Scripts and hand-lettering are at the centre of music design
A lot of attention is paid to the design and typography of vintage record sleeves…

22 July 2011

Noted #3

Noted #3

noted

Web typography, happiness, printmaking … and saving the world
More links to sites, articles and interviews that grabbed our attention this week. Web Typography…

21 July 2011

Measure for measure

Measure for measure

alexander ecob

A closer look at some neglected rules for typographic design.
When we opened Taschen’s new English edition of Letter Fountain to photograph it for Ben…

20 July 2011

Historical digital #1

Historical digital #1

historical digital

Digital craft. A new wave reasserts the primacy of skills and knowhow
In ‘Magic box’ (Eye 70), David Crow argues: ‘In a world where ideas are the…

18 July 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

Gothic horror: the Nazi party’s obsession with cultural dominance
During their period of rule over Germany (1933-45), the Nazis politicised art and nationalised aesthetics…
 
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