Sunday Type: dilbert type

Aug 26 2008

one big bullet point

Mathieu and Breton’s article on their experience of KABK’s Type and Media masters course has proven insanely popular. The students at Reading are nearing the end of their masters in Type Design, so hopefully we’ll be hearing from them too.

I’ve spoken here before about the importance of white space, not simply as an element of typography, but as the active ‘void’ that defines it. Just as shadow gives form to objects, so white space, carefully conceived, brings to the page structure, form and order. So, I had to smile when I saw this comic strip:

For the ampersand addicted, here’s another ampersand t-shirt from turnnocturnal. This one is the italic ampersand from Garamond:

Gotham Rounded in action

Perhaps one of the best ‘roundeds’ ever. Forget VAG Rounded, and switch to Gotham Rounded:

The only other rounded that I really like is Erik Spiekermann’s FF Unit Rounded.

I wondered what had happend to Keven Cornell besides his recent alien abduction. Now all is revelaed. A graphic novel, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

I’ve just ordered mine. It’s available on Amazon.

Type Cubes are something like the analog counterpart of FontStruct’s digital cubes:

Some more exquisite work from Brooklyn Bookbinder:

Be sure to take a look at the gallery of photo albums too.

The ampersand appears to be getting a lot more press these days. Automatic ‘Awesompersands’ is a pretty comprehensive article that discusses dressing up one’s ampersands for the web. If you’re not already using Hamish’s WordPress Typogrify plugin, then I strongly suggest you try it out. Via.

A nice spread via Spatium Magazine. The site’s in German, but if (like me) you don’t read German, your eyes nonetheless will enjoy:

Like this:

From this equally great Flickr member.

Also love the look of this project from Jens Schulz:

Elí Castellanos Chávez’s SexyType formerly written in Spanish has now decided to go English. I’ve enjoyed this blog, but, as my Spanish is limited to about a dozen words, I’m happy to see the change.

Nice work from Viola Sutanto Ting of Chewing the Cud. Products available through her Etsy shop. She has a nice blog too. Via Roadside Scholar.

A big collection of gig posters. Some dreadful ones there, but some real gems to be found too.

Thanks to Jack at Horrorwood.

The Alpha letter-topped coffee table:

Thanks, Becca.

Free fonts

Originally released in 2005, Jack Usine’s GEronto Bis is now available with extended language support and in the OpenType format:

You can download GEronto Bis for free (read the license), and take a look at the PDF specimen. Via How.

New type

Capsa from Dino dos Santos. Lots of swashes and alternate glyphs:

Pick of the month

Randy Jones’ Eason, a type with bucket loads of character that doesn’t distract.

Though Jenson runs through its beziers, its soul, this is a type standing on its own merits—and one that I’ve only recently discovered. I’m thoroughly impressed. Comes with a nicely drawn, almost upright, italic, and inline caps—well worth taking a look at.

Thanks to Randy, who set today’s masthead in Eason.

Wherever you are, and whatever you’re doing, keep smiling, and have an inspired and productive week.

Kuroki Kaze

http://www.amazon.com/Solid-Form-Language-Writing-Meaning%2Fdp%2F1894031881&tag=japanagocom-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325

You forget the colon after “http”

Aug 26, 2008
johno

Thanks, Kuroki. Now fixed.

Aug 26, 2008
Kari Pätilä

This is certainly refreshing.

Lately I’ve had to deal with quasi-professional people who think that printing an entire brochure in centered Bello Pro is a grand idea indeed.

Sometimes I just hate working with other people…

Aug 26, 2008
johno

Kari
Well, if it’s any consolation, your pain (or at least the way you recount it) made me laugh :)

Aug 26, 2008
yuki

The coffee table is so appealing! One of those I’ll enjoy having at home for some nice coffee&conversation with special friends!

Love its Vintage look!

Aug 26, 2008
Davin

Process Type’s Bryant is also a pretty nice rounded typeface.
http://www.processtypefoundry.com/typefaces/bryant2/index.html
It’s quite similar to Gotham of course but it does have some subtleties that set it off.

There’s also Darden’s Omnes but it’s a little different.
http://www.dardenstudio.com/typefaces/omnes

Aug 26, 2008
MP

Wow, I really like that Graphis 115 Advert. Good Flickr find Johno!

-MP

Aug 26, 2008
LorraineDesign

I’m loving the link to Spatium: I’ve been looking for a good design blog to practice my German. Thanks!

Aug 26, 2008
Giler

Just to let you know, I think the new Dino dos Santos typeface is called Capsa, not Caspa…

Aug 26, 2008
Daniel Campos

Caspa is very very great!

Aug 26, 2008
Robert

Yet another great t-shirt from Turn Nocturnal. I really like those type cubes too. Good stuff!

Aug 26, 2008
Justin

I want a hamburge right now. Eason is pretty nice looking.

Aug 26, 2008
Andrew

Kevin Cornell (Illustrator of Benjamin Button) also has a great website with a lot of really nice hand lettering on it.

http://www.bearskinrug.co.uk/

I like telling people that Kevin’s a Kutztown University alumni (my Alma Mater). He also graduated with another popular web guru, Jason Santa Maria and does most of the illustrations for A List Apart. Despite the “co.uk” he works proficiently out of the Philadelphia region.

It’s nice to see fellow alumni doing so well and getting lots of recognition.

Aug 26, 2008
Maggie a.k.a. brooklynbookbinder

Thanks for the mention…again - what a great surprise! And thanks for the recommendation of A Short History of the Printed Word. That looks like one gorgeous little book!

Aug 26, 2008
LaurenMarie - Creative Curio

I like Capsa’s alternate glyphs. I’m trying to explore those a little more to increase my typographic prowess.

Kevin Cornell’s work is beautiful, too. Glad to see he did a graphic novel! Definitely going on my wishlist :) I like his style so much!

Aug 26, 2008
john cooper

RundschriftEF is my fav rounded font nice even weight
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/ef/rundschrift/ef-regular/mac-t1/194850/

john c

Aug 26, 2008
Bryan Veloso

I fell in love with Capsa the moment I bought it. I spent hours playing with the alternate ligatures and glyphs and I still don’t think I’ve completely uncovered the font yet. It has definitely been an eye-opener for me when it comes to the potential power of OpenType.

Very glad to see it on here. :)

Aug 27, 2008
Simon Robertson

thanks again johno!

i love the type table and the ‘fontstruct’ cubes.

and thanks for mentioning gotham rounded, i now have soemthing else to save for!

if you interested, i’ve updated cpd chomel, it now have caps. you can find it here: http://armorath.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/cpd-chomel-an-update/

cheers - sye :)

Aug 27, 2008
johno

Simon
Thanks for the link. Off to take a look now.

Aug 30, 2008
JP

Great post! I love fonts! Thanks for the link! I’ll check it out!

Aug 31, 2008
Piotr

I fell in love with Capsa!

Sep 15, 2008