Type Battle 27 // Draw Typophile a new logo
// THIS WEEK’S TYPOGRAPHY BATTLE
Draw us a new logo! Yes, that is right. Typophile is ready to move past the pixel-T, and especially the pixel-7. We are looking for not just one amazing drawing, rather a large handful that can be rotated on the red square and potentially used in other Typophile promotional materials. What better way to show off the talents in this community, than to display them proudly in our mark?
Examples of previous logos:
// REQUIREMENTS
- Draw only the letter T — it can be uppercase or lowercase.
- How you draw it is up to you (vector tools or ink), just as long as the file is submitted in the proper format.
- By participating, you pledge that the work is of your own design.
Welcome to the Typophile Hebrew Typography & Type Design Group
This forum is aimed at discussing both Biblical & Modern Hebrew. So, roll up your sleeves and be prepared to talk, share, and ask anything and everything about type design, typography, lettering, cantillation, grammar, culture & history. Please respect other members’ opinions even if you don’t agree with them. Don’t hijack other threads, there’s room for everyone so start your own thread. And please do not post links, works or fonts that smell of plagiarism.
We hope you will stay and participate. Please observe courtesy at all times. This is a community, so please help make it a pleasant and welcoming environment. Offensive or insulting comments will be brought to the attention of the Typophile moderators.
self-square
Here is just an experimental type called “self-square”.
The “self-square” develops an interaction with the user. It is just a simple grid (2x2 + diagonals) according to which the user draws freely each characters and define its weight by the choice of his tool (pen, marker, etc). The “self-square” could be printed on a tape, and then, the width of the tape determines the basic leading.
And here, you can see that’s too easy to get a condensed version.
Type Battle 26 // DIY
// THIS WEEK’S TYPOGRAPHY BATTLE
Do It Yourself! Express yourself through found or made objects, typographically of course! In this week’s battle, we encourage you to get your hands dirty and push your imagination to places it might not be used to going.
Choose your favorite word or the most meaningful to you and construct it out of… something, anything, really. Found objects around the house, mashed potatoes, car parts or paper. Paint it, burn it [be careful please] or glue it. This one is completely up to you.
Photograph your creation and submit.
Winner take all, no holds barred. May be the best designer win.
Thanks to Neil Caldwell for this weeks’ battle idea.
// ABOUT TYPOPHILE’S TYPOGRAPHY BATTLES
For anyone who could not view the BRUCE samples...
Revlon Annual Report 1986
Close-up of “Bruce”, a .jpg conversion from a hires .pdf saved from a hires scan of a 35mm transparency dupe.
The Typecon 2008 thanks thread
I just wanted to say thanks again to Tamye and everyone else at SoTA and in Buffalo for everything that went into Typecon 2008! You did an incredible job, and it was memorable to say the least.
avoid red arrows - type foundry of University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe
it is possible to use these fonts for your own projects if you contact the students kindly.
greetings from Karlsruhe
A tutorial for good typography in InDesign - Setting up a baseline grid
Good clean typography is a fundemental skill of any designer. Most designers believe they have good typography but in my experience it is something which is developed through time and experience. I think we all begin our design lives with a desire to be outrageously creative, and only as we mature, begin realise that simplicity and structure is just as, if not more important. In this article, I will go through some simple steps to acheive good clean well structured typography in Adobe Indesign.
Type designer handwriting
Cameron Adams of Sydney Australia collected handwriting samples of his favorite type designers and compared them to their types. Incidentally, his favorites overlap a lot of mine. Via Slashdot (of all places)
I made something cute and free called Sniglet
Just a fun project I’ve been working on in my spare time :) It’s only ttf but has a reasonably complete character set for other languages.
Download here:
http://www.kingdomofawesome.com/Sniglet.zip
