The handwriting of music legends Bowie, Cobain, Lennon as typefaces
There something intimate about seeing these song lyrics from musical legends in the handwriting they were scribbled down, created and constructed in. They communicate more than just the sum of their parts and the words themselves they add a layer of feeling and insight into character and emotions behind those words. Fantastic to hear that […]
DIY typography for Pick Me Up 2016
A very hands-on experimental project for the Pick Me Up Graphic Arts Festival. You can create your own DIY typography and letterforms by using their online tool and then submit them for inclusion in their collaborative alphabet. The letterform you create and submit could be used in their promotion, signage and publications for the event.
125 Well Designed Free Fonts for 2015
The number of well designed free fonts you can find on the internet these days is staggering. Many of them rival some paid typefaces, all though you can’t beat the classics.
A typeface alternative to Lorem Ipsum
There really aren’t many alternatives to good old Lorem Ipsum when creating design mockups without real text. That is until now, ‘Blokk’ is a typeface that acts as dummy text for design work, and it’s certainly something I’ll be using in the future.
KernType – A Kerning Game
I can’t imagine there are many kerning based games knocking about the internet, so it was great to stumble upon this one via Twitter. ‘Kern Me’ is a Html 5 built website that challenges designers and a like to kern various words and be scored on the results. I scored 85% on my first turn, […]
Are you a Comic Sans Criminal?
If you are this website is here to help www.ComicSansCriminal.com . “Helping people like you to learn to use Comic Sans appropriately.” A tongue in cheek look at how the typeface has been used and abused over the years and then offering ‘the Comic Sans Pledge’. Make sure you sign yours…
What type are you?
Great bit of fun over at Pentagram with their ‘What Type Are You?’ interactive piece. Turns out I’m ‘Universal’ have a go and let us know What Type You Are…
Christian Aid Logo Design and Print Campaign – by Johnson Banks
Johnson Banks have designed an excellent print campaign for Christian Aid Week, featuring the identity as a blood bag and creating typography in the form of a line of blood. This is an excellent and simple design that very clearly and
Identify that font: ‘What the font’ for the iPhone
Identify that font: ‘What the font’ for the IPhone I Needed to share this little story I spotted over at swiss-miss.com MyFonts have introduced WhatTheFont for iPhone WhatTheFont can identify a fonts name from an upload image. The iPhone version of WhatTheFont uses the IPhone’s built-in camera to photograph the text, then the application allows […]
Perfect valentine card design for the manically depressed?
Perfect valentine card design for the manically depressed? I stumbled across this excellent and very funny piece over at juxtapoz.com If anyone knows who produced the piece let me know as I’d be interested in seeing some of their other work and maybe feature it too. Thought it would make an excellent valentine card for/from […]