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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.
Horrible 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”.
Read moreHitler 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.
Read moreCourtesy 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”.
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