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‘Make-up für den Tod’

Kriminal-Serie Kommissar X No. 1281. Powered by Gill Kayo.

Found via mickey the pixel

Tags: design, design history, fonts, illustration, typography by steve
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‘Die Geistergang’

Kriminal-Serie Kommissar X No. 1168. Powered by Gill Kayo.

Found via mickey the pixel

Tags: design, design history, fonts, illustration, typography by steve
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Gill Normandie

Logo I created for Normandie, adapted from Gill Kayo.

Follow Gill Kayo on Twitter here.

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Gill on stage

‘The Swiss firm boldly embraced the face’s strong character, making it the singular voice of the Schauspielhaus, a theatre in Zürich’

The work of Raffinerie – theatre branding using the oft-maligned Gill Kayo typeface.

Detailed article by Stephen Coles here.

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Gill tee

The work of Australia-based design firm Toko.

Website here, store here. (Unfortunately, the gill ultra bold. tee is sold out)

Tags: design, fashion, fonts, photography, typography by steve
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Dynascript

Dynascript is the latest font from the great Michael Doret.

Details here, buy it here.

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Christmas Merry

These vintage Santas are just a tad older than me.

Them, with their cartoony script lettering, would grace the table every year – with or without the requisite salt, pepper, for which they were created. Made in Japan.

Below, track from the ultimate 1960s Christmas album.


Ray Conniff: Twelve Days of Christmas

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FontShop’s best, 2011



FontShop has compiled their annual best fonts list. See em all here.

Tags: design, fonts, typography by steve
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Helvetica glasses

Reading glass case with outlined Helvetica. Genuine 1970s soft plastic.

Tags: design, design history, photography, typography by steve
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The Book of Phone

Some light reading. Graphics designed by the Saul Bass studio.

Found via Spokane7

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‘Futurist’



Found via Kristian Goddard

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