Tag: fonts

The History of Typography by
Ben Barrett-Forrest

Hundreds of cut-out paper letters tell the history of typefaces in this stop-motion animation by Canadian graphic designer Ben Barrett-Forrest. More »

Functional branding by Aekae
for QWSTION

Swiss design studio Aekae has abstracted the logo of accessory brand QWSTION to form textural laser-cut patterns within the outer fabric of these bags. More »

Great Orwell book covers
by David Pearson

Graphic designer David Pearson has censored the cover of George Orwell's classic novel 1984 as part of his series of redesigned books for publisher Penguin. More »

Macula font by
Jacques Le Bailly

Dutch graphic designer Jacques Le Bailly has designed a typeface of impossible shapes inspired by the optical trickery of artist M.C. Escher (+ slideshow). More »

Calvert Brody typeface by Margaret Calvert,
Neville Brody and Henrik Kubel

Graphic designer Neville Brody has reworked the Royal College of Art's house font by Margaret Calvert as part of the London institution's rebrand. More »

New street signs for New York
- New York Times

Dezeen Wire: the all-caps text on New York's street signs is being replaced by upper and lower case letters in a different font, called Clearview - New York Times.

"Higgs boson discovery announced
in Comic Sans" - HUH

Dezeen Wire: despite being one of the most significant scientific events of the past decade, the recent discovery of the Higgs boson particle was announced using Comic Sans, the most hated, informal typeface - HUH

4D typography
by Lo Siento

Barcelona graphic design company Lo Siento has created a set of sculptural letters that can be read from all sides (+ movie). More »

Typefaces by Wim Crouwel
for The Foundry

Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel has created two new typefaces for London type company The Foundry, based on his work for exhibition catalogues and posters from the 1960s and 1970s. More »

Competition: five copies of Page 1 - Great
Expectations by GraphicDesign& to be won

Competition: we've teamed up with publishers GraphicDesign& to give readers the chance to win one of five copies of their new book Page 1 - Great Expectations, which features the just the first page of Charles Dickens' famous novel, repeated 70 times with 70 different typographic layouts. More »

Nokia Pure font by Dalton Maag

London designers Dalton Maag have created a font for mobile phone brand Nokia to work in any language. More »

Mr Smith's
Letterpress Workshop

This video by Gavin Lucas in collaboration with Order involves a visit to Mr Smith's Letterpress Workshop in Kennington, London where Smith explains how he likes to design, set and print using traditional wood and metal type to create contemporary typographic prints. More »

Power of Making at the V&A

London Design Festival 2011: cakes decorated like creepily realistic babies and pencils with the alphabet painstakingly carved into their tips are among the exhibits at power of Making, which opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London yesterday. More »