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Type face
Illustration for Computer Arts Magazine article about typography
The work of Austrialian designer Christopher Haines.
Cover illustration for Computer Arts Magazine
Fountain presents: Heroine fonts
Eleisha Pechey’s Windsor typeface (1905) is one of my funky favorites. There’s a hint of it in Jeanne Moderno (believe it or not; even moreso in my upcoming text versions), Woody Allen loves it for titles and Sacramento’s Golden 1 Credit Union uses it for a distinct yellow logo.
Today, Fountain Type releases Göran Söderström’s Heroine, a ‘modern interpretation of this rusty pearl is something that always have been missing in the major type libraries.’
More details here.
Baskerville: The Animated Movie
John Baskerville (1706-1775) was an incredible type designer. His work holds up very well today. He reinvented printing and his ink was beyond compare. And, unfortunately, he was hated by his contemporaries. His type was seen to ‘hurt the eye’ and would be ‘responsible for blinding the nation.’
‘Baskerville the Animated Movie celebrates John Baskerville, the man, the typeface and his future legacy.’
For more about this short film, drop by The Baskerville Project website.
For more detail about John Baskerville and other famous type luminaries, snag a copy of Type: The Secret History of Letters and start reading.
It’s not all about fonts
Shirley-Ann Dick’s There’s more to life than Helvetica tee
Designed in under 10 minutes.
Found via Whitezine
Type mistakes you may be making
Fonts can’t handle being stretched, they end up looking awkward/slows down reading
Fonts require a lot of massaging in order for them to work for you. Here’s a list of some fairly common mistakes – posted over at The Design Cubicle.
WPA Gothic font – free download
Introducing Stephen Coles’ new Fontstruct: WPA Gothic. Based on the posters of the Works Progress Administration.
Click here for free download and more info.
For more about Fontstruct, go here.
And here’s some highlights from the Library of Congress’ WPA collection . . .
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