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My Type of Music
Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover and a band by its album art.
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ScreenFonts
A typographic look at today’s movie posters and film titles. (a.k.a. Characters on The Silver Screen)
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Lovely Lettering
Typography is made with type, but some of the best letters are made one at a time, by hand.
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Oops!
A light-hearted repository of amusing typos and typographic mishaps.
Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues, Relettered
Some people say classics shouldn’t be messed with, but I see no harm in having a little fun with iconic fixtures of pop culture. And few are more iconic than the footage of Bob Dylan discarding cue cards to the lyrics of Subterranean Homesick Blues. Regarded widely as being the first “commercial” music video, in [...]
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Preserving Disappearing Architectural Lettering in Austria
With the modernisation of the urban landscape, vintage architectural lettering disappears at a worrying pace. Beautiful commercial signs above shop windows make way for default letter shapes in plexiglass and neon. As the logos of international chains take over, the couleur locale fades, making the typical shopping street look identical to any similar street in [...]
Read moreHoly Onomatopoeia, What A Bat-collection!
Fan site Batmania collects the onomatopoeia from the word overlays used in the 1960s cult television series Batman.
Read moreSXSW Aftermath – Adventures In Film
A round-up of what I attended at the Film component of SXSW 2012.
Read moreCalligraphy Performance By Timothy Donaldson At Opening “Signs for Sounds” Exhibition
See how Timothy Donaldson creates a new piece of calligraphy at Bilston Craft Gallery in this video.
Read moreDusty Signs
A video showing Dusty Signs’ Dan Madsen hand-lettering a sign for his business. Observe the artist at work.
Read moreGestalten.tv Interviews Ken Barber
Ken Barber talks about the necessity of specialization and the fine lines between lettering, typography, and type design.
Read moreThe Birth Of A Magazine
A wonderful short film capturing some of the love, care and hand-crafted passion that goes into the production of a magazine.
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News
The latest in the world of typography, lettering, and type design.
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Handpicked Typefaces
Whether they’re newly released, stalwart classics, or hidden gems, these typefaces deserve special mention.
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Type Tips
Improve your typography skills with these basic tips and advanced tutorials.
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Fonts in Use
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.
Typography is made with type, but some of the best letters are made one at a time, by hand.
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