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My Type of Music
Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover and a band by its album art.
ScreenFonts
A typographic look at today’s movie posters and film titles. (a.k.a. Characters on The Silver Screen)
Lovely Lettering
Typography is made with type, but some of the best letters are made one at a time, by hand.
Oops!
A light-hearted repository of amusing typos and typographic mishaps.

Jul.27.10

My Type of Music: Oasis, Kelis, Big Boi, The Steve Miller Band, M.I.A., Crowded House, Morcheeba, R.E.M.

The July 2010 episode of My Type of Music is a little early, because I am leaving for a vacation with my wife and children. Posting this after we get back isn’t really an option. That would make this instalment quite late, and have it interfere with the publishing schedule of ScreenFonts. The last batch [...]

Fonts in Use, My Type of Music | Yves Peters

Jul.22.10

Typographic Commercial For El Tesoro Público By User T38

For this new series for El Tesoro Público User T38 produced lovely typographic commercials.

Fonts in Use, ScreenFonts | Yves Peters

Jul.16.10

ScreenFonts: Killers, The A-Team, The Karate Kid, I Am Love, The Killer Inside Me, Knight And Day

Our monthly review of movie poster typography.

Fonts in Use, ScreenFonts | Yves Peters

Jul.05.10

My Type Of Music: Christina Aguilera, Hot Hot Heat, Eminem, Kele, The Chemical Brothers

An overview of covers of recently released albums.

Fonts in Use, My Type of Music | Yves Peters

Jun.30.10

“Hello Brooklyn” Spells Lyrics Out In Akzidenz Grotesk

Gregory Solenström produced an impressive music video for “Hello Brooklyn”, as a tribute to New York, Brooklyn and Jay-Z.

Fonts in Use, My Type of Music, ScreenFonts | Yves Peters

Jun.24.10

World Cup Typography: Yomar Augusto

Brazilian type designer Yomar Augusto designed Unity, a custom typeface for Adidas for the World Cup 2010.

Fonts in Use, Type Tips | Yves Peters

Jun.18.10

World Cup Typography: Paul Barnes

British type designer Paul Barnes designed Crepello and Olembe, two custom typefaces for Puma for the World Cup 2010.

Fonts in Use | Yves Peters

Jun.15.10

ScreenFonts: Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, MacGruber, Micmacs, Survival Of The Dead

Our monthly review of movie poster typography.

Fonts in Use, ScreenFonts | Yves Peters

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Specimens are nice, but we love to catch a typeface in the wild, where it can truly show how it performs in the real world.

My Type of Music | July 2008
I hate it when this happens. I mean, yes it’s good but no it’s not good. The album cover for…Read more
My Type of Music: Nelly, Kings Of Leon, TV On The Radio, B.B. King,
It’s time for another look at recent album covers. These are all records released in the second half of September. With…Read more
My Type of Music: Brian Wilson, Metallica, Ne-Yo, Calexico, Tricky, The Chemical Brothers
Just like its sister category ScreenFonts, the other popular category My Type of Music comes to the FontFeed as well.…Read more
Spoof “I Can Read Movies” Book Covers
Mitch Ansara a.k.a. Spacesick created a number of mock 1960s paperback book covers for “I Can read Movies”, a fictional…Read more
Reid Miles Typography Comes To Life In Music Video
A promotional video for the Bellavista Social Pub recreates a number of Blue Note album covers as tableaux vivants.…Read more