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May 18, 2009

A DIN font family overview

Not the first time I've raved about something on MyFonts.com (and no, am not an affiliate) but their latest newsletter included a link to this lovely typeface, DIN.

Originally designed in the 1920s, the railways alphabet became part of that thorough German system of standards known as DIN (for Deutsches Institut für Normung, or German Institute for Standardization). From 1936 onwards, DIN 1451 was the standard type of lettering for road signage, described as “a style of lettering which is timeless and easily legible”.

Timeless indeed. This font in its new reincarnation is totally fresh!

Just as interesting is the MyFonts.com beta site's new Overview interface: hover in lower right to preview the family's headline fonts, a text block and (drum rolll...) the Greek and Cyrillic variations! This must be due to the font's European roots...

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April 1, 2009

Eric Gill - and a beautiful page design - on MyFonts.com

Meet Eric Gill
"Designer! Of course there must be a designer, a person, a mind, who thinks and contrives how things shall be made; but just because there must be there is no need to talk about him...Why call in a designer if he isn’t going to add something? My one complaint against machine-made goods is precisely this: that they too often hide their light under a bushel of “design”. Think how decent alarm clocks might be if they were just as plain and well-made outside as they often are inside!"

Read the whole interview conducted by Nicholas Planchette: http://www.myfonts.com/newsletters/cc/20090401.html

Click here to download:

Gill.zip (71 KB)

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January 27, 2009

A Wordle

...made from my tags on Delicious.com
(from http://www.wordle.net/)

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January 26, 2009

It's not personal...

MS PeopleReady ad (can I just say: wtf?)

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January 26, 2009

Misprinted Type

Fonts designed by Eduardo Recife.

Visit the web site of this Brazillian Artist/Designer/Illustrator. Would include some sample images but we are expressly asked not to. Have included font samples and a screenshot from the site background (hint: refresh the page to see all the backgrounds).

http://www.misprintedtype.com/v4/ includes Illustrations, Drawings, Fonts (some free), Goodies (free vector pacs and Pshop brushes) and an online Shop. Subscribe, and you get updates.

There's also a stunning portfolio site: http://www.eduardorecife.com/

Click here to download:

EduardoRecifeFonts.zip (950 KB)

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January 25, 2009

Free Obama (sticker) Art

MoveOn.org Political Action: Free Obama stickers by Shepard Fairey
MoveOn is giving away stickers designed by Shepard Fairey this week to celebrate Barack Obama's victory. Free.

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January 21, 2009