The alphabet in light writing, found on Nir Tober’s Flickr page. If light writing is your thing, check out this previous post of mine, with some light writing YouTube videos.
In this post I showcase a number of creative ways to display the English alphabet. Some fascinating works of art.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Helvetica™ typeface, Linotype™ invited designers worldwide to take part in the Helvetica NOW poster design contest.
More than 1,000 posters were submitted to the contest, and they’re on the ballot for the first round of voting. With your help, the 200 posters with the most votes will advance to […]
With thousands of different typefaces on offer, it’s vital to have a select few that act as pillars in your collection. The following 13 typefaces (shown in alphabetical order) are ones that I believe every graphic designer should be familiar with.
#1 Akzidenz Grotesk
Akzidenz Grotesk, the first ever sans-serif typeface to be widely used, was originally […]
Here are some carefully chosen typography resources, providing you with typography tips, tutorials and advice.
Typograpy tips and advice for graphic design students published on this site, and inspired from a conversation on Ben’s Noisy Decent Graphics.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Typeface by Michael Beirut. Michael writes regularly on Design Observer, and this is another […]
Typography was always something I struggled with in my college days. Looking back, I didn’t do nearly enough reading about typographers and great typography.
A week or two ago, London-based graphic designer Ben, at Noisy Decent Graphics, asked his readers this question:
What basic typographic advice would you give a third year graphic design student?
I read with […]
If you have an interest in poster design I’d recommend taking a tour of this collection of Swiss poster designs. I’ve shown a small sample here and the one above was designed by Ralph Schraivogel, Zürich, 1994.
This poster (above) was designed by Kunstgewerbeschule, Zürich, in 1974.
Design by Bruno Monguzzi, 1995.
Design by Cornel Windlin, Zürich, 1997.
The […]
There are so many font sites out there that for the first time searcher it’s kind of over-whelming. You need time on your side when choosing the right fit for your design work. I think UrbanFonts.com is the first font site that I’ve taken a decent look at through my blog posts, and I’m doing […]
Here’s a nice example of typography, designed around a scene from the excellent Tarantino movie, Pulp Fiction. Please be aware that there’s some harsh language throughout the video clip.
Typography can be seen all around us, in almost every aspect of our lives. There’s a music video, called ‘The Child’ for French DJ Alex Gopher, which was created back in 1999 and it’s definitely worth a look if you haven’t seen it already. In fact, even if you have it’s still enjoyable.
The video is […]