From the Histeria! series, here’s a cartoon overview of the invention of printing . . . well, actually the invention of moveable type . . . well, whatever it was that ‘Type A’ Gutenberg guy did.
Found via Twitter.com/MyFonts
My Jeanne Moderno fonts were spotted on this poster for . . .
Project Rhythm Multimedia Screening
Friday, September 4th, 2009 at 9 p.m.
At Parlare Euro Lounge, 1009 10th Street (10th & K), Sacramento, CA 95814 [map]
Project Rhythm Multimedia Screening is produced by Dr. Ri and features artists from Dr. Ri’s Advanced Media Editing Course at the Art Institute of California-Sacramento. Also: Live Multimedia VJ: Lai Fong Saelee, original soundtrack composed and edited by Dr. Ri & TCM, Inc.
Typefaces give us signals from erik spiekermann on Vimeo
The typomaniac music video! Written by Mike Croft, featuring Erik Spiekermann; produced by Alphabeat and Parson Research.
Designer Erik Spiekermann on what it’s like to be a typomaniac
Extra footage from Gary Hustwit’s Helvetica film. I still use Spiekermann’s Stop Stealing Sheep as the introductory text in my beginning typography courses.
Here’s some Art Nouveau type based on a certain well-known soft drink logotype. Only different. Check out Rock And Cola Pro, a refreshing new font offering by Manuel Eduardo Corradine.
For a silly, fun, contrasting pairing, set your overlapping kickers in Emigre’s Soda Script.
Cover story from the September 2009 W: Kate Moss shows off Miuccia Prada’s fall collection. Prefaced, of course, by a beautifully drawn typographic glyph.
Choose from two vintage stiletto dingbats.
Options are an art deco-themed pump or basic, clean lines.
Part of my Moderno Collection at Café Press, limited edition tees featuring type and dingbats from my Jeanne Moderno fonts.
‘Foo-der-ah’ – as one of my students once called it. Paul Renner’s Futura is everywhere – and here’s a write up in idsgn’s ongoing know your type series.
Or – if you really want to get your hands dirty – snag a copy of the expanded edition of Christopher Burke’s wonderful biography of Paul Renner – detailing the creation of Futura – how knock offs were released before he even finished his drawings, his arrest by the Nazis, other fonts, sketches, experiments . . . But even more, the book details philosophy, beliefs and how they contributed to the creation of types that are as fresh today as they were in the 1920s.
Did you hear that IKEA???
Today is National Waaffffle Day – celebrating the day the first US patent for a Waffffle maker was issued to Cornelius Swartwout in 1869.
Celebrate your love of waffffles with a limited edition waffffles! shirt by mehallo. Available for both men and women. Part of The Moderno Collection at Cafe Press.
Photo taken at The Original Pancake House in Roseville, CA
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