‘It’s all in the details. Our end slug was pulled right from the logo itself, the dot on the ‘i’ to be exact. This was a small but proud moment for us. I’m sure you saw the connection right away . . . right?’
Check out this great, detailed article about the recent NYT Magazine redesign at the Society of Publication Designers Blog.
Type Together’s Etica fonts are a rethinking of Helvetica for the 21st Century. Details here.
Found via Helen Brennan
‘The lettering was based both on Mayan hieroglyphics for their shape and grid-like structure and the hand painted lettering found on signs all over Mexico’
Designer Mike Abbink and Paul van der Lann’s Deuno Sans, designed for El Banco Deuno (One’s Bank) in Mexico. Details here.
Unfortunately, Deuno is not available for licensing.
‘TYPEFACE is a piece of custom software that translates facial dimensions into generative type design.’
By CIID student Mary Huang. Check out this detailed article at PSFK.
‘You can’t tempt a font designer with a carrot . . . but a nice red ampersand will do.’ -me
A while back, I was running thru Pottery Barn on my way to the Apple Store. This red one was on mark down. Marked wayyy down.
It called to me.
SOTA’s Font Aid IV jumped into action a few weeks ago – to benefit the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti.
The result was released today. A collaborative font.
purchase
Snag your copy of the Coming Together font thru any of these sources:
[1] Ascender Fonts
[2] Veer
[3] MyFonts
[4] FontShop
The font sells for 20 bucks (US) and all proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders to help the people of Haiti recover from the devastating earthquake.
all ampersands
The font consists of just under 400 ampersands from type designers from around the world – including myself (see below).
For more about ampersands, history and use, read Steve Matteson’s article here. For more about Font Aid IV, go here.
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