Arial: ‘Bullshit’
Did Arial kill Helvetica? Or is it just bullshit?
Australia-based Hungry Beast correspondent Marc Fennell thinks it’s an ‘usurping bitch.’
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CYMK Alphabet: Process color via thread
‘CMYK Alphabet is a typographic experiment . . . Each letter is hand embroidered using a combination of two overlapping CMYK colours.’
Evelin Kasikov recreates a process color rosette using thread. Details here.
Edward Johnston, reinterpreted
Edward Johnston (1872-1944) developed the ‘look’ of the London Underground – thru type and image.
These are snaps of the work of student Grady Fike. Grady spent eleven weeks jumping thru many hoops in my experimental typography course at The Art Institute of California Sacramento.
For the class, I’ve set up an evolving work process – where students are assigned a ‘famous typographer’ (one that I pick, so they have to work within these limitations) and interpret their work thru both loose and strict design iterations.
It’s similar to Project Runway, but for much of it, students often only have about an hour to produce their work. And based on the outcome, their solutions dictate what the next homework assignment will be. It’s all very fluid. [Read more →]
It’s Typography: Big screen premiere this Friday
The Sacramento International Film and Music Festival is underway – and this Friday night, my students’ type film (above) will be shown as part of the Art Institute’s Student Showcase, 6 p.m., July 30 at The Crest.
Festival details here.
Official It’s Typography website here.
Emigre, picking fonts and the war in California
‘The pairing and combining of different typefaces has always been a particular graphic design challenge . . . Emigre has its own take on this typographic technique. But instead of providing rules, which often render safe but bland results, we believe that ultimately any font can be successfully combined with any other font. It’s not so much a matter of which font combinations to pick, it’s a matter of how you use the fonts in combination.’
The latest Emigre font catalog – Historia – is a bit like an old issue of Emigre magazine. Strong concept, interesting point of view, wonderfully designed.
The 64-page specimen highlights battlefield locations of the Mexican-American war, 1846-48; specifically, the battles that took place in what is now California. [Read more →]
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