Archive for the ‘ Layout ’ Category
Good infographic on the history of type design and the anatomy of type through to the number of fonts available and their use on the web.
Below is a small portion of the full infographic. Click to go through the the website to view the full version.
Bold & Justified: The Typographic Universe in One Infographic | The FontFeed.
Nicholas Felton has released his annual Feltron report. This report covers both 2010 and 2011, as the 2010 Feltron report was a chronicle of the life of Nicholas’ father. As usual the report is expertly crafted and presented. The focus is specifically on the locations he visited over the two year period.
Web Serveroff is a nice looking condensed light monoline geometric sans-serif free to download in a regular and italic.
Font Squirrel | Free Font Web Serveroff by Web Hosting Geeks.
The Guardian has a collection of the 10 most expensive movie posters. Expensive not in production, but in the value of the physical poster to a collector. Most of these are great examples of vintage horror movie illustrations, but also include the beautiful Metropolis design. I love the custom type on these posters, and there are some great compositions and perspectives.
The 10 most expensive film posters – in pictures | Film | guardian.co.uk.
This ligature would make a useful character to have in today’s world of shortening everything and 144 character tweets.
A great series of book covers by Cardon Webb which when placed down together form a larger image.
In a rare occurrence for free type families, you can download the whole 18 fonts that make up the extensive Exo. The font comes in thin, extra light, light, regular, medium, demi-bold, bold and extra bold, all with matching true italics. All weights have small caps, alternates, ligatures and different number formats in the open type system. The combinations of the different weights lend this to being able to be used in a large range of products. The font itself is a geometric sans-serif similar to Klavika (the Facebook font).
The latest free font download from the Lost Type Co-op is Bemio. Bemio is an ultrabold sans serif similar to Gill Sans Ultra. The font is comprehensive with full language support and ligatures.
Fantastic book cover designs by De Vicq, that play with different fonts
