Ben Barrett-Forrest created a great stop-motion short to explain the history of that little thing all designers obsess with… Typography.
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Read MoreSo I heard that you have boarded the electric powered “green” bandwagon and started a zero-carbon-foot-print “green” company. All you need now is a “green” logo and Vegetal Identity can give you the ultimate “green” logo!
Kyosuke Nishida, Brian Li and Dominic Liu came together to create this beautiful 3D poster and site, Words can come fly, in support of the people of Fukushima and to help raise funds for those in need.
I am so inspired by these vintage letterheads, I need to do them for a client right this minute! via Vintage Me Oh My!
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Of the many variations to curse and swear, why would you not choose the most graphically appealing way? A swear word a day at beautifulswearwords.com
A real cool typographic beauty of a site in such pretty colours, highlighting and explaining buzzwords currently being used in the news.
Buzzwords are frequently used in news media. These are words that do not typically occur in everyday speech, but are common among newscasters, talking heads, and pundits on cable news.
These ‘news words’ are accepted by audiences for their implied meaning. But often loaded words are misused or used out of context. The actual definitions can be different than what is implied.
Newswordy is a growing collection of these words, updated every weekday. Along with each word is a definition, a quote with its use (or misuse) in the media, and a news and Twitter feed on the subject.
Taking the leap from still graphics to motion delicious-ness is Estonian font wizard Handmadefont’s animated fonts.
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Dear Blank Please Blank + Sapling Press = really funny letterpress prints. Check them out here.
Now this is a wonderful piece of collaborative work by artist Micah Lexier and poet Christian Bok. Showcasing what they each do best!
This must be the most beautiful blind emboss in the whole wide universe! via For Print Only
The Devil’s Rope/Type, a series of wires pulled across two wooden posts by Andrew Effendy. Each barbed section of the wires form letters of the alphabet, A through Z, and when linked up to form words alludes to the aggressive nature that words can often convey.
Wonderland is a beautiful and fun hand-drawn font by Eve Duhamel, created with felt tip pen for Fontself.
Love is all passion and fire and the ability to ignite at a moment’s notice. Love is a word formed by red matches! by Pei-San Ng
This piece is made up of approximately 2,500 match sticks and a total of 24 hours. The board is a reclaimed art board / plywood. It was previously used as a glueing surface. The type is hand drawn.
Love on fire represents romance and passion or destructions and jealousy. It is raw and gritty.
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