Category Archives: typography
It’s A Blackletter Day
Based in Perugia, Italy, Philippe Nicolas is a French graphic designer with a real talent for typography and hand-lettering. His hand-lettered examples shown here, “fraktur minuscule,” represent his latest works. See more of his work after the jump, or visit his site.
Daily Drop Cap
If you’re a fan of delicious hand-crafted typography, or just a fan of ways to make your blog unique, be sure to check out The Daily Drop Cap.
When Typography Meets Clay
An odd combination, if you think about – typography used on bowls, cups and plates. But then you see the works of Asya Palatova of gleena ceramics and see the natural combination.
Josef Müller-Brockmann and the Grid System
The re-emergence of the popularity of grid systems, in web and print design, harkens back to the advertising design of Josef Müller-Brockmann. Müller-Brockmann began his career in the 1930′s, perfecting the Swiss Grid System and clearly defining his work as an artform unto itself. More interesting to me is his use of positive and negative [...]
Wood Type Museum
Unicorn Graphics has established an on-line museum with an extensive collection of wood type for viewing by the general public. Among the most noted wood type manufacturers in this collection are Wm. H. Page & Co., Vanderburgh, Wells & Co. and Hamilton Mfg. Co. This collection is a must-see for any typography enthusiast.
Geometric :: Pattern Fonts
Containing 100 geometric pattern fonts for Mac and Windows, Geometric is a book which gives designers a mountain of resource material. The book comes with a CD containing the 100 pattern fonts – the most extensive pattern font collection available from any foundry.