Tag Archives: type

March 27, 2014
Type Rules! 4th Edition
The latest edition of Type Rules! is on the shelves and it was worth the wait.

January 31, 2014
The typographic work of Alex Fowkes for Sony Music
Alex Fowkes designed this great mural of Sony Music’s history, illustrated with mostly type.

January 23, 2014
The Old Printing Office
The Old Printing Office by Frank Luther Mott is an account of Mott as a printer’s devil for his father’s small town weekly papers in Iowa.

January 2, 2014
Inside the office of Hoefler & Frere-Jones
A highlight of 2013, this video was part to a presentation of the AIGA 2013 Medal awards for which Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones were awarded.

May 4, 2012
Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter.

April 2, 2012
Donald Beekman & Albert-Jan Pool — FontCast #15

March 30, 2012
Erik Spiekermann putting the face back in typeface

March 26, 2012
Dusty Signs, Hand-lettered
More at dustysigns.com

June 1, 2011
Javier Mariscal’s Advice for Young Designers
“… make what you really want to do …”

January 13, 2011
Bodoni’s Manuale Tipografico (1818) is Online
A copy of Giambattista Bodoni’s Manuale Tipografico has been photographed and posted by the Rare Book Room.

December 22, 2010
Best Alternative to Helvetica
Font Shop just released a Best Fonts of 2010 list where Bruno Maag’s Aktiv Grotesk is coined the “Best Alternative for Helvetica.”

December 17, 2010
Spanish/English Augmented Reality Translation App for iPhone
An iPhone app that replaces text seen through the phone’s camera with a Spanish/English translation.

December 8, 2010
Erik Spiekermann on Deutsche Welle TV
On the heels of having won the Federal German Design Prize 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the German Design Council, Erik Spiekermann is interviewed by Deutsche Welle TV.

December 6, 2010
Making Grids with Sigurður Ármannsson’s Easy Grid Calculator
Sigurður Ármannsson explains how to use his Easy Grid Calculator to produce square document grid units based on leading.

December 3, 2010
Hand Drawn Type
Most people are surprised to find how much type isn’t set with fonts on the computer but hand drawn. This is usually the case with most old signs and billboards, made when type didn’t exist or just wasn’t easily accessible. Typography Served has posted a few nice examples of hand drawn type.

November 22, 2010
Mafra Display by Pedro Leal
Mafra was published by dstype in 2010. Soon to be available at MyFonts and other places.

November 20, 2010
Hat-Trick Typographic Card Deck by Jim Sutherland
The Hat-Trick Card Deck by Jim Sutherland

November 15, 2010
Colophon’s Aperçu
Brighton based designers Anthony Sheret and Edd Harrington have recently launched their specimen catalogue to accompany the release of Aperçu, the latest font to come out of their font foundry, Colophon.

November 13, 2010
Posters Printed with Oil from BP Spill
London-based graphic designer Anthony Burrill has created a poster using oil from the Deepwater disaster.

October 20, 2010
The Dead Sea Scrolls Hit Google
The Dead Sea Scrolls Hit Google (via Fast Company)

October 11, 2010
Nijhof & Lee: Amsterdam’s Best Bookstore
No graphic designer or typophile should miss a trip to Nijhof & Lee.

August 6, 2010
Modern Arabic Type
A small collection of modern Arabic Type

August 19, 2009
Rob Janoff on the Design of the Apple Logo
Ivan Raszl interviews Rob Janoff, the original designer of the Apple logo…

August 4, 2009
I'm Combining Subscription Lists for my Book (The Typographic Desk Reference) and Type Desk
Due to the growing complexity of managing multiple subscription lists, I’ve decided to combine the lists for my book (The Typographic Desk Reference) and Type Desk…

May 18, 2009
Recycled Sign Type
Dismantled, cleaned, and rewired sign type is available from Character.

April 21, 2009
Type Geek Space Craft
I’ll be speaking about setting type and some finer points of proportion and space next Thursday April 29th at the Atlanta Web Design Group meeting…

January 24, 2009
e-books vs paper, what's your take?
Are you an old school bibliophile? Do you care what font a text is set in? Is resolution an issue? Is print dead?

January 24, 2009
e-books vs paper, what’s your take?
Are you an old school bibliophile? Do you care what font a text is set in? Is resolution an issue? Is print dead?

January 18, 2006
Serif vs. Sans Serif
Serifs or no serifs? What’s your vote? Sans serif type is superior for legibility and should be used whenever possible before using serif type. Visually, serif type is more appealing than sans serif type. Affording more opportunities, it should be used in place of sans serif type whenever possible. Both serif and sans serif type …