Showing posts with label vernacular typography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vernacular typography. Show all posts

Monday, 2 November 2009

Public Gothic (free font)

Public Gothic is a free font made available through this blog.

Sample:


More information here and here.

Monday, 13 April 2009

Ministry of Type

Ministry of Type is well worth a look, especially this article about Ralph Beyer and Coventry Cathedral.



There are some great science and technology advertisements from the 50's and 60's here.



Vernacular typography.



Thursday, 18 December 2008

Christmas came early!


seblester


Ministry of Type


acejet170


Found type

Monday, 8 December 2008

Stuff to help a little

Typographic installation

Book Covers, and more book covers.

Greeting cards

Architectural illustration

An interesting house exterior

Aesthetic apparatus

Tuesday, 2 December 2008

Vernacular Typography

Two great resources on Flickr:


Vernacular Typography Polaroids


Doorbell Instructions


Text

Monday, 1 December 2008

Typography Resources


Not sure which typeface to use for a headline? All of your problems will be solved here


Pablo A Medina's work is based on vernacular typography found in his native Cube, see his site here

If you ever want to create a typeface read this first

You can find article about typeface designer Jeffrey Keedy here

Simple typography, but this site reveals what people really think about major brands.


Your Message here is an interesting typographic installation that appeared in the window of Urban Outfitters, see the article here.

Finally a re-cap of the type basics.