... do you fullas think about this? I know there ar eheaps of con artists ripoffs but this is so blatant that it is shocking! orignal: ... result of a method or of a combination of functional elements.” “A claim to a picture, print, impression, etc. per ...

Forum topic - muzzer - 16 Aug 2007 - 7:33pm - 172 comments - 0 attachments

... societies. These samples include rarely used examples of different type style designs, demonstrating his intense love and knowledge ... and this is important — vowels are the most fluid elements of language. They are fluid in their individual and regional ...

Forum topic - gohebrew - 12 Sep 2008 - 4:54am - 303 comments - 0 attachments

I’ve decided that as part of my typophilic education I need to make my own version of the Roman letters ... have a copy of Edward Johnston’s ’Writing, Lettering and Illuminating’ you should have. Otherwise try hunting ... Nice 15th century German inscription with Byzantine elements. Not quite what you’re looking for maybe, but has some ...

Forum topic - DanGayle - 17 Sep 2006 - 11:00pm - 45 comments - 0 attachments

The nights are already longer. My sailboat is out of the water. This morning the bird bath was frozen. Now is the time to start ... I am Italian… :=) I hope to keep only the positive elements of any culture I get in touch with… As for Ariel, I think I was ...

Forum topic - mike_thompson - 19 Oct 2008 - 7:18pm - 57 comments - 0 attachments

... ‹ A different kind of thought Show us your shirt › As I see it, anything mixing As I ... details later.] In those terms, the Rotis-inspired lettering in the floor of the great court at the British Museum is interesting, ... was working on a visual level with cultural and ideologic elements. Since the latter are not planned in John’s approach (but they ...

Forum topic - Bald Condensed - 20 Nov 2008 - 1:16pm - 33 comments - 0 attachments

ID, Please? ‹ (x) A Series of Unfortunate Events - (similar to) Schneidler Initials/Shango {Raph Levien} ... before looking at ways to break from those tools, or elements that can deviate from them. But back to why I think your argument ...

Forum topic - jackieki - 15 Nov 2008 - 4:31am - 62 comments - 0 attachments

... university/college/apprenticeship reading list? And which of these was the first that you bought, read, and referred to early on in your ... both I believe I bought both Bringhurst’s The Elements of Typographic Style and Craig’s Designing with Type at ...

Forum topic - Hellbox - 20 Feb 2008 - 4:52am - 115 comments - 0 attachments

I am interested in the roots of Akzidenz Grotesk, a truly seminal typeface for the development of sanserif, ... in which it appeared, Robert Bringhurst in "The Elements of Typographic Style" relates it to the Realist movement in art. ... onto paper or any other material. The sample says “Lettering for windows, displays, exhibitions, shops”. There was ...

Forum topic - xurxo_insua - 1 May 2004 - 2:56pm - 75 comments - 0 attachments

... food and music. The type is set in a modified version of Device’s Sparrowhawk which was traced and scanned to give it a ... Michael Have you tried any Have you tried any hand-lettering? I think it would a good direction to go in. I think ... feel congruent. There seems to be 3-4 different elements/styles working, but not well, together. The Field from your ...

Forum topic - jayyy - 18 Nov 2008 - 2:07pm - 22 comments - 0 attachments

... will potentially be called ’Flo’ (variation of Flow). I already got some great feedback, but I was looking for some ... I would probably explore, like you said, adding some elements to make this a nice capital. Do you think it would just be a matter of ...

Forum topic - DaveG - 6 Nov 2008 - 6:01pm - 29 comments - 2 attachments