Fonts in Use
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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.
French Advertising Alphabets From 1946
“100 Alphabets Publicitaires” is a compendium with 100 lettering style examples for commercial artists and letterers.
Read moreScreenFonts: A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, Contagion, Drive, Machine Gun Preacher
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreLetterpress Printing The Cover For Gillian Welch’s The Harrow & The Harvest
Video detailing the creation process and production of the cover insert for the latest Gillian Welch album.
Read moreMy Type of Music: Gillian Welch, Jill Scott, Gomez, Thievery Corporation, Beyoncé
An overview of covers of recently released albums.
Read moreLetters Have The Floor
This experimental video by n9ve visualises concepts and objects referring to the letters of the alphabet.
Read moreScreenFonts: Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, Colombiana
Our monthly review of movie poster typography.
Read moreGame Of Thrones Wins 2011 Emmy Award For Outstanding Main Title Design
The nominations and winning title sequence for Outstanding Main Title Design at the 2011 Primetime Emmys.
Read moreMy Type of Music: The Rosebuds, Peter Murphy, Random Axe, Pat Metheny, The Dear Hunter
An overview of covers of recently released albums.
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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.
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Whether they’re newly released, stalwart classics, or hidden gems, these typefaces deserve special mention.
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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.