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One page from the book, World of Logotypes, scanned by Eric Carl

‘World of Logotypes’ is an out-of-print book from the 70s that chronicled the logos of that era. Eric Carl scanned some pages of the book and has put it up on the internets for the world to marvel at.

[Via ISO50]

Tags:
  • 70s, al cooper, book, logo, style, typeface

 

The January edition of CR was handmade in a letterpress workshop in Brazil — Nice pictures on their blog detailing the process

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  • brazil, cover, letterpress, magazine, movable type

 

A magic marker indeed!

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  • font, helvetica, magic, typeface, writing

 

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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  • art direction, experimental, france, graphic design, print

 

Delicious chocolate text!

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  • chocolate, confectionary, Food, letter, movable type, print

 

Numeral typography from race numbers found in Bradford

[Via grain edit]

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  • classic, england, flickr, numbers, racing, vintage

 

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!”

Tags:
  • arial, Design, font, graphic, helvetica, joke, typographer

 

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

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  • Art, flickr, letraset, letter, screentone, transfer

 

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

[Thanks, Steve!]

Tags:
  • flash, font, japan, kanji, typeface, yugo nakamura

 

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

Tags:
  • clever, eivind molvaer, font, italic, oblique, poster

 

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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  • font, Sebastian Lester, technologic, typeset

 

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