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Blog about typography, fonts, alphabets, and good graphic design in general.
Typography Daily
2y ago
The Vercetti font is the result of a fruitful collaboration between Filippos Fragkogiannis, a Greek graphic designer and art director, and Richard Mandona, a Russian graphic and type designer. The project originated as a conversation that took place in April 2021 between the two designers. They went on to work on it remotely, regularly communicating and exchanging ideas, along with getting precious feedback from experienced type designers.
326 glyphs came out of this intense collaboration, enough to ensure full range of characters to anyone using it in a project. The quality of the font is al ..read more
Typography Daily
2y ago
“Abecada” aka “The Alphabet” is a composite of experimental poetry, modern dance, graphic design and photomontaged typography, based on a poem by Vitĕzslav Nezval in the order of the letters of the Latin alphabet and created by art theorist and critic, graphic designer, typographer, artist, author and translator Karel Teige. internationally acclaimed surrealist and a leading figure of the European avant-garde.
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Typography Daily
2y ago
As many companies do, Swiss watch-maker Swatch had a custom typeface developped for corporate identity purpose. The initial typeface was designed in 2010 by NORM, a Swiss studio specialized in the creation of custom corporate fonts.
Since then, it has been used all over the world where Swatch has established a presence. Among these places, there were obviously some countries where the majority were Arab speakers. The font had to be adapted and designed to stay on track for Arabic script.
This task was delegated by NORM to Pascal Zoghbi from 29Letters, a type studio based in Lebanon with a spe ..read more
Typography Daily
2y ago
On the occasion of its 15th anniversary,the independent type foundry TypeTogether has published a book entitled Building ligatures: the power of type. In this book, TypeTogether’s cosmopolitan team ofexperts present a cross section of the knowledge, experience, and best practices intype design, typography, and graphic design.
About the book
The 248-page book presents a well-balanced mix of know-how texts written byTypeTogether’s core team and essays by some of the most respected and influential design writers and experts in the typographic industry. Featured contributorsinclude Fiona Ross, Ca ..read more
Typography Daily
3y ago
As the name suggests, Headlines was designed just for… headlines! It comes in 12 styles and variable fonts to make the most out of it, as well as awesome ligatures. Variants were created for difficult letter combinations, such as fy, rf, tz, and more.
It was designed by Anita Jürgeleit, a German type designer with an impressive type portfolio. For a limited time, Headlines is available on MyFonts with a 60% discount on the full typeface.
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Typography Daily
3y ago
Designed in 1901 by E. Mulier and published in the “Lettres et Enseignes Art Nouveau”, Paris, 1901, this alphabet is both elegand and friendly. You can now even download it as a font for free, as someone managed to create it and share it on Fonts4Free.
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Typography Daily
4y ago
Inspired by sign painting, 1960’s movie posters and jazz album lettering, Balter Serif is a perfect choice for headlines and can be used in all kinds of projects, such as posters, branding, packaging, magazines, and much more.
It features uppercase and small caps, numbers, symbols, internation glyphs, alternates and swashes, ligatures, and letter combinations. You can currently download it at a discounted price on FontSpring.
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Typography Daily
4y ago
Mark van Leeuwen is a talented graphic artist and typographer with a knack for lettering. Cadillac hired him to design a typographic mural for an event in Munich, Germany.
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Typography Daily
4y ago
At Pentagram, innovation is widely encourage in client project. This is what Jody Hudson-Powell and Luke Powell did with their Hypha project, created as part of the identity of an exhibition on mushrooms.
The digital tool emulates the growth of fungi and applies it to letters. This gives birth to mushroom-esque typography based on the text you enter. The evolution of the letter once you press enter is based on the growth pattern of mycelium and mushroom spore, making each character unique every time it is generated.
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Typography Daily
4y ago
Working as a senior graphic designer in London, UK, Davide Baratta finds the time to do creative work on the side, such as this cool work done on font pairings. The project, title TypoStories, explores color and typography in a playful manner.
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