I Love Type Links 1
As a way of reducing the length of Sunday Type, I’ve decided to move the general links—bits and pieces—to a separate page. I don’t think I’ll show these posts on the home page, but by slicing Sunday Type in two (from time to time), I hope that it will be a little easier to digest. I’m also looking at ways to better tag the content within Sunday Type; so that, for example, if you just want to see typographic posters, then a little WP wizardry will dig out and display only poster-related content from all the Sunday Type posts, and serve them up as a single custom post. Not sure that that will make any sense. Anyway, here we go (competition details at the end!):
These are the links for Sunday Type: tomate type:
Notes on the Frankfurt book fair—the FontFeed:
Join H&FJ on FaceBook:
typographer.org on CrapFont [ed. typo!] FlipFont
Type Camp Galiano 2008 photos
Tokyo Design Week (Oct 30–Nov 3)
Emigre free book offer (via)
Alternatives to your favourite sans serifs
More type cushions:
Vintage and Retro Typography Showcase
Carolyn Fraser’s letterpress workshop
Tugboat press [blog | etsy | flickr]
Alphabet travelling exhibition (via)
Type sketches from Paul D. Hunt [blog | flickr | typophile]
The competition
Thanks to the generosity of the folk at FontShop I have two wonderful competition prizes. But before I tell you about them, here’s what you need to do to be in with a chance of winning them:
Simply submit your favourite letter(s) to the My Favourite Letters Flickr pool. Multiple submissions welcomed. Existing entries will be included.
The first-place winning entry will receive a copy of the FontBook; the second-place winning entry gets a copy of Made with FontFont. They’re both fantastic books that will make you happier, more successful, and the envy of all your friends, work colleagues, and perhaps even your neighbours.
The first-place winning entry will also be screen-printed by my own hands in a limted edition of 50 signed by me (that adds about three cents to the value).
I’ll choose and announce the winners (or perhaps ask Stephen Coles of FontShop / FontFeed / Typographica / Typophile to choose one) on November 13. If I can get more prizes, then I’ll make this a regular feature. Visit the My Favourite Letters pool on Flickr to get started.
Related:
FontBook—the movie
FontBook at FontShop with some PDF sample pages
Made with FontFont on FontShop—also with PDF sample pages
Sunday Type: tomate type
Thanks also to Vivien over at inspirationbit for the competition theme idea.
— Hochuli & Kinross
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Able Parris
There are a lot of type cushions these days, but these are the best! Hooray for collage, and hooray for being the first to comment two times in a row!
I’m really not sitting in front of my computer continually hitting refresh on iLT, I promise! (fingers crossed) ;)
Oct 30, 2008
johno
Able
You’ve just given me a thought. How about a collage entry to the my favourite letters group?
Oct 30, 2008
Sander
Great second sunday today :). I like that the sunday posts are seperated in two posts the I Love Type Links. I thought it would not show at the frontpage but it does, so you might want to take a look at that. Anyway… I will submit my fav letter soon! When will this competition end?
Oct 30, 2008
johno
SanderA majority of readers (at least those who commented on the topic) wished to see the links post on the front page, so here it is :) Looking forward to your submission.
Oct 30, 2008
Mitternacht
It seems that standards are getting higher and higher in the Favourite Letter group, the competition is clearly a good idea. Submission done, made my evening.
By the way, the Lord of the Ring poster is a gem :)
Oct 31, 2008
Ricky Irvine
If my winning entry has lots of gradients and about 200 colors, will you still screenprint it?
Oct 31, 2008
Able Parris
Johno, I’ve already started working on it! :)
Oct 31, 2008
Ivo
I’d like to see more foundries on Facebook, like H&FJ. That’s why I’d just create a FontFont page. Feel free to join … =)
Oct 31, 2008
johno
Mitternacht
Thanks for your submission. That poster is Christian Neumann’s winning entry for a competition I held back in February.
Ricky
I was waiting for someone to ask that. Well, if the winning entry is ‘unscreen-printable’, then I’ll look at an alternate high quality printing method.
Oct 31, 2008
Hamish M
Excellent contest idea! Looking forward to the results! :)
Nov 1, 2008
slyvian
Great idea for the competition. I’ll try one. Thanks johno!
Nov 2, 2008
_Sven
Great Prizes, nice competition. I joined with my »S« Letter.
Nov 2, 2008
Esben Thomsen
Well this time I think I should compete, since Im overly enjoying making those wallpapers anyway
Nov 2, 2008
johno
Sven
Saw that. Thank you.
Esben
You’ve already contributed some great ones. Thanks for getting involved.
Nov 2, 2008
Simon
1.- I love your site
2.- I love your posts
3.- I love this contest and quoting Esben “I’m overly enjoying making those wallpapers anyway”
=)
Nov 3, 2008
Robert
Really good stuff. Really good stuff at Tokyo Design week. I wonder if Los Angeles has anything like that. I been lagger when it comes to joining the “My Favorite Letters” Flickr Group. I just joined and should be uploading stuff within the hour.
Nov 3, 2008
Katy
Aw I wish I was in Toyko…. or better yet, they should bring Design Week to Vancouver!
Nov 5, 2008
Daniel Campos
Great post!
I’ve posted about all elements that there’re in typographs caracters. So good!
Regards
Daniel
Nov 7, 2008
Daniel Campos
Great post!
I’ve posted about all elements that there’re in typographs caracters. So good!
http://tinyurl.com/5dpkqa
Regards
Daniel
Nov 7, 2008
Ampersanderson
It’s no lie to say that I love this blog.
But I will also admit that I have a streak of jealousy running through me. My roommate found a copy of FontBook on the street in Brooklyn, amidst a pile of discarded text books. She is an artist, with a mild appreciation for type, but admits herself that it is a little much for even her. And so, as a designer who appreciates type above most all design elements, I am jealous. And yes, this jealousy drove me to post my favorite letter on flickr.
Thanks for this chance!
Nov 7, 2008
Dave Newt
I can’t decide on my favourite letter, but have added one to the pool anyway :-)
Great blog John, keep it up.
No, I mean that, not just saying it to win a book.
:-)
David.
Nov 12, 2008