entries Tagged as [typography]
Jessica’s initials
HE incredible Jessica Hische is also from Hazleton, PA.
Knows what a good Eastern Pennsylvania snack pitza is. Knows about this thing called Root Liquor (which I didn’t know about; I just know about Birch Beer, my favorite beverage from back there). And she’s been doing a drop cap a day for a few months now.
Drop caps, initial caps go wayyyy back – mainstays of illuminated manuscripts, and they’re part of the reason we’re still using caps today (for beginnings of sentences, names).
Jessica provides code to add caps to your own blog. Grab em here.
ND, as of last month, the caps are available as prints. Archival, on velvet coated fine art paper.
But that’s not all. Jessica has a bunch of other cool stuff in her store, including this wonderful ‘Day-Runining’ notepad (pics below). The pad has individual sheets one can send to unruly clients who don’t pay for your services, waste your time and – of course – ruin your day.
Order the pad here. Order the Drop Cap prints here.
And
Visit Jessica’s complete store here.
Trajan: The movie font
‘Try playing the Trajan drinking game’
Meatballs, worms and bugs
NASA Meatball
Here’s a brief history of NASA’s logos, including the ‘meatball’ (above) and the ‘worm’ (below).
The worm was put to rest in 1992. If you wish, condolences can be left here.
NASA Worm
When it comes to official type, NASA is Helvetica, Futura, Times, Garamond and something . . . Victorian?
Article here.
Plus
Here’s a look at some goofy names for some other classic ‘bugs.’
Vintage ads
‘Vintage Ads Reveal Fashions And Trends In Type And Commercial Lettering’
Check out Vintage Ad Browser.
And
Great article about how to typographically mimic these looks at The Font Feed.
Found via The Font Feed
Van Doesburg
‘Raoul Hausmann’s postcard to IK Bonset (van Doesburg’s alter ego) of rival theorist Herwarth Walden’
Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931). Magazine publisher. Artist. Designer. Propagandist. Troublemaker. Dutch. The guy behind de Stijl.
A van Doesburg show just opened yesterday (my birthday, how bout that?) at the Tate Modern. Review here. Another review here.
Runs thru May 16, 2010.
Stained glass composition by van Doesburg
Plus,
Here’s a link to my own low cost, van Doesburg-influenced font, 2491.
French Futura: You get an a
Paul Renner’s Futura fonts were exported to France under the name Europe. And they came with an interesting alternate a (seen in the top half of this sample). Changes the whole look and feel of the type. Details here.
Found via Colin M. Ford
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