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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.
Mac OS X 10.6.7 Update Causes Problems With OpenType Fonts
The issues in Mac OS X 10.6.7 occur with PostScript-flavoured OpenType fonts, and concern PDF files and printing.
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Hatys Harrete And Scrunckiesan
My first live encounter with Engrish comes from the packaging of a toy our youngest daughter Nona won at the fair.
Read morePVP On Helvetica, The Movie
Scott R. Kurtz published the second type-centric strip in his webcomic PVP.
Read moreFrench Anti-Piracy Organisation Hadopi Uses Pirated Font In Own Logo
This is the epic FAIL story of the agency in charge of enforcing France’s new anti-piracy legislation using a pirated proprietary font in its very own logo.
Read moreHow We Built Britain… With Arial!?
The opening sequence for “How We Built Britain”, the landmark BBC One show that aired over June and July 2007, features virtual letter-shaped buildings.
Read moreHorrible Truth Behind Pixar Intro Finally Revealed
College Humor has released footage that reveals what actually does happen when the mascot Luxo jumps on the “I” in the famous Pixar intro.
Read moreChance Encounters On The Magazine Rack
Two images posted on Grid, the official SPD blog feature chance encounters between unrelated magazine covers, creating new unexpected readings.
Read moreComic Sans Makes Gizmodo’s List Of “Regrettable Tech Inventions”
Gizmodo, the blog about gadgets and technology, included Comic Sans in their list of “Eight Regrettable Tech Inventions, Regretted”.
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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.
A light-hearted repository of amusing typos and typographic mishaps.
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