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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Competition: five copies of Slanted Magazine issue #14 to be won
Competition: we've teamed up with German typography magazine Slanted to give away five copies of their latest issue. More
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Ghost Script by Ben Hermel
Graphic designer Ben Hermel of Portland, Oregon, created this typeface by layering blended shapes over classic script letters. More
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Playtype foundry and concept store by e-Types
Danish typeface designers e-Types have opened a shop for their type foundry in Copenhagen, Denmark, where customers can buy digital fonts in a physical space. More
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Competition: five copies of Ridiculous Typography Rules to be won
Dezeen and Anneloes van Gaalen, author of Never Use More Than Two Different Typefaces And 50 Other Ridiculous Typography Rules, have teamed up to offer readers the chance to win one of five copies. More
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Competition: five copies of 3D Typography to be won
Dezeen and Mark Batty Publishers have got together to give away five copies of 3D Typography by designers Jeanette Abbink & Emily CM Anderson. More
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ABChairs by Roeland Otten
Rotterdam designer Roeland Otten has designed a collection of 26 chairs, each spelling out one letter of the alphabet. More
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Fashion Font by Yvette Yang
Dutch designer Yvette Yang has created a typeface by combining images from fashion magazines. More
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Alfashion by Sophie Lepinoy
Graphic design student Sophie Lepinoy has created a typeface that incorporates silhouettes of shoes and accessories. More
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Virtureal by Jelte van Abbema
Dutch Design Week: here's a second project by Jelte van Abbema, winner of the Rado Prize at the Dutch Design Awards in Eindhoven last week, which explores how to express emotion through the digital word. More
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Karamel Sans CE by Marta Maštálková
Czech graphic design student Marta Maštálková has designed a typeface by pouring liquid caramel onto glass. More
