Illustrative typography

Please have a look at the link below for some excelent resources, downloads and tips.

http://sessions.tutsplus.com/creative/

Typography videos

Words Matter

Words Matter. from Continuum on Vimeo.

Jenny Holzer

Paula Scher

Paula Scher has recently designed the Achievement First Endeavor Middle School in Brooklyn and Connecticut. There are images and links below:













more here.

More good blogs

Just a few more blogs for you to read over:

Form Fifty Five

For Print Only

Book Design

Materialicious (products, furniture)

Pica Pica Mag (craft)

Centripetal Notion (Motion graphics, animation, web)

Swiss Miss

Subtraction

Repeat Pattern blog

Link

The Crystal Goblet, or Printing Should Be Invisible, by Beatrice Warde

Imagine that you have before you a flagon of wine. You may choose your own favorite vintage for this imaginary demonstration, so that it be a deep shimmering crimson in color. You have two goblets before you. One is of solid gold, wrought in the most exquisite patterns. The other is of crystal-clear glass, thin as a bubble, and as transparent. Pour and drink; and according to your choice of goblet, I shall know whether or not you are a connoisseur of wine.

For if you have no feelings about wine one way or the other, you will want the sensation of drinking the stuff out of a vessel that may have cost thousands of pounds; but if you are a member of that vanishing tribe, the amateurs of fine vintages, you will choose the crystal, because everything about it is calculated to reveal rather than to hide the beautiful thing which it was meant to contain.

Read the rest here, or here, here, download the PDF here.

Letter Press Site

Have a look at this site for some great reference and how to videos.

Letterpress studio

A bit of inspiration for your Professional Projects.

Ministry of Type recently blogged about the Hatch Show Print letterpress studio in Nashville, Tennessee - you can see the video below:



Ministry of Type

Original article on David Airey's site

Unknown Land

Unknown Land
Janno Hahn

Public Gothic (free font)

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

Sample:


More information here and here.

Type on the web

Some helpful links that have some useful information regarding structuring and formatting type with HTML and CSS.

8 simple ways to improve typography in your designs

CSS type tutorials

Setting type with a baseline grid

Creative Business Cards

Here's some creative business card ideas to inspire us. Hopefully.

a bit about the history of typography and print

Periodic Table of Typefaces



The Romance of printing

Typographica returns

It's back here!

Typographica has a review of the best typefaces 2008 here, below is a preview.

Made By Sawdust

Whilst taking a break from writing up PPRD1 comments I saw this:

THE LAST DAYS OF DECADENCE



http://www.madebysawdust.co.uk/

http://www.sneakyraccoon.com/

Print & Typography

The Readies by Jihad Lahham




Time Life Book




8 Texts Books






Harmonie Interieure



Found on Typography Served

I have a dream

Rhodia Serif

More resources at Cooper Union Typography

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.

Inspiration?

Tinge



Meta (not that Meta)



Anthony Burrill

Eight ways to improve your typograpy

This article is specific to CSS, but there are some good tips for print.

8-ways-to-improve-your-typography

Grid Systems + typography

This might help kick-start your book projects.



Some great free fonts