FontFont have announced that they are to release Helvetica Serif, following the discovery of drawing of that typeface by Max Miedinger. The sketches which were discovered by Miedinger’s granddaughter have been redrawn to create the digital version shown above.
The font has been released today, April 1st.
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Update: pay close attention to the date stamp on […]
Entries Tagged as 'LETTERING'
Helvetica Serif
April 1st, 2008 No Comments
Tags: DESIGN · LETTERING · TYPOGRAPHY
Mike Lemanski’s Typography
April 1st, 2008 No Comments
Some nice typography from Mike Lemanski. He has a really warm non-digital feel which im really digging.
Tags: DESIGN · LETTERING · PORTFOLIOS · TYPOGRAPHY
Steve Jobs on Paul Rand - 1993
March 27th, 2008 No Comments
Still rocking the same black turtleneck in 93
“I will solve your problem for you, and you will pay me. You dont have to use the solution. If you want options go talk to other people….I’ll solve the poblem the best way I know how.”
Paul Rand
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Tags: DESIGN · LETTERING · TYPOGRAPHY · VIDEO
Fontan 2
March 12th, 2008 No Comments
Nice type work from fontan2
Tags: DESIGN · LETTERING · PORTFOLIOS · TYPOGRAPHY
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz - by Job & Roel Wouters
March 7th, 2008 No Comments
Wouters from Letman and his nephew with some slick lettering.
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Todays Found Image: Stones Throw Shirt
March 6th, 2008 No Comments
Parra selected his favorite lyric from the Stones Throw catalog which is Charizma & PB Wolf “My World Premiere”… The first 12″ on Stones Throw & features 10 words for 10 years
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Buy the original shirt from The Giant Peach
Tags: DESIGN · FOUND THINGS · IMAGES · LETTERING · TYPOGRAPHY
Opera78 - Fiodor Sumkin
March 6th, 2008 No Comments
Some really dope hand drawn typography and illustration by Fiodor Sumkin at Opera78
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Tags: DESIGN · ILLUSTRATION · LETTERING · PORTFOLIOS · TYPOGRAPHY
2008 Type Directors Club Winners
March 6th, 2008 No Comments
The Type Directors Club has announced the winners for 2008.
Tags: LETTERING · TYPOGRAPHY
The Making of Champion Script Pro
March 5th, 2008 No Comments
Any one interested in the making of a full functioning font with 4280 glyphs should have a look at this.
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Originally from Parachute Fonts
Tags: DESIGN · LETTERING · TYPOGRAPHY
Parallel Strokes - lettering
March 3rd, 2008 No Comments
Parallel Strokes is a collection of interviews with twenty-plus contemporary typeface designers, graffiti writers, and lettering artists around the world. The book is introduced with a comprehensive essay charting the history of graffiti, its relation to type design, and how the two practices relate in the wider context of lettering.
Interviews within include conversations with pan-European […]
Tags: BOOKS · DESIGN · GRAFFITI · LETTERING · TYPOGRAPHY
Santos&Karlovich
March 1st, 2008 No Comments
Dope work from Santos&Karlovich, a small Brooklyn based studio.
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Tags: DESIGN · LETTERING · PORTFOLIOS · TYPOGRAPHY
Todays Found Image: Derby Girls
March 1st, 2008 No Comments
More at motorcitynix Flickr
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Tags: DESIGN · FOUND THINGS · IMAGES · LETTERING
New type work: figaro figaro
February 27th, 2008 No Comments
I have been listening to allot of Mf Doom recently and was inspired. This is a new type design I just finished. The lyrics are from the Madvillain song Figaro.
Read more for description and finished design
Tags: DESIGN · LETTERING · MY WORK · TYPOGRAPHY
Todays Found image: Japan
February 25th, 2008 No Comments
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Originally From: Onitsuka Tiger
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Black Book Sessions
February 21st, 2008 No Comments
I dusted off some old blackbooks a few days ago, most from 2004-05.