Entries Tagged as 'Typography'

Rules to Type By

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I just found Typography for Lawyers and cannot recommend it highly enough, whatever your profession. The website is a straight-forward and accessible guide to typographic considerations. And I suppose I can point a friend to this in the future when he or she asks me what font to use for a résumé. Sorry, Charlie, I [...]


Mesmerizing and Beautiful

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I love love LOVE this Letter Flow animation.

Do you know what else are beautiful? Handmade bleach-stenciled The Hedge hoodies.

Dave Zucker and I have had our eye on this project for nearly half a year but never found the time or inspiration to complete it. Around two weeks ago, we realized that our dearest Claire Storck [...]


Typographically Wired

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At some point yesterday, during the Super Bowl, the new Victoria’s Secret ad aired. My response was immediate: “Hey, those text screens look a lot like Law & Order!”

I drew laughter and mockery for not focusing on the more typically recognized, but no more valid, aesthetic qualities of the advertisement (I’m talking about the half-naked [...]


A Post About Calendars

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Ken Knight produces beautiful, typographically-oriented wall and desk calendars. The classic Stendig calendar—it’s all Helvetica, baby—is interesting (and also available from Unica) but not quite as beautiful as the Pentagram design. I have no idea if Ken Knight is a person or company. Nice work.

I was rightly impressed by the creativity and innovation in [...]


License To Capitalise

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Beastie Boys, typography and design equal an article I will read.

My URL, drewd.com, lacks any meaningful opportunities for intercapping. dRewd reads dee-rude: nope. drewD actually suggests my preferred pronunciation of the domain name—droo-dee—but is inconsistent with the capitalization of my last name, d’Avis. No go.