22 5 / 2012
Animated Typography
As motion graphic is becoming more and more popular and effective among internet contents, designers started thinking on animated typography. Here you can see some amazing examples, all for sale.
03 5 / 2012
Measuring Type
Which font consumes the most ink?
British artist Matt Robinson asked himself the same question. With the help of Tom Wrigglesworth, they tried to find an answer.
The answer was given by the Bic pens they questioned about.
(Source: matthewrobinson.co.uk)
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02 5 / 2012
Can a font be racist? The case of Chop Suey
Every graphic designer in their career had to work almost once on something related to another culture: it could be a logo for a restaurant, a packaging for a product, a brochure for a travel destination.
Have they ever wondered if their graphic works convey sterotypes or, at worst, racism?
That’s the case of Chop Suey Font: its detractors says the ubiquitous use in eastern related products communicate a fictional idea of China and other eastern countries.
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12 12 / 2011
Comic Sans Project: how if Comic Sans ruled the world of logo design.
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13 5 / 2011
Fonts in Use
This is an awesome and well designed website to know which fonts are used in many famous examples such as magazines, advertising and branding.
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09 5 / 2011
Hands + copying machine = Handschrift font from José Ernesto Rodriguez
via och-annie
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04 5 / 2011
Dance Writer is an iPhone/ iPad app by Typotheque that converts text into a choreographed sequence of poses based on the shapes of the letters. You can create your own choreography by typing a message and sharing it via email.
Available for $2.99 on App Store.
