Tag Archives: typography
links for 2008-05-09: signage fonts, Richard Price
CBRD – Media – Fonts British road sign fonts. I searched in vain for information about these, a couple of years ago. (via russel davies) (tags: typography UK road-signs) The Believer – Interview with Richard Price – containing, amongst other … more…
links for 2007-11-07: Helvetica, and two kinds of sphere
Strange Metal Orb found in Texas today’s mystery object (tags: weird-shit, Texas) The Official Typeface of the 20th Century Happy birthday Helvetica, 50 years old this week (via 3quarks) (tags: typography, Helvetica, design) Turning a Sphere Inside Out Seriously counter-intuitive … more…
Against the Day, at last
I got my copy yesterday. I didn’t pre-order, in the end, deciding that actually walking into a book shop, paying for it and carrying it away would be a more satisfying experience. First impression: the cover took me a little … more…
Against the Day: more details
More developments with the new Pynchon book: the publication date has been moved forward a couple of weeks to November 21st in the States, although its still December 5th in the UK. Strangely, the page count has also changed, but … more…
soviet gloss, design et typo
Another link from Plep again, already: this poster, from a collection of Soviet design from the 1920s, is of approximately the same vintage as the Chicago “L” poster from a couple of nights ago, and uses similar subject matter and … more…
The Scourge of Arial
The Scourge of Arial – history lesson: how and why Arial came to be… (via Liberal Arts Mafia)