Category: Type
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The sign writing of Quorn
A few weeks ago I took off on a road trip across Australia. I intended to go up the Oonandatta track and then spend a few weeks in the Northern Territory. One of the first stops of my road trip was a tiny town outside of Port Augusta called Quorn. The main attraction of Quorn…
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Star Trek Intro
It’s no secret that I love Star Trek. So it’s hard to imagine I wouldn’t enjoy such a clever interpretation of the Star Trek theme. The team behind this animation captured the essence of what is Star Trek. They’ve done it quite well.
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Kerning game
Type on the web has a lot to be desired. I’m sick of going onto blogs and seeing 5 different fonts on the same page. Though I do agree that menu needs to be differenianted. I prefer the more suttle approach of colour or line rather than a different font. Saying that not all type…
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Alphabet
The Alphabet 2 from n9ve on Vimeo. I love type.
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Inspiration Friday – Doyald Young
Decided who you are, decided what you want to do, and then do it because it is surely possible – Doyald Young Lovely documentry about Doyald Young from Lynda.com. ….letters we look at today are the same letters we looked at 500 years ago. I recently came across Doyald Young a little while ago. I…
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Typography
“Words have meaning and type has spirit and the combination is spectacular.” ~ Paula Scher
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Dyslexie
As a child I remember having trouble reading and writing. My mother was trying to teach me Thai at the same time I was trying to grasp the English language, which is why it took a little longer to than most to master. It’s little wonder why we take a while to master the…
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Do you like fonts?
Make it better from Sebastianbap on Vimeo. Do you like fonts or typography? I sure do. Just watch the video if you do.
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Kinetic Type (7 Billion People)
Lovely use of type from National Geographic to describe a world wide problem. “With the worldwide population expected to exceed seven billion in 2011, National Geographic magazine offers a 7-part series examining specific challenges and solutions to the issues we face. The magazine introduces the series with its January cover story “7 Billion,” offering a broad overview…
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Kinetic Type
A great little kinetic type video by Jarrett Heather. It’s already made the rounds of my favourite blogs, so it’s more than likely you’ve already seen it.