Carlos Alejandro’s “Trailer”, for House Industries Fonts.
House Industries is one of my favorite foundries for retro feeling fonts. The attention to detail and the exquisite craft that goes into each font family always shows through. It has been a while...
View ArticleWhat Font Defines Your City?
When you think of a city or destination, you don’t necessarily think of a specific typographic style. Some cities inspire specific type themes, Miami has always felt art deco to me, but I never really...
View ArticleLas Vegas, Hermés, House Industries, and Geestalten
Two years ago I was in Las Vegas, a city I truly loath but felt compelled to vacation in over Thanksgiving. Out of the 5 days I was there there are 3 things that stand out as wonderful. A trip …...
View ArticleFontFonts Annual Report on… Fonts
2011 was a big year the font foundry FontFonts. Over the course of the year, they released a number of new fonts, and had 4 of them added to the permanent collection at MoMa. To celebrate the work, and...
View ArticleA World Without Type is Heaven Devoid of Stars.
615 years ago, around 1398, the world was changed forever when Johannes Gutenberg invented moveable type and the printing press. That single invention is probably one of the most important of the last...
View ArticleType – Design and Changing Technology.
A friend of mine sent me a link to this Vimeo clip that features typography designers Mathew Carter and Roger Black from Font Bureau talking about type design an the state of typography in the world...
View ArticleCanary, The Font, not the Bird.
Designer Mark Frömberg has created a new font, “Canary”; for Gestalten that is a cross between left italic antiqua and brush painted script. The font is flexible with multiple ligatures that lend...
View ArticleFontShop Plugins For Photoshop and now Illustrator.
As every graphic designer knows, fonts are expensive, and needed in quantity to do good work. Owning a vast library of fonts can be extremely expensive, but required in order to show your clients a...
View ArticleFont Love. Laura Meseguer’s “Magasin”.
I’ve been looking for some new fonts for a side project I have, and I want something that has a hand written feel, with a retro fluidity to it. Something that is light, and summery, without feeling to...
View ArticleSeriously Dude.
I love hand lettering. I think it’s because I used to do it, and I know what goes into it. It is a skill and a craft that requires practice, patience, and true talent. Lost Type introduced “Dude” about...
View ArticleFriday Font Find. Directors Gothic, and Programme.
Over the last few years there has been a trend toward hand lettering styles with the chalkboard look reach a white hot furry in the last year or so. That look dovetails onto the sketchbook look that...
View ArticleBenson Script. Classy, Charming, Industrial.
I found font love this morning. I was looking for a modern script that would have good readability in a video/motion design project I am working on, and I found Benson Script, designed by Kyle Wayne...
View ArticleHow to Properly say “Akzidenz Grotesk” and Other Font Names.
I kind of love / hate the video below. I love the fact that the video tells you the correct way to pronounce a typeface name in its’ native language. I’m not so sure about the subtle arrogance of the...
View ArticleEvery Issue of U&lc for Free.
When I first started my career in graphic design, inspiration came in the form of printed material to the mail box. Digital design was for the most part a foreign concept. Almost all work was done the...
View ArticleThe Quick Brown Fox.
If you are a designer one of the first things you probably learned along with Lorem Ipsom is the sentence, The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”. That sentence is by far one of the most popular...
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