The Process of Forevs

The latest lovely font from Oh No Type Co. Love seeing the process of creation in this blog post. The typeface has so many stylistic alternatives.

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Forevs typeface samples

Typeset in the Future

A collection of visual essays exploring type in sci-fi films (it's probably Eurostile) by Dave Addey. He dives deep and shares receipts. Also available in book form. / via Yewknee

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Still from the movie Moon where an person runs on a treadmill

Rukh typeface

Sometimes you see type and just want to make some designs. This is one of those typefaces. Lovely work by Mohammed Samad and Bouk Ra.

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Rukh typeface

Bury Me in the Highlands

Let's say you make sourdough and give the loaves away but wanted to put them in a bag with a stamp and your brother was a type designer... (Swipe to see said stamp in context). Gorgeous.

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Bury Me in the Highlands

Very Robin

Robin Mientjes has a new website and it is delightful.

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Pixelated homepage design featuring a robin in their nest with eggs as navigation

BLAG’s top articles from 2023

I recently subscribed to BLAG’s print mag and it is a beauty to hold. Here’s a sampling of things they share. So much to savor!

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10 images from BLAG articles

Learn to Make Your First Custom Font

Dan Cederholm is hosting a workshop to show how it's done. I've not had an idea for a font, but I've kind of always wanted to make one.

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Making Your First Font

Ozik Soft

Erik Marinovich has added another goodie to Nuform, a variant on one of their first releases that considers the softer side of Sears. Complete with the fun ovoid counters of Ozik, but without the edges.

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Sample of Ozik Soft typeface

Wilco Loft Sans

Typeface by SimpleBits for the band Wilco, inspired by a "GUITAR" sign hanging in their recording studio. With weights that span Treble, Mid Range, Low End and Bass.

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sign that reads "GUITAR" on separate orange panels in a workshop

Motion picture title design by Tim Girvin’s studio

So many of these are etched into my brain. It’s nice to connect the work with a studio. / with a tip of the hat to Brandon Schaefer’s blog filled with quotes and other bits of inspiration.

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Title treatments for The Hunger, Dracula, They Live, The Last of the Mohicans, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Quick and the Dead

Mystique Astrology kit by Mattel

Far out 70's psychedelic cartoon vibes on this binder filled with astrological charts and wheels and man I dig it.

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Mystique Astrology Kit cover by Mattel with psychedelic pop illustrations of the zodiac wheel

A Riso-printing primer

Why yes, I have wanted to learn more about Riso printing. This link found along with more from Scott Bom’s Through Lines 169.

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Riso printing samples

BlockFace – A Stamp Kit to Explore Typography

Another fine Kickstarter project by Martin Schneider bringing Will Mower’s type to many. This set of geometric stamps can form all sorts of letters and whatnot.

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Blockface geometric stamps that form letters of the alphabet

Type Revival for Film & TV

Leah Spencer with some wonderful behind the scenes from the art department for film & TV. A healthy bit of process and examples from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel whet the appetite for a smorgasbord of additional goodness on Alphabettes / via Robin Rendle

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Leah Spencer type studies for Mrs. Maisel

The Magic of Mr Masking

Superdig this approach to type by Gerardo Picado

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Masking tape lettering

Kern Type

A letter spacing game that’s quite the challenge. Mark MacKay also has made a few more games that teach design concepts. / via Tom Scott

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Toronto letterspacing game

Aptos, the new Microsoft default font

For 15 years it has been Calibri, a thoroughly uncomfortable san-serif. Aptos looks much nicer and is quite robust. / s’more insight on The Verge

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Aptos font graphic

Letterform Archive shares gems, like these numbers

Verdun Cook, U&lc, vol. 2, no. 1, The International Typeface Corporation, New York, 1975

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Stylized numbers 1-9

There’s always new ways to expand the scope of our care

 Robin Rendle on updating and maintaining a personal website and considering the details, like type, but also just all the things.

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Headlines from Robin Rundle’s essays on the website

Linotype Book Project

Doug Wilson is expanding his interest and knowledge of Linotype into a book. If it is anything like the film he was a part of it’ll be excellent.

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Linotype Book Project

Pull quotes by Jonathan Hoefler

Inspiration and nice type make a good marriage. / via a reply to Merlin’s Wisdom Limo

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pullquotes

Regrets

If you follow OH no Type Co’s (excellent) Instagram or TikTok you’d know this nouveau display typeface was coming. It has flowers (and a monstera) in the ornaments.

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Regrets typeface sample

Simple Type Co.

Dan Cederholm launched a new site that brought together his fonts and goods. He keeps adding to it with updates, samples and enthusiasm.

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Easy Coast font specimen sample

MonoLisa monospace font

Designed to ease staring at it for long stretches of time with bonus script (fancy italic) version / via Trevor Morris

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MonoLisa monospace font sample

Casserole

OHno Type Co’s revival of Davida is joyous.

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Casserole type

The 2023 Type Trends Report by Monotype

There are waves of vibe that crash into our visual shores through type. Monotype always collects keen perspectives for a surf report. / via Brand New

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Type Trends Report 2023

OH no Type Co Reels

James Edmondson makes learning about typography superdooper fun. I've been learning lots about type history and usage from his reels. (Ugh. Instagram. But still!)

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What about the Friz?

Fontshare

Indian Type Foundry’s growing collection of professional grade fonts that are 100% free for personal and commercial use.

