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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.

  • Font Karaoke* For Central St Martins Type Project

    We all know those YouTube videos in which students imitate their idols and end up reaching a larger audience with their song than the original artist. Well, it’s possible that the FF Meta video of Central St Martins design student Fran Marchesi might cause a dam-burst.

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    Typographic Christmas Presents

    With Christmas now officially less than a month away it is time to look around for some presents for yourself or your type-lovin’ partner, friend, or relative. These few items are a start, but feel free to add suggestions to our little compilation.

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    Greg Lamarche’s Laptop Skin for Extensis Suitcase Fusion 2

    I received a package in the mail last week. A seemingly innocent gift, yet now I’m wondering if I should be grateful, suspicious, or very, very worried. This post needs some background and context, so please bear with me while I work my way to the point of this cute little story.

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    Artists For Obama

    The American presidential elections have inspired high-profile artists like Robert Indiana, author of the iconic LOVE sculpture, Shepard Fairey of Obey Giant fame and star type designer Jonathan Hoefler to donate poster designs for Barack Obama’s campaign for the presidency.

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    Letters Are Pictures of Things, Pt. 1: Garamond Powerline

    Daniel Adolph of German design bureau 0c/0m/0y/0k has created Garamond Powerline, a typeface whose letters are built using photographs of powerlines.

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    Smouldering Covers for Ember Library Books

    The gallery of Ember Library paperback cover art showcases a fantastic collection of vintage paperbacks featuring hand lettering and titillating illustrations.

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    How to Write like an Architect

    In a 2.5 minute video Kung Fu architect Doug Patt demonstrates how to become a skilled letterer.

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    Adrian Frutiger: Mr. Univers

    On May 24th Adrian Frutiger celebrated his 80th birthday. To mark the occasion I wrote this text for the Swiss magazine Hochparterre.

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