Helvetica bold should lighten up
Tee hee, punny type shirt. I’d be all over this if it weren’t $50.
22nd Amendment
The divided frame approach makes the placement of the type really hypnotic.
Typographics
Cheeky type animation, love the campy soundtrack. “Typography is what language looks like.”
Lotus Blossom
Poetry set to kickin’ jazz using frenetic animated type. Somehow the horrible monospaced type used adds to the thing…
Forget the film, watch the titles
Nice collection of movie title sequences.
the wanderlust for design » work by anthony stonehouse » an australian designer in london
Spotted in the typophile.com forum.
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TypeNavigator - Interactive visual font search
Rather than searching by name or type family, find a typeface by “feel” - choose visual characteristics reminiscent of the one you’re thinking of. Very cool.
valcasey.com - Notes on Visual and Interaction Design
Thoughts, tips and resources. Visual design, interaction, typography, color theory, web graphics, production, resources.
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Stop stealing sheep and find out how type works - Erik Spiekerman
Library use only (special typography collection)
Vitaly Friedman - 20 Best License-Free Official Fonts
Nice round-up of some good looking fonts!
Interactive Typography Workshop
Awesome letter spacing exercises. Great example of engaging online edu content. From the Visual Communications Program at the University of Delaware.
Ramblings of a Graphic Design Professor
Blog by Tobias Brauer of Cincinnati, Ohio. Currently running a series of email interviews with designers including Michael Bierut, Chip Kidd and David Carson.
Grid systems: principles of organizing type
Kimberly Elam. Available at the SFPL. (Cover reminds me of Form Studios’ website, or vice versa.)
Linotype FontExplorer - like iTunes for type
If only font faces were 99 cents a pop…
Thinking With Type
Theory + practice, how + why: a new approach to typographic education. Good type feels good.
Newseum
Today’s front page layouts from papers around the world. Awesome.
News designer
Weblog about newspaper design. Critiques and comments about the layout and design choices (and thus editorial, journalistic consequences) of the US and world papers. Especially like the “Today’s Front Pages” section which has an image of a dozen or two
Moss graffiti
Step one, make a moss “milkshake” and then go and “paint” your design in a damp place. Mist every now and then to keep moist and watch your design fill in.
Awesome collection of screencaps of movie title screens
Organized alphabetically!
PHP image-text generating class, with decent looking kerning
Interestingly, splits each word into its own image.
Classes at San Francisco’s Center for the Book
Letterpress printing, book binding and more.
Web based company offering customized vinyl lettering transfers
For putting large type, quotes and signage onto your walls.
Hello
John is currently thinking and designing in San Francisco.
Projects
Message Muni
A simple and forgiving text messaging service for San Francisco Muni arrival times.
DSButtons.com
DS Buttons are an invitation to play.
Collaborators
Adam DuVander
of WifiPDX and Simplicity Rules fame.
Josh Heumann
Polaroid alchemist extraordinaire.
Sean Madden
The Pixelnomad.
Name Redacted
Qué mysterioso.
Tom Watson
Stays up late over at 110am.