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Michael Bierut interview

Here is an interview with graphic designer Michael Bierut, where he talks about the evolution of type, the various covers of The Catcher in the Rye, the ugliness of ITC Garamond, and all sorts of other intriguing things.

Source: The Atlantic

Letman

Amazing work by Letman:
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Since there was no budget at all for these flyers, we agreed that i would be paid in food.
So I sat down every monday-evening at the Cantine, enjoyed a free meal and some drinks while drawing that week’s flyer. They were copied and spread by the owners.

Skin type

Nice type experiment by Thijs Verbeek.

Attractive Prices

Great simple idea.Check out the nice animation at http://www.natl.tv/projects/55

Limb Type Japan

Limb type Japan, 2007.

Fingertype


Nice portfolio from Lowman.

La petite mort

Xnographics Studio from Barcelona, just send an email telling us about this great motion piece they´ve made.

Typophile Film Fest 4 opening credits

Check out this year’s Typophile Film Fest 4 opening credits.

What is a Pylon?

Ascenders, arms, crossbars, counters, spines, shoulders, tails, stems and spurs, altogether there are over 20 components in the anatomy of type. There remains a gap in the vocabularly of this most respected of crafts, however.

In the designing or cutting of stencil letterforms, one is invariably brought to a point wherein the supporting canvas is joined to counter of the letter. Up until now, these supporting areas have gone without definition or label. A gross oversight by the standards of any industry, let alone one with as rich and respected a history as typography.

Continue over at thisisapylon.com. :)

Textaxis

Since 1995.
Lovely work from Iñigo Jerez…

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