February 2012
20 posts
Our Favorite Typefaces of 2011 | Typeface Reviews... →
After a long hiatus (inexcusably skipping 2009 and ’10) we’re back with our annual review of the year in type. The idea is simple: I invite a group of writers, educators, type makers and type users to look back at 2011 and pick the release that excited them most. The reviews range from the academic (like Paul van der Laan on Zizou or Jens Kutilek on FB Alix) to the theoretical (such as Jan...
Ampersand 2012 · The Web Typography Conference →
AMPERSAND
THE WEB TYPOGRAPHY
CONFERENCE
COMBINING THE WORLDS OF WEB & TYPE DESIGN Erik Spiekermann
Jake Archibald
Douglas Wilson
Yves Peters
Jason Smith
José Scaglione
Elliot Jay Stocks
Veronika Burian
FRIDAY 15th JUNE 2012
BRIGHTON, UK
I propose kidnapping a large % of this list and keeping them in my basement to be my design bitches. Anyone want in? ;P
N.B. I don’t have a basement....
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How does MyFreeCopyright.com protect my creation? Your original creation is securely uploaded. A digital fingerprint of your original creation is captured, logged,...
Valentine Tweet Marathon →
As an act of perseverance, and compassion, graphic designer Timothy Goodman attempted to draw a unique valentine for every single one of his Twitter followers on February 14, 2012, between the hours of 7 AM and 7 PM. I guess sometimes you have to be mad for love
Mental. Genius PR though…
With 1150 followers, I estimated roughly 40 seconds per valentine (or 96 an hour). This was very...
Flickr Is Getting a Major Makeover | Betabeat —... →
Mr. Spiering moused over the current photo view. “This is very typical of Flickr,” he said. ”Lots of white space, small photos, lots of information around.” He then opened a new tab to show the spread, completely revamped. Suddenly the photos look more than four times their current size and lie neatly justified on the page, somehow jigsawing together without cropping or changing the order in which...
Fontbundlr →
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How It Works… • We partner with great font foundries. • The fonts are on Fontbundlr for a limited time. • We email you once the deal starts, then you...
“More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.”
– Robert Smith Surtees
Jarno Trulli Loses Seat - No Italians on the Grid →
Boo, I’ve always liked Trulli & it sucks not to have people have a proper send-off (you too Rubens, but hell at least you weren’t dropped at the last minute). On the plus side I will stop mentally singing random-ass songs from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang whenever his surname is mentioned (it’s damn disturbing I tell you - hence not even spelling out the particular song- & I...
EIGHT YEAR OLD ZOE THOMSON SHREDDING THE GUITAR...... →
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes becomes the world’s... →
That’s nuts, there must be some serious offsetting going on there! :)
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The 5 Stages Of Pain After Being Unfollowed. -... →
I shall now follow and unfollow tremendousnews in honour of this pretty funny article… ;P
Reason 101 Why I'm Glad My Library Catalogue is on... →
We’re happy to announce that Goodreads has reached a new milestone: We are no longer dependent on Amazon for book information. Ingram, the largest wholesaler of books in the U.S., is our new primary data partner, and our agreement with them will ensure accurate and reliable information for the foreseeable future. In addition to Ingram, we are working with dozens of other open data sources,...
BBC News - Tiger bread renamed giraffe bread by... →
Lily’s letter said: “Why is tiger bread called tiger bread? It should be called giraffe bread. Love from Lily Robinson age 3 and 1/2”. Chris King from the Sainsbury’s customer services team wrote back: “I think renaming tiger bread giraffe bread is a brilliant idea - it looks much more like the blotches on a giraffe than the stripes on a tiger, doesn’t...
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