Back in the apprenticeship days these proofreading marks were hugely important to me and my job. Seems so long ago probably because it was so long ago, but sad that this important slice of what we do now is almost ignored. Reliance on tech does not always provide wise answers.
Read more and why http://burningsettlerscabin.com
Found via Thisisn’thappiness
The mission of the Open Font Library is to promote your freedoms as it relates to the use of type. All of the fonts that appear on this site come with the freedom to use, study, share and remix them.
Source http://openfontlibrary.org/
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Fun website where you can draw and submit your own custom letters and vote on any others that you like.
Source http://letterplayground.com Found http://hellotypo.com
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An interesting set of images based on the redrawing of fonts used by certain brand logos. I found this whilst searching for links on the font used for the Canon logo for Brand Reversions.
Source http://flickr.com
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I feel kinda interested in this.
Source http://typeplaceapp.com/ Found http://underconsideration.com
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A few examples of movie poster typography that Christan has picked out. Been a fan of Christian Annyas website for a while, if you like movies and typography then you will like Annyas.com
You could also check out The Movie Title Still Collection whilst you are there.
Source http://annyas.com Found http://underconsideration.com
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Typographic maps are becoming quite the trend of late, these maps from AxisMaps are some of the most intricately detailed
Source http://axismaps.com Found via Typedesk
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The Case & Point is a curated selection of custom type design and lettering created for a specific project or use. Through a combination of short entries, interviews and in-depth features, TC&P provides a platform for type and graphic designers to showcase work that falls outside the sphere of retail type design.
Source http://thecaseandpoint.com Found on http://ilovetypography.com
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This looks pretty spunky, as long as you plan to buy fonts from Suitcase Type Foundry of course.
Source Link http://suitcasetype.com
Read MoreFound on http://fastcodesign.com
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New book out in February, all about Helvetica and the subway. Intriguing.
Source Link Swiss Legacy
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I find it amusing that in the comments on Jims blog they are still obsessing about one or two spaces after a sentence or punctuation.
It’s one space. Only secretaries double space, and I have nothing against secretaries.
Source Link Rowley Press | Found on Monomoda
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Impressive portfolio and whilst you are over on his site, worth signing up to his RSS feed.
Source Link Michael Doret | Found on Grainedit
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Surprising that Helvetica gets mentioned.
Source link http://fontsinuse.com/the-typographic-monotony-of-american-retail
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Beautiful type work by Shelby, go and leave a comment on his blog if you want to see this and other pieces of work available to buy.
Source Link http://blog.wanken.com
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Pretty cute set of typeface meanings from the land of Lars Veldkamp. I would argue with Helvetica being conformist though. Depending on how cool and groovy you are, using Helvetica is the ultimate nonconformist statement. Yes, I am that cool person. Ergo, I am non conformist, but only cool people, like me, can see that. :-)
Thanks to http://www.gariphic.com/ who lead me to see this on DesignDontPanic.
Link Source http://www.flickr.com/
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