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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.
Hitler Subtitler Gets A Cheap Font CD
In this spoof version of the climactic scene of Downfall (Der Untergang) Hitler’s subtitler gets a cheap font CD off eBay, and that’s where the fun starts.
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Courtesy Cards Spell Out The Bad News
When you don’t want to be bothered and can’t waste any time, simply hand over a card to the offender and walk away. Just let the card do the rest.
Read morePvP Goes Typo-Crazy
After more than ten years of publishing PvP features its very first typography-related strip.
Read morePortrait of Matthew Carter, Type Laminitis
The Washington Post’s portrait of Matthew Carter made its way to a blog by means a little detour through translation softwares, with hilarious results.
Read moreGhost Typeface In ProSieben Television Movie Der Seewolf
Verena Gerlach obviously was paying attention while watching the trailer to the ProSieben television movie in two parts “Der Seewolf”, an adaptation of Jack London’s 1904 novel. She noticed a glaring anachronism in the lettering on the schooner “Ghost”.
Read more1973 Newspapers Predict Future of Type in Dexter
One of the most entertaining continuing series about typography on the interwebs is Mark Simonson’s Typecasting: The Use (and Misuse) of Period Typography in Movies. Originally a single overview of typographical anachronisms in movies, it spawned the follow up series Son of Typecasting. What Mark does is research the use of period typography in movies [...]
Read moreSuitcase Fusion 2 Promo Not So Brave
The last thing you want in a promo for font management software is a missing font.
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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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