Blogs

The Typecube

From Fontblog I found Manuel Kiem and his fantastic project: the Typecube. It´s a relatively simple but very strong ideia, based on combination of forms. I specially like the way the letters get represented, like if the Y is saying:

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The Typecube

From Fontblog I found Manuel Kiem and his fantastic project: the Typecube. It´s a relatively simple but very strong ideia, based on combination of forms. I specially like the way the letters get represented, like if the Y is saying:

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Design Feed – All in One?

Type for you is now a proud member of Design-Feed, a feed-aggregator site, containing news from several sites covering graphic and web design, as well as art or advertising. And every post is searchable by keyword.Very good service to the

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Design Feed – All in One?

Type for you is now a proud member of Design-Feed, a feed-aggregator site, containing news from several sites covering graphic and web design, as well as art or advertising. And every post is searchable by keyword.Very good service to the

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History of Typography Is Celebrated in Pentagram-Designed 2007 Classic Calendar

The new 2007 Calendar edition by pentagram, designed by Kit Hinrichs. An extraordinary history of typeface development, reflecting prevailing limitations or technological advances, lies behind apparently ordinary letters or numbers found on familiar objects. Very few of us are aware

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History of Typography Is Celebrated in Pentagram-Designed 2007 Classic Calendar

The new 2007 Calendar edition by pentagram, designed by Kit Hinrichs. An extraordinary history of typeface development, reflecting prevailing limitations or technological advances, lies behind apparently ordinary letters or numbers found on familiar objects. Very few of us are aware

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Arial or Helvetica

Once there was a typeface called Helvetica.It was extremely popular.Later came a software company called Microsoft.They “borrowed” Helvetica for their operating system and called it Arial.This inferior typeface is now on millions of desktops all over the world.Can you tell

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Arial or Helvetica

Once there was a typeface called Helvetica.It was extremely popular.Later came a software company called Microsoft.They “borrowed” Helvetica for their operating system and called it Arial.This inferior typeface is now on millions of desktops all over the world.Can you tell

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Die 100 besten schriften

FontShop presents the results for the 100 Best Fonts, who brought together several top designers and typographers to determine the greatest fonts ever. Either you like it or not, Helvetica is number one.You can download the PDF here.

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Die 100 besten schriften

FontShop presents the results for the 100 Best Fonts, who brought together several top designers and typographers to determine the greatest fonts ever. Either you like it or not, Helvetica is number one.You can download the PDF here.

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Judge a book…

A nice blog with Paul’s favorites book covers. Almost all these books he has bought in second hand shops and he rarely payed more than a couple of pounds for each one.Here in the picture there´s a beautifull Penguin example.

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Judge a book…

A nice blog with Paul’s favorites book covers. Almost all these books he has bought in second hand shops and he rarely payed more than a couple of pounds for each one.Here in the picture there´s a beautifull Penguin example.

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Towards a non linear typography?

EXP – a non profit research team, has a very interesting blog.They discuss in this article the Aztec writing system:When we think to writing and printing as visual forms, we always accept the linguistic and alphabetical model of linearity as

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Towards a non linear typography?

EXP – a non profit research team, has a very interesting blog.They discuss in this article the Aztec writing system:When we think to writing and printing as visual forms, we always accept the linguistic and alphabetical model of linearity as

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Gary Hustwit has a blog

Helvetica film director Gary Hustwit now has a blog!Also check out the updates at the site. David Carson and Paula Scher will be in the film, representing the “anti-helvetica” side. Interesting! In the picture: Rhoda the dog.

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Gary Hustwit has a blog

Helvetica film director Gary Hustwit now has a blog!Also check out the updates at the site. David Carson and Paula Scher will be in the film, representing the “anti-helvetica” side. Interesting! In the picture: Rhoda the dog.

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Jules Vernacular

If you feel like browsing a very nice gallery of pics, here´s the link for you.

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Jules Vernacular

If you feel like browsing a very nice gallery of pics, here´s the link for you.

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SpiekerBlog

Spiekerman just launched the version 2.0 of his blog. Very clean and simple, as it should be Note: Spiekermann will be in Portugal in April, 13, for a conference at ESAD (Matosinhos) – Personal Views. (As well as many others,

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SpiekerBlog

Spiekerman just launched the version 2.0 of his blog. Very clean and simple, as it should be Note: Spiekermann will be in Portugal in April, 13, for a conference at ESAD (Matosinhos) – Personal Views. (As well as many others,

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Letritas

Great Blog on type creation. In Spanish.

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Letritas

Great Blog on type creation. In Spanish.

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