Category Archives: Typography

Linotype – The 8th Wonder of the World

Posted on 25/01/2012 by Dominic

Linotype: The Film is a feature-length documentary centered around the Linotype type casting machine. Called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by Thomas Edison, it revolutionized printing and society. The film tells the surprisingly emotional story of the people connected to … Continue reading →

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Typecasting

Posted on 18/08/2010 by Helen

If a moustache hints at one’s personality, can it do the same for typefaces? Tor Weeks, a San Francisco-based art director that created this field guide, found out by turning brackets in various fonts on their sides. She writes on … Continue reading →

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We Are Happy To Know You

Posted on 05/05/2010 by Helen

New Yorkers and Law and Order fans alike know the “We Are Happy To Serve You” paper coffee cup is an iconic piece of old New York.

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Just our type

Posted on 05/10/2009 by Jessica

Today we paid a visit to the lovely people at Woodside Press at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for some help setting some type for an exciting new job. It was great to get away from a computer screen for a … Continue reading →

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Book of the Week

Posted on 18/08/2009 by Kevin

This week’s book, comes courtesy of the walking book shelf (and creative director) himself, Nick Eagleton: Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles For anyone bored to tears with the same 10 typefaces we use for everything, a veritable cornucopia … Continue reading →

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WTF for the iPhone

Posted on 13/02/2009 by Kevin

A cool app just appeared on the iPhone App store: WTF – or to give its full name – What The Font – is a free app that replicates the functionality of the website (of the same name) that can work out … Continue reading →

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Fontsuffle for font geeks

Posted on 17/12/2008 by Kevin

This little app from FontSHop, FontSuffle looks kinda useful. What would make it very, very useful, is it it could do font regognition. ‘What’s that font’, fire up app, point camera, snap….. ‘Garamond’.

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