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A magic marker indeed!

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Characters “i” and “j” are swapped, “q” is the same as “g” but it’s a great idea for a typeface!

Ink Tape is a font designed by Merci Bernard, an art director from France who has a nice collection of work.

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Delicious chocolate text!

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Numeral typography from race numbers found in Bradford

[Via grain edit]

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Keming

Helvetica looked at Arial and remarked, “You’re ugly”.
Arial replied “Well, Aksidenz do happen”

What type of diabetes is a graphic designer most likely to get diagnosed with?
Type 1

A typographer’s favorite hotel in Las Vegas/casino in Singapore?
The Sans

A font walks into a bar. The bartender says “Hey, we don’t serve your type here” and he called the Serif.

What typeface do fish fear most?
Gill Sans

Favourite Bob Marley song
“I Shot The Serif”

Favourite Madonna song
“Justify My Love”

Why did the graphic designer go see the psychic?
He wanted to see what was in his Futura.

Arial looked at Helvetica and remarked, “You’re ugly”.
Helvetica replied “Well, you’re no Ms Univers yourself!”

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Very nice handmade Letra(set) on Flickr
[Via TypeNeu]

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This is so awesome!
Another piece of brilliance from Yugo Nakamura

[Thanks, Steve!]

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Poster by Eivind Søreng Molvaer — limited edition screen prints are available

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Neo Tech, designed by Sebastian Lester

Beautifully geometrical, Neo Tech is a superbly designed sans font. We have been using it for a client at work for a couple of months already, and it’s a joy to use. It’s available from fonts.com for about S$80.

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