Japanese Hand Bindery Work
Go to my Wordpress blog to read about the 175 engraved and hand bound booklets we are making in the Japanese accordion style:
http://nancysharoncollinsstationer.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/47/
Exploring webfont possibilities
Downloadable webfonts are not just about replacing Verdana with a fancy freeware font.
Here is an example where a certain text phrase is automatically replaced with a scalable vector glyph from a downloadable font. The underlying text stays untouched, so indexing and copy&paste work like a charm.
See the full article here: http://opentype.info/blog/2008/05/14/exploring-webfont-possibilities/
Edit: changed “graphic” to “glyph”
Flash Player has a new text engine
The Beta version of Adobe Flash Player 10 was just released on Adobe Labs. Among the many enhancements, there is a new Text Engine which comes along with an extensive library of ActionScript 3.0 Text Layout Components. Here’s the blurb from the release notes.
New Text Engine
JetBlue is Back
I love a compelling brand story. And before I jump in, I need to confess my ties to the JetBlue brand, having once designed the logo, identity and airplane graphics (ahem, the livery design to use industry parlance) while I was at Merkeley and Partners.
Design team of One Show pencil winning Typophile Film Fest 4 interviewed on Unzipped
In case anyone missed it, I interviewed Brent Barson, Eric Gillett and Cole Nielsen on Unzipped about the Typophile Film Fest 4 credits.
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Horror on pg. 82
With spring comes - garage sales! Today I scored a huge stack of art and architectural mags:)! Amongst the stack are some groovtastic Computer Arts Project mags, one of which is CA’s 100th birthday issue. The issue celebrates iconic pieces of graphic design. And there it was - an unwittingly cold cruel typo...
...and in Milton’s own stencil font too :(
Either that, or there really is an iconic graphic designer named MILTON GI ASER.
Type Battle 24 // Lucha Libre
// THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE:
This week’s challenge has two parts. Choose one or both options for your submission.
Option 1: Using a Luchador name of your choice, draw the type that would be used to set your Luchador name onto a Lucha Libre style poster.
Option 2: Draw a set of dingbats that could be used on a Lucha Libre poster.
Bonus points and extra bragging rights for those who do BOTH and/or design a Lucha Libre poster.
References:
Lucha Libre
Poster samples
// ABOUT TYPOPHILE TYPE BATTLES
Type Battle 23: Typographic Love Child
Here’s your chance to stretch your type muscles on a weekly basis. You have one week to create and submit your entry. Anyone may submit a design response to the challenge. You may enter as often as you wish. Post anytime. Critiques and comments are welcome throughout the game, from participants and spectators alike. Smack talk is encouraged.
As with any street battle, there is no panel of judges and no prize — only the ability to call yourself the best on the block.
Link directly to this thread: http://www.typophile.com/battle23
// REQUIREMENTS
- Image size: 550 width x 400 height. 72 dpi
- Color: Black and white
- Format: Please save your graphics as PNG
// THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE:
