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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.

Apr.01.13

My Type of Music: April’s Fool Special

My Type of Music posts typically are a little harder to write. However some months it seems as if the stars in the typographical heavens align and too many albums with great covers are released. Maybe it’s because March heralds the new Spring – not that we’ve noticed in uncharacteristically cold and even occasionally snowy Belgium – [...]

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Feb.28.13

Stunning 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 [...]

Fonts in Use, Lovely Lettering, My Type of Music | Yves Peters

Feb.12.13

Album 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.

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Jan.15.13

Jessica Hische Lettering Rendered In Cut Paper

It always seems magical when a piece of graphic design transcends the flat plane and enters the third dimension. The resulting object lends an additional legitimacy to the original piece, rejuvenating it and altering our perception of it. Take for example Jessica Hische’s gorgeous hand-lettered packaging for Beck’s Song Reader. Released on December 11, 2012, [...]

Fonts in Use, Lovely Lettering, My Type of Music | Yves Peters

Jan.10.13

My Type of Music: Holly Herndon, The Rolling Stones, Green Day, Led Zeppelin, Rihanna

An overview of covers of recently released albums.

Fonts in Use, My Type of Music | Yves Peters

Nov.29.12

Blue Note Records Mock Covers Celebrate Barack Obama

The FontFeed loves Blue Note Records and Reid Miles, so it was with great pleasure that I discovered the Barack Obama’s Jazz website. It is fascinating to see how the figure of the first African-American president of the USA continues to inspire the creative community, as witnessed for example in the Artists For Obama poster [...]

Fonts in Use, My Type of Music | Yves Peters

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