Imagine a gas powered desktop publishing system that weighed several tons, leaked oil, had thousands of moving parts, its own boiler full of molten lead and a keyboard where you couldn’t see what you had typed and which looked a thousand times more strange and complicated than any deliberately anachronistic ‘Steampunk’ PC casemod.
This is how the machines that laid out the pages of newspapers were till the 80s, and to give some idea of how recent this technology was used, they were manufactured until after the release of the Apple computer. Linotype had a virtual monopoly on the typesetting of newspapers for a hundred years and their design is a superb example of an endlessly refined solution to what became an anachronistic problem.
Only something simple but if I put it here I'll know where to find it, if I ever need it (unlikely!)!
An all capitals family based on the hand lettering of English artist, Frank Bellamy, most famous for his comic art for Eagle and TV21, and his Dr Who illustrations for Radio Times...
there are a few notable typefaces out there that have both a serif AND sans serif treatment. even fewer are the fonts that attempt to bridge the divide with pseudo-sans and proto-serifs. rotis by top german designer, otl aicher is just such a font.
it is worth noting that the r in rotis is not meant to be capitalised since aicher, like yours truly, believes that capital letters are a sign of hierarchy and oppression.
if nothing else, i am going to steal "capital letters are a sign of hierarchy and oppression" to justify my inability to find the shift key.
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pantone typeface
Niklas Lundberg
flickr set
I worked with some of those machines in my youth.
Flickr Arabic Type Group
http://www.handmadefont.com
Ersinhan Ersin recently presented to the typography community an alphabet made from cassette tapes. He cleverly calls the project Tapeography.
African beach calligraphy doodles on the behance network
Erm...
http://www.chrt.ch/index.php?id=8
http://www.fontcapture.com/
via: Carousel via: @thatothertime
An all capitals family based on the hand lettering of English artist, Frank Bellamy, most famous for his comic art for Eagle and TV21, and his Dr Who illustrations for Radio Times...
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i think these sub-pixel letters are pure genius. he's designed them for favicons and small LCD screens, and says he'll release them as a free font.
from miha's blog on Typophile
here's an image from the guy's 3px typeface showing subpixel colour rendering, and all that jazz -
the comments are an excellent mix of thoughtful criticism and sheer idiocy. nimmot knows where the fun is.
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shitskis .. i can't remember who made this...
bigger
scans from blueprint magazine's classifieds
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from Chema Madoz' gallery
Fun with vintage porn logos from the 70s and 80s
Yah i noticed that too, bit lame considering the guy sells himself as some sort of design + creative genius. Plonker.
if nothing else, i am going to steal "capital letters are a sign of hierarchy and oppression" to justify my inability to find the shift key.
from the ragbag
from the people @ blanka
These pillows are made from recycled suit-jackets. Some will have buttons, some will have a pocket, all retro awesome tweeds, herringbones and checks.
teapographics, chortle!
body type
Alpha-Zombie Form
Takach Custom Etching Press
there's a LOT more from Yee-Haw Industries' Flickr photo stream