Legacy of Letters by Luca Barcellona

Legacy of Letters from Luca Barcellona on Vimeo.

Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles

Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles from Brent Barson on Vimeo.

thanks to one of our lovely art directors, Rocky, for sharing!

iQ font

This is just great. Great great great. I would love to be involved in a project like this some day. Maybe this weekend. I think I'm free. Kate get your camera and we'll all think up an appropriate ukulele cover to go with it.

iQ font - When driving becomes writing / Full making of from wireless on Vimeo.

This was created by Pierre Smeets and Damien Aresta from pleaseletmedesign.com. Also check out their flickr and download the free iQ font from Toyota!

Typography 101

Above is a demonstration of editing a rag. The ultimate goal with a flush-left paragraph is “long short long” or “short long short”. Whenever possible, open or tighten character space to the full measure. The “AFTER” paragraph demonstrates what Chic McKinney coined”semi-justified.” Each line either makes the full measure OR falls short at the same measure. Finally, do whatever you can to avoid hyphens. Enjoy.

Typography 101

More than 25 years have passed since I was a typesetting vendor for McKinney & Silver Advertising. Today, I'd like to share with you the things my eyes can't ignore.

Here’s a little kerning trick.
The same kerning value needs to apply to every “straight-to-straight” letter combination. Thus, the negative space between the caps H U must be consistent with the negative space between the caps U R and H I. So remember: If you do it to one, you have to do it to all.

New Justic video + co-workers and other design minded friends = great new after work game!

Justice - DVNO from Freedom Record on Vimeo
Justice has done it again. You've probably seen their amazing video, D.A.N.C.E. (below) that knocked everyone (well, graphic designers) off their feet two years ago. The video above, DVNO is all type all the time. And it's it could also be a fun, name that typeface, after work game! C'mon, who's in?
Grade yourself against someone who's already done it, by checking out fontfeed editor, Yves Peters.

Ray, dear Ray.

Ray Fenwick is a Canadian artist and illustrator who's hand was meant to hold a pen. Maybe the occasional sword, but definitely a pen. I got his book last year, Hall of Best Knowledge and it's wonderful wisps of swirls and lines cradling dark and humors stories spills from every page.




What lead me to this was his hand drawn type and patterns. It's so distinguishable I think I'd recognize it if he doodled on a post it note and dropped it on the ground. Here. In North Carolina. The best part about Ray Fenwick is that he has a flickr site. Okay well maybe that's not is very best attribute, but it certainly makes him obtainable. A fairly serious flickrer like myself appericates that. The following images are ones on his flickr that I can't get enough of.

"This Just In" skateboard made from book covers and deck. This was auctioned off for skate park benefit.

detail


The Final Campaign


Here is an installation he did of loads of drawings of friendship bracelets.

detail


Let's Turn This Into a Math Problem


Seamless Swords Pattern


Thee Battle of Excelsior Gulch Pattern


A Canon of Type Design Pattern


Hacked Flourishes Pattern


Cloud Diaper Pattern

And now you wrap your next gift with a Ray Fenwick pattern. Check out Naked and Angry to order.