Category Archives: typography

maag interview, creator of aktiv grotesk the helvetica killer

By lesterbanks | Published: July 12, 2010
creative review has an interesting interview with Bruno Maag the creator of Aktiv Grotesk, a typeface designed to provide an alternative and improvement to Helvetica. Creative review headlines it as the “helvetica killer”. “Bruno Maag is so enraged by Helvetica that he has designed a typeface aimed specifically at wiping it off the face of the [...]
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best custom letters of 2009

By lesterbanks | Published: February 20, 2010
I am not much for nostalgic summed up lists like this, other than the fact that they provide great inspiration and some sweet letterforms. Check out the best custom letter faces of 2009 as compiled by LetterCult.
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typeface the movie

By lesterbanks | Published: January 19, 2010
Typeface the movie from Kartemquin Films focuses on the rural Hamilton Woodtype  Museum and print shop where international artists meet retired craftsmen and together navigate the convergence of modern design and traditional technique, with a store of 1.2 million pieces of woodtype.
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ywft top fonts 2009

By lesterbanks | Published: January 11, 2010
You Work For Them count down from 1 to 10, our top selling fonts of the past year. While we see a shift in what was hot in 2009 versus the year before, we also see favorites from 2008 still holding on strong.
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fold your own damn font

By lesterbanks | Published: December 29, 2009
Tobias Sommer (shasta) creates the “punched out” typeface, one you can download, print, cut and fold into a nifty real life pixel style typeface that is so 3D, it is real. (Photo © Tobias Sommer)
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type: a visual history of typefaces & graphic styles

By lesterbanks | Published: December 1, 2009
[amazon-product image="51kWXyZijcL._SL160_.jpg" type="image"]3836511010[/amazon-product]What an amazing book. type: a visual history of typefaces & graphic styles presents a visual history of fonts and graphic styles. This book offers a novel overview of typeface design, exploring the most beautiful and remarkable examples of font catalogs from the history of publishing, with a special emphasis on the period [...]
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C13 LCD typeface

By lesterbanks | Published: November 20, 2009
C13 LCD typeface designed by Cypher13 available over at WeWorkForThem.
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free font, sly-fox

By lesterbanks | Published: November 14, 2009
New free font from UseAllFive.
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Funkadelic type

By lesterbanks | Published: November 6, 2009
Really cool Funkadelic type from Mihail Mihaylov. Via the almighty GrainEdit.
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fontplore

By lesterbanks | Published: November 4, 2009
Fontplore is a nifty interactive application created for searching and exploring font databases.Find more information at fontplore.org
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