Here you can download PDF specimens of the typefaces made at the MA Typeface Design at the University of Reading from 2009.
You can also see the Reflection on Practice essays on the font development, also contact details to the designers.
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TypeForYou has teamed up with online digital type foundry HypeForType, to bring you a one off competition, and a chance to win
Exclusive Faces Volume 1, worth over £150.
Exclusive Faces Volume 1 includes limited edition typeface creations from
the likes of Si Scott, Alex Trochut, Jon Burgerman, Luke Lucas and HelloHikimori.
To be in with a chance to win this Exclusive Volume and possibly have your typeface submission taken forward and built, we’re asking you to pull out your creative type skills and show us something unique.
The brief is to create a custom typeface using the phrase “TypeForYou“.
All entries within the competition will be displayed on the header of typeforyou.org and the winning entry will win the great Exclusive Faces 01 volume, and also be in with the chance of working with HypeForType
to build your typeface.
All submissions should be supplied in jpg format and no more then 10MB as the file size.
The submission deadline is the 18th of September.
Please send all submissions to competitions@typeforyou.org
TypeForYou and HypeForType will review the submissions on the 18th of September, and the winner will be announced on the 20th September.
Best of luck!
This are some really impressive examples on how typography can be used to create something unique.
Via pixelelement
This is one of the best typography exercises I’ve seen for some time.
Angel Sanz created the idea and 5 artists created the word SKATE with 5 different letters using the urban elements of skateboarding.nts of skateboarding. Along with Angel, Alex Trochut designed the S, Inocuo the Sign created the K, Angel Sanz and Jenny Chih Chieh Teng made the A, Sergio Jiménez made the T and Losieto Studio designed the E.
Great work to be seen here.
Smashing Magazine made an excellent post about hand drawn typography, and the examples are really amazing.
Beautiful Hand Drawn Typography
This is an excellent experiment by Ersinhan Ersin, using music tape he made some illustration and typography.
Tapeography
This is an amazing piece of work made on a facade in Portugal. (via The Refined)
View more.
Sebastian Lester, trained in Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins, he now works in London as a type designer and typographic illustrator.
And let me tell you that is typography work is very much the best I’ve seen for some time now. Excellent work.
Visit sblester.co.uk
Typographers Pierre & Damien / plmd.me joined pro race pilot Stef van Campenhoudt and interactive artist Zachary Lieberman (openframeworks.cc), to create an excellent experience in the creation of a font. The font is also available to download.
View the video on Vimeo.
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