Shady Characters » The Pilcrow, part 1 (History of Punctuation)

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Totally geeking out on this punctuational history ...
Enjoy.

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What the iPad is Missing (No, it’s not a Camera) | The FontFeed

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Typography took a back seat in the designing of Apple's famous iPad? Interesting. I'll take his word for it. It would still be nice to have an iPad though : )

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Video: Four Letter Words - Automated Neon Typography!

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This is a sweet little video! Pretty wild idea, but executed well.

Enjoy.

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The latest fonts from FontShop

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Check 'em out.

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A Font Made from iPhone Apps

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This is pretty creative, slick, and groovy. Why not, right?

Enjoy.

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Urban Typography

 

I love this site, and this sort of work. I have considered doing something similar to this myself. I really enjoy urban photography, and things of the like. Check out this site , full of photos from urban spaces documenting a wide range of examples of typography.

Cochrans / Aldi

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I saw the Aldi logo, and immediately thought of the Cochrans ski resort logo in Vermont. (I apologize for the terrible image quality, it's the best I could fine online.)

I appreciate the 'old school' nature of them both. I wish I could say what era or genre of design history that they come from or inherit their style from, but I can't. In fact, I can't tell you the history of much design at all. I probably should have paid better attention in Graphic Design History class in my BFA, and read the book(s) for that matter.

Anyway. I love the muted flat colors of both logos, as well as the flat two dimensional nature of both logos. They both make good use of geometric shapes, typography, and subtly asymmetrical layouts.