DIN for Typographic City Posters
Show how much you love your city with an Ork Poster, designed by Jenny Beorkrem. With the help of DIN (1451 Engschrift) these clever prints sidestep traditional maps and bring forth top-notch typographic design, simplicity, and a modern edge. Out with small type and in with DIN’s strong letter forms and bold personality.
Read more
1973 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 moreFF Mister K: Franz Kafka’s Pen
The manuscripts of author Franz Kafka had such a profound impact on Finnish graphic and type designer Julia Sysmäläinen that she decided to convert his handwriting with its unusually strong calligraphic characteristics into a digital script. The philologist took on the challenge to transform in Kafka’s rather eccentric letter forms into an balanced typographic flow. FF Mister K Pro will soon be available from FontShop.
Read more
Netanyahu: Yes We Can … Knock-off Obama
The campaign website of Benjamin Netanyahu, conservative Likud leader running for prime minister of Israel, feels unmistakably Obama-esque.
Read moreMy Type of Music: Nelly, Kings Of Leon, TV On The Radio, B.B. King,
It’s time for another look at recent album covers. These are all records released in the second half of September.
Read moreTop Ten Typefaces Used by Book Design Winners
The American Association of University Presses honors the best book design in their annual Book, Jacket & Journal Show. We take a look at the most common typefaces seen in the winning entries and offer a thorough list of underused alternatives.
Read moreFontBooklets Put the Tactile Joy Back into Typeface Selection
Like smaller, more focused versions of their mother publication, FontBook, FontBooklets are printed specimens that give ample space and tribute to the best fonts for professional typography.
Read moreGreg Lamarche’s Laptop Skin for Extensis Suitcase Fusion 2
I received a package in the mail last week. A seemingly innocent gift, yet now I’m wondering if I should be grateful, suspicious, or very, very worried. This post needs some background and context, so please bear with me while I work my way to the point of this cute little story.
Read moreThe FontFeed
The FontFeed is a daily dispatch of recommended fonts, typography techniques, and inspirational examples of digital type at work in the real world. Eat up.
Popular Posts
- Tutorial: The Worn/Weathered/Stamped Look
- There are quite a few quality stamped or distressed fonts available — Frankie and Frankie Dos, Roadkill, Battery Park, Hawksmoor, Chase, Coldharbour,… Read more
- Helvetica and Alternatives to Helvetica
- Helvetica is a classic. Helvetica is played out. Each of these statements is true to an extent. The world’s most… Read more
- Erik Spiekermann’s Typo Tips
- With the invention of “desktop publishing”, designers found themselves setting type on their computers for the first time. Until then,… Read more
- Figuring It Out: OSF, LF, and TF Explained
- Numerals (or figures) can take various forms. The figure style you choose ought to be appropriate to the project you… Read more
- OpenType FontFonts and the Languages They Speak
- The OpenType format offers typographers more glyphs, and (sometimes) more confusion. As the FontFont library is converted to OpenType, premium… Read more
- Contemporary Handwriting Fonts
- The FontShop shelves are stocked with thousands of delightful script typefaces, but it can be difficult to find those that… Read more
- Embrace The OpenType Hype
- We love OpenType. It’s not just the latest font technology, but also the most advanced, poised to replace the old… Read more
- Extra Bold, Ultra Black Fonts: Hit Hard with Heavy Duty Type
- In an effort to get noticed, a lot of folks turn to the most obvious item in their font menu:… Read more
- The Logos of Web 2.0
- Safe standbys like Trade and News Gothic , Frutiger , Avenir , Interstate ,… Read more
