‘Baby, you’re my Univers. Meeting you was no Akzidenz. I can see that we‘ve got a great Futura. We were Meta be together.’
Handmade by Machine’s Just My Type greeting cards. Details here. Unfortunately, only UK-shipping is available for now.
Found via cebe design
‘Love Fonts Memo is a classic memory game where it’s all about finding a matching pair of cards. At the end the player with most card pairs wins. The cards represent love stories about different kind of type faces.’
The work of Swedish design student/freelance designer Sara Strand.
Found via The Dieline
‘Try playing the Trajan drinking game’
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 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
‘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.
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
Recently, I made most of my font library available for the web via Typekit.
The list is here.
Thru TypeKit web designers can (legally) embed my fonts as html text at any website. Here’s a site that’s using Chandler 42.
Typekit has 4 subscription options; with a free trial plan available. Note: My fonts are only available through the Portfolio plan and higher.
For more info, drop by Typekit. Subscribe to their blog for updates.
And
Here’s a review at Webmonkey that does a good job explaining what all this font embedding hoohah is about.
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