I was away on an “old” Finnish summer house a couple of weeks ago for Juhannus, during that time I came across some brilliant old books from the 1900′s and around that era or ealier. I love variety of typographic ornament found on those books, the attention to details and the perfect clean layouts. Examples below go through [...]
Posted on: 8 July 2011, 12:48
Posted in: design inspiration, print design, printing process/finishing, typography, Uncategorized Tags: book, finland, historical, illustration, layout, lettering, ornament, print design, printing process/finishing, typography Leave a comment
I love printmaking, and I love metal type. We had Helvetica, Objectified, soon Urbanized, and now we will have Linotype The Film. Linotype: The Film is a feature-length documentary film centered around the Linotype typecasting machine invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler in 1886. Called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by Thomas Edison, the Linotype revolutionized [...]
Posted on: 25 November 2010, 14:00
Posted in: print design, printing process/finishing, Uncategorized Tags: film, Linotype, print design, printing process/finishing, typography 1 Comment
Found this pretty interesting book a couple of months back while travelling in France. Titled Detail in Typography (Le Détail en Typography), this book deals with ‘everything’ micro-typography and working with the column of text, enhancing its readability and legibility, all in a very approachable and concise manner. This great edition – first published in [...]
Posted on: 25 August 2010, 0:16
Posted in: Books, print design, research/study, Shopping, typography Tags: book, Jost Hochuli, micro-typography, print design, Robert Bringhurst, typography Leave a comment
I have heard about it the first time in a FontShop newsletter I think, and now came across a site actually using it. Typekit lets you use designer typeface online on your website, so you don’t have to stick to the classics Georgia or Verdana and others anymore! It uses Javascript to substitute the fonts [...]
Posted on: 9 March 2010, 22:58
Posted in: design inspiration, typography Tags: type foundry, Typekit, typography, web design Leave a comment
Just came back from holiday in Rome, and apart from the many pizza, pasta, wine and ice cream; I managed to observe some nice hand crafted typography and lettering work on different materials and from (mostly) old and more recent eras. Loved the variety, in texture, face, techniques… from very carefully hand carved text in [...]
Posted on: 28 October 2009, 1:40
Posted in: design inspiration, typography Tags: ancient, hand crafted, lettering, material, Rome, techniques, texture, typography Leave a comment