Archive for the ‘LETTERING’ Category

Hype For Type is a hotbed of typographic talent. A year long labour of love that’s finally seen the light of day. The dream/passion/obsession of one Alex Haigh, a sucker for a bit of well crafted type. The vision was to create a type foundry showcasing the best in today’s typographic talent, as well providing a platform for keen eyed creatives to find and buy truly unique, hand-crafted fonts to complement their work.


They have recently updated with new exclusive work from Alex Trochut, Luke Lukas, Si Scott, and others!

Type designer and illustrator Rian Hughes talks with MyFonts about his work and what to expect from him in the future. Im particularly looking forward to his book Custom lettering of the ’60s and ’70s due out later in 2009.


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I have really been interested in old lettering practices recently. I came across these penmanship guidelines from 1882.

You may have seen his work on Zanzibar honored on typographica as one of their favorite typefaces of 2008. Mark has done several beautiful revivals. Be sure to check out his typefaces and some nice lettering on his site. His WLT image posts are also worth checking out.


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A collection of old book all digitized and available in high resolution at Rare Book Room. For easier browsing use the more thumbnails option on the top left. Via Type Neu


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Type Theory just posted an interesting interview with House Industries designer Ken Barber. His sketches are really beautiful.


Also check out the interview with Ken and House on TypeRadio