Typography

abcdefg . . . vw

One more.

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And this week was brought to you (mostly) by the letter C

The classic Sesame Street Typewriter Guy. From 1978.

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Chandler on Chandler

A few months back, Claudia Chandler Brocato of the Chandler Family Association contacted me about Chandler 42 – my 1994 contribution to the ‘messy typewriter’ font genre.

And they ended up giving me a really nice write up in their quarterly newsletter. Just click the above image to read/download a one page PDF.

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‘Keys of life’

‘Famous sequence from Merchant Ivory’s film Bombay Talkie (1970)’

Found via Aaron Bell

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Kurt Schwitters’ Primiti Too Taa

‘an excerpt from the poem Ursonate (Sonata in primitive sounds) by Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948)’

Created by Ed Ackerman and Colin Morton, 1986.

Found via Typophile

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Cano

‘Momento repetido, Intersticio impalpable, Formas sinuosas, Insignias a tus aventuras, Momento contemplativo.’

The work of Alexander Cano.

Flickr here, website here.

Depeche Mode: Precious

Found via beauty comma

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Comma

A flock of wild, loose commas painted by Dan Waber.

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Cooper Black Keys

‘Do it for Frank’ -set in Cooper Black

The Black Keys’ Tighten Up, from the album Brothers.

Found via David Rosales

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Cooper Black postage stamp

Oswald Cooper’s most famous typeface gets a US postage stamp!

Well, sort of. But it is legal, usable US ‘Zazzle’ postage. Snag your’s here.

Designed by David M. Anderson.

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The end of movable type in China

‘While Western letterpress printing has made a recent revival, what was once considered one of the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China is no longer a sustainable practice in its country of origin.’

A look at Chinese movable type, article at idsgn.

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tif and fontes

‘Tipoteca Italiana is a private foundation that was founded in 1995 to advance printing knowledge and preserve venerable printing technologies. Its founder, Silvio Antiga, a 65-year-old printer who owns a printing firm in the Veneto region, has collected more than 20 vintage presses and typesetting machines, along with hundreds of wood and metal type ‘fonts”

From T Magazine, Steven Heller looks at the incredible Tipoteca (tif) and where the term ‘font’ comes from.

I haven’t been there, but a friend visited several years ago – and brought me a whole bunch of really cool ephemera.

Found via Campbell BrownKorbel

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