grolier club

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/24/arts/design/printing-for-kingdom-empire-republic-review.html?ref=arts

‘Printing for Kingdom, Empire & Republic’ - Review

www.nytimes.com

The exhibition “Printing for Kingdom, Empire & Republic” at the Grolier Club celebrates French-made typefaces that changed the look of books.

free retro fonts

http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=934995676&gid=3621&type=member&item=81921258&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edemilked%2Ecom%2Ffree-retro-fonts%2F&urlhash=5GJO&goback=%2Egde_3621_member_81921258

get 'em now

Lost Type

http://losttype.com/

invitational types

Buttermilk, Memorium, BickhamScriptPro, Affair, and Penabico

fat and fancy types

Buttermilk, Memoriam, PosterBodoni, Radio, BelloScript, Stilla, BookmanSwash, Mommie, Candice, and Lobster.

delicate serif types

Caslon, Garamond Pro, Italian Garamond, Perpetua, and Requiem

clipped round types

Gridnik and Vectrex

bold macho fonts

traditional serif text/display fonts

Fournier, Goudy Old Style, Jenson, and Bembo

slab serif fonts

Archer, Lubalin Graph, Memphis, Museo, PMN Caecilia, and Rockwell

edgy serif fonts

Farnham, Freight, Mrs Eaves, Hoefler, and Veljovic

futura and futura like font identification

I'm Comic Sans, Asshole

I'm Comic Sans, Asshole from joehollier on Vimeo.

This was a class assignment for Paul Sahre's Typography class at SVA.
Filmed & Edited by Joe Hollier
joehollier.com
5onthat.com

Bodoni Bedlam Pop-Up Book

Holy Bodoni! The designer, Victoria Macey certainly knows her way around a type specimen book. She describes her pop-up book as:

An alphabet pop-up book, which displays the font, Bodoni, while telling a charming tale about a quest for the "Dees" that have been captured by the evil Dee Catcher.

Take a look at some of her work here: Victoria Macey

Feeling uninspired in your type choices?

Three words... look around you!

There is no better place to see a diversity of typography and design than New York City (somewhat biased opinion)

NYC Type agrees with that notion as it catalogs typography around Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. See any familiar typefaces?

Font Squirrel

Finding quality free fonts is an arduous task.

A new website has popped up that culls through the trashier free fonts and presents the best of the best in the free font category.

While there are a few less than desirable fonts that have sneaked their way onto their database, a majority are nicely drawn and carefully rendered.

Take a look

FontSquirrel

Below are some of my personal favorites:

Bebas Neue:

Oblik:

Conqueror Didot:

AW Conqueror Carved:

ChunkFive:

Quicksand:

Nobile:

Museo Slