Archive for the ‘typography’ Category
lettering tool
Started out as a typographic experiment, lettering tool looks to be an amazingly simple to use tool that promises mind-blowing results! Go to Johnathan Puckey’s site to see it in action!
phonetikana
This is brilliant! Please do the same for Mandarin.
Multiple trips to Japan and constant frustration at being unable to read the language has sparked off an unusual typographic project at johnson banks. Earlier in the year we started seeing if we could combine the English language and Japanese script in some way.
More at Johnson Banks.
UNIQLO, in Japanese, is pronounced with four clear syllables, U, Ni, Q, Lo (they’re actually spoken like this, Yoo Nee Koo Roh). There are four katakana used for these sounds.
Looks great, but unless you’ve learned the sounds, you’re no wiser. In our typeface, which we call ‘Phonetikana’ , it would look like this.
We’ve been developing a series of examples to show it in action – at the top of this post is ‘superhero’, below is ‘big apple’.
Top Banana
Tomato
typeface or font
Its one of those things that has always confused me. Some part of me always knew they were different somewhat, but another part always assumed that that were just two words with the same. Well now the debate is (or has been) raging online! One of the more interesting reads is on Jontangerine. So what do you think? And more importantly, is Mutton Goat meat? Or Sheep meat?
letterage
Simple, cute and oh so fun! Letterage by Marin Van Uhm.
arial vs helvetica
In the endless battle between the original Helvetica and the latecomer Arial. Ready. Set. Go! via swissmiss
skanno
What a beautiful way to do type/signage. Must remember this for my next project! via Skanno & Ministry of Type.
floral illuminations
Veer has always been one of my favorite font/stock/ideas repository and their recent “Floral Illuminations” for the typeface CordialBloom is pretty and inspiring and a very fun way to sell type. See it here.
ikea ditches futura for verdana…why!?!
“After 50 years of the iconic Futura typeface, IKEA has made a switch to… Verdana?”
How sad…Read more at idsgn.
Sign the online petition to revert it.
clarendon
An exhaustive look at the first patented typeface, Clarendon, courtesy of idsgn.org.
the abc to driving writing
toyota iQ font
By driving around a Toyota iQ, with sticks on four corners, camera in crane up above, font designers Pierre And Damien together with race car driver Stef van Campenhoudt manages to write out every letter of the alphabet, and then some, and uploaded the beautiful font for all to use.
See the video making of, and download the free font here!
