Posts by Yves Peters
FontFont 2012 – (Not Quite An) Annual Report
One year after their FontFont 2011 – (Not Quite An) Annual Report, FontFont – one of the leading independent font foundries with the largest library of original, contemporary typefaces – did it again with the recently published 2012 edition. This time the report has taken the form of an interactive publication on their website. The FontFeed talked [...]
Read moreFilm Design Awards Finalists Screening at SXSW Next Week
In his recent post on Wide Screen, the Yahoo movies blog, Will Perkins wonders where the Oscars for Best Title Sequence were at the recent ceremony. Indeed, although this area of filmmaking is already recognised at the Emmies with the Emmy Award For Outstanding Main Title Design, it still is overlooked at most other award [...]
Read moreStunning Artwork for John Mayer’s Born and Raised
This morning a message from Jacques Le Bailly, designer of my Favourite Typeface of 2012, led me to a just released video by British DP, director and film maker Danny Cooke. The short film documents the creation of the cover artwork for John Mayer’s album Born and Raised and single Queen of California, as well [...]
Read moreLast Chance to Save $100 Off Tickets for TYPO SF “Contrast”
The typography conference season starts again in one-and-a-half months when TYPO San Francisco, the first of the 2013 TYPO conferences takes place in the Yerba Buena Center of The Arts in San Francisco on April 11 and 12. The deadline for regular registration is fast approaching – you can save US$100 if you register before [...]
Read moreScreenFonts: Gangster Squad, LUV, The Last Stand, John Dies At The End
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreValentype 2013 | The Winners
A gallery with the five winners of the Valentype 2013 contest.
Read moreAlbum Packages for Björk and Woody Guthrie Win Grammy Awards
An overview of the nominees and winners of the 55th Grammy Awards in the fields Package and Music Video.
Read moreValentype 2013 | The Gallery
This is the dedicated gallery with all the submissions for the Valentype 2013 contest.
Read moreThe FontFeed is a daily dispatch of recommended fonts, typography techniques, and inspirational examples of digital type at work in the real world. Eat up.
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