January 2008
153 posts
Field Notes - a photoset on Flickr →
— Rob
What font says 'Change'?: Type designers decode... →
I saw this today and thought it was interesting. It’s about the design of campaign posters. — Ryan
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Lawrence Weiner Interview on Artkrush →
— Rob
Mon →
Mon are beautiful Japanese heraldic symbols. Great gallery at Wikipedia. — Rob
Asemic writing →
Asemic writing is a wordless open semantic form of writing. The word asemic means “having no specific semantic content”. Illegible, invented, or primal scripts (cave paintings, doodles, children’s drawings, etc.) are all influences upon asemic writing. But instead of being thought of as mimicry of preliterate expression, asemic writing can be considered as a postliterate style of writing that uses...
100+ possible examples of experimental type,...
Producing type http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24475492 Modular type http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24475538 Typology http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24475940 Type and ornament http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24475959 Type and the body http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24475994 Type and language http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24476029 Type and speech http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24476165 Type and depth...
Type and movement
Andrew Sloat http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24409189 Seven http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24178686 Moonlight in Glory http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24178642 Dylan http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24178487 Talking Heads http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24162939
Connections
Die Neue Typographie http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24177859 Weingart http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24179527 8vo http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24381860 = = = Weiner Werkstatte http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24381725 Neville Brody http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24381821 = = = Jugendstil http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24177383 Fillmore poster http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24380785 Stefan Sagmeister / Lou Reed...
Type and depth
Calypso http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408901 20th Century Fox http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408858 Oldenburg http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408786 Mexico 68 http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408742 ITC Neon http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408593 Bucky Ball http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408257 Univers Revolved http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24383627 Apeliog poster http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24381155 Rand,...
Type and speech
Alphabet 26 http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24378477 Griffo scrolls http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24377990 Thompson http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24177999 Rodchenko http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24177656 Lississky http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24177656 Schwitters http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24177622 Ars moriendi http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24176705 Martinetti http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24170158 Hollander...
Type and language
Pangrams http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24409075 Anagrams http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24168645 Lipograms http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24168638 Blue Note http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24381634 Gomringer http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24239434 Hausmann poster poem http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24179898 Smithson http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24179827 Tzara, The Bearded Heart http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24177592...
Type and the body
Flotner http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24409067 Tory http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24409045 Pillow Book http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24381463 M/M Alphabet http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24381382 Anthon Beeke http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24378428 Elliman / People’s Alphabet http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24474164
Type and ornament
Wood engraving http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24378849 Marian Bantjes http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24378770 Chancery Script title page http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24378293 Behrens http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24177539 Klimt, Secession http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24177487 Alvise title page http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24177134 Zapf Dingbats / Ray Gun http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24382879
Typology
Tory http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24177156 Bechers http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24382599 Horses http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24477709
Modular type
Braille http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24409354 Morse code http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24409141 ASCII art http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408872 Pipe Dream game http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408331 Cross stitch http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408275 Fregio Mecano http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408115 Yale 2006 MFA http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408014 Experimental Jetset SMCS ID...
Producing type
Phototypositor http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24409225 Composing room http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24409016 Composing stick http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408990 Gutenberg’s print shop http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408964 California job case http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408944 Hektor http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408092 http://2143.tumblr.com/post/24408067 Maeda poster...
WatchAndrew Sloat, “A More Perfect Union” (2007) via Vimeo — Rob
