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Do my Rs look big in this?

Matt — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:36:32 +0000

Matt had the ink and paintbrushes out this morning for a spot of custom lettering. Whether any of it will make it to print is yet to be seen but I thought I’d share a teeny snippet.

Always nice to get away from the Mac and draw something when you can.

Thinking big with type

Matt — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:11:30 +0000

Check out this fabulous post over on Typetoken showing a great bit of large-scale typesetting. The ‘Comedy Carpet’ was envisaged by artist Gordon Young in response to a commission from Blackpool Council. The typography was by Why Not Associates.

Linotype Documentary

Matt — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 15:34:03 +0000

“Linotype: The Film” Official Trailer from Linotype: The Film on Vimeo.

John Boardley is a designer with a passion for typography – so much so, in fact, that he’s making a film about one particular iconic piece of typesetting equipment: the Linotype.

The trailer looks interesting and we’d love to see how this spins out to a full-length programme.

You snooze…

Matt — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:01:19 +0000

Just spotted this rather lovely looking project via @twitsplosion – sadly we were too late to get our hands on a physical copy of the first edition but, if you want to check it out, you can buy the PDF for the modest fee of £3

A bit of type inspiration courtesy of Design Me Too

Matt — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:24:30 +0000

A nice and varied set of typographic treatments pulled together on the Design Me Too blog (@designmetoo on twitter)

Type-tache-tic!

Matt — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:16:44 +0000

Reminds me a little of the Type Tarts project from the UKType site (our entry was Bellevue du jour, by the way!). You can buy the posters at Old Tom Foolery should you wish. I certainly do.