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Screengrab of Fontshare website featuring font pairings

A deep dive into the RIDGE wine label

I've always loved these labels, with their understated design and use of Optima. Nice to learn the backstory and understand the system in place.

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Ridge wine label design system

Linotype & Machinery

Doug Wilson toured the British Linotype factory to see what remains. He brought together history and oodles of photos in his post.

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brick building with the words Linotype and Machinery AD 1897 painted on the facade

The Future Belongs To What Was As Much As What Is

Colorful typo/graphic gatehouse installation by Morag Myerscough and poet Ellen Moran in northern England

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Colorfully designed gateway filled with type, graphics and messages of belonging

The expanded San Francisco font family

The base type for Apple OS gets more expressive style widths with a great overview of how and why to use each. / via Merlin who says "This man has amazing hair"

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Variations of the letter a in width and weight

Exposure

A variable font built around an axis of photographic exposure / thanks K!

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Screen grab showing the variable nature of a font called Exposure that opens or closes like an aperture

Aaron Draplin Wake & Make Challenge

Closed out a day of computers & zooms & needed to do something & didn't want to think about it. This 5 minute type drawing exercise from Draplin hit the spot. (The thing I made isn't very good.)

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handwritten words that spell out "Wake & Make, May 25, 2022 Good Type"

2022 Brand New Conference

Mesmerized by the dynamic type. The introduction of variables to typography is opening up some many wonderful doors. But this? This is a Whole. 'Nother. Level. More details about the identity.

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expressive parts of letters set in red on a bright teal background

The Star Wars

Diggin that hand drawn Lucasfilm logo

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The cover of a script with the words "THE STAR WARS" drawn in a fanciful way.

Bjørn Karmann’s Occlusion Grotesque

Typeface carved into the bark of a tree. As the tree grows, it deforms the letters and outputs new design variations, that are captured annually. / via Yewknee

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A man sits on a chair in the woods and carves an alphabet into a tree trunk

Milwaukee Transit Passes

The Letterform Archive holds about 300 tickets in their collection thanks in part to a donation from type designer Tobias Frere-Jones... and they’re gorgeous.

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A beautiful collection of Milwaukee Transit Passes

Believe blanket

Stunning type design by Valentina Casali / via Jessica Hische

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A black and white blanket with ornate type that reads BELIEVE

NuForm

New type design practice and foundry from Erik Marinovich. Just cruise around the specimens pages to get a solid dose of vibrant type goodness.

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A graphic design layout showcasing fonts by NuForm

Bauhaus Typography at 100

Lots of safety protocols in place at the Letterform Archive in San Francisco for this exhibit that runs through April 27, 2022. File under: Wish I was closer!

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A museum with typography from Bauhaus on display

The Year in Type

I Love Typography looks back at some of the highlights of 2021, including typefaces, profiles, inspiration and then some. / via Sidebar

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Three race cars are illustrated to show off custom typefaces

Porsche posters (1961–1969)

These posters catch a vibe. Baby, are you coming for the ride? (The ride, the ride, the ride)

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a 1963 Porsche GT poster featuring a black and white image of a car and type

Fonts Knowledge

Elliott Jay Stocks on helping build a library of materials and guides to help folks understand, explore and choose type with purpose. A great resources from the Google Fonts Team.

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Various typographic symbols

Cartridge font

Inspired by old video game labels, Cartridge is a new display sans-serif that evokes quintessential 80s vibes - by Dan Cederholm

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Colorful type showcasing a retro font called Cartridge

Whirley Birdie

A whimsical variable display typeface by Alex Tomlinson. Has a companion set of dingbats that use variable tech to animate.

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Whimsical type spelling out Whirly Birdie

On Type with Erik Spiekermann

Part of Adobe's Creativity Explained series (wonderfully) animated by Oddfellows in Portland. / via Sean Sharp

An abstract illustration of type

Ink traps explained

Extremely well deep dive into ink traps and all the variations. Get to the bottom for the kicker of the Imperial Trap. / via Under Consideration

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Musashino Art University poster

Type exploration w/ orange peels

I always enjoy Manfred Westreicher's explorations with type

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Type made of orange peels

So who drew that Fender logo…

OH no Type Co gets to the bottom of it 3 years after asking...

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Fender logo

I Miss My Bar

Adjust the ambiance and pour yourself something fizzy. A lovely site by Lagom + Tandem that might be offline because it's getting hammered. Pardon the pun.

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A screenshot of a beige website

San Francisco Symphony rebrand

By Collins. Agreeing with other folks that think this is lovely.

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“YOU&ME&ME&YOU” mural by Anthony Burrill

So simple, so good.

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You&Me&You&Me Mural

Wakamai Fondue

The tool that answers the question “what can my font do?” This is an excellent tool / via Doug Wilson

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this book you are holding…

is an unkempt garden. Saw this posted on Fonts in Use and thought I'd share it with my friend DJ and also here. Been thinking about print a bit more of late.

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JetBrains Mono: A free and open source typeface for developers

Another good find from Greg Storey

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1972 U.S. election, CBS News

Akihiko Seki's graphics are sublime

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Instant Lettering Database

A trove / via MetaFilter

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Typeverything

A wonderful selection of fonts / via Ugmonk

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Simon Walker’s Pizza Hut Font

Tasty type

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