type and design

two similar ideas with circular type...

And then three neato quotes made into appealing posters...

courtesy of a. nerud

Retro Fonts

(Lennart Wolfert)



I love retro and out-there fonts (like Bauhaus, Broadway, Harlow...), the crazier the better. These fonts are probably some graphic designers worst nightmare. They obviously are not the most functional or versatile fonts out there but they can transform work into something that simple Arial or Times New Roman just can't bring to the table.

This is a cool index of font websites from How Design. My favorites out of the bunch are Font Bros. and Font Diner. I highly recommend checking out some of these - lots of cool stuff to explore. Typography is such a powerful tool in graphic design. It can definitely make or break your work.

An article from Smashing Magazine has great typographic posters to browse through. It really shows how far you can push typography.

Posted by Whitney.

CD cover

Mott the Hoople were an English rock band well known for being a part of the popular glam rock scene of the mid-70's. The lead singer/songwriter, Ian Hunter, continued on for many years as a solo artist. The record company asked for an illustrated solution, and because Ian's hair and glasses are so iconic, that's where we started. This 2-CD set features Mott the Hoople's notorious hit, "All the Young Dudes" written by their fan and friend, David Bowie - which was also featured in the soundtrack of "Juno"

Posted by Scott

Naming fonts

Found (and read) this article about the names and naming systems (which are fairly ambiguous) used for type faces. I remember there was a brief tangent in class a while back about Aksidenz-Grotesk and I think this article shed some light about how some names as such came to be. Interesting read for typophiles.

"Antique Gothic Grotesque: Deciphering the Typeface Name Game

The vocabulary of type is mysterious at best, and nowhere is this more true than in how typefaces are labeled. Yet knowing how typefaces are named and categorized has very practical benefits. ..." (Article in full here)

Written by James Felici on October 5, 2009

• posted by Greg

I thought this was a great use of type as a logo. And it's orange. I'm into orange.

posted Scott F.