As we know, typography is key in many designs. From the great type treatments used in Chipp Kidd‘s book covers, to the inscriptions on the base of Trajan’s Column and even to the inventive destruction of type by David Carson; type is integral to communication. Modern digital type rests on the shoulders of giants, cuneiform scribes tallying cattle on the muddy plains of Mesopotamia, Phoenician traders with purple dye and scrolls in hand, Guttenberg at his press and modern typographers Max Miedinger, Eduard Hoffmann or House Industries. But this doesn’t mean we can’t have fun with type! I know these have been around for a while, but they are always classics, and what doesn’t say classic like good typography? That and fonts insulting each other.
Font Conference, so this is what happens in font management software when were not looking!
Font Fight! Sock ’em Helvetica!
Also here’s an extremely quick list of some good type related links, I hope you’ll find they are your type too:
Resources & Forums:
- Typophile.com: love the font, meet fellow tyopolphiles and bitch about Comic Sans.
- MyFonts.com: Look at all the fonts, wonderful stuff, but be prepared to max out the credit card or be lost for hours looking at all the great stuff.
Great Type Foundries:
- House Industries: All I want for Christmas is the Shag font!
- FontDiner.com: Awesome retro fonts, I highly recommend them. Keep an eye out for the type face fontdiner & fontdiner loungy, you’ll see them everywhere.
- Linotype.com: Just the classics please.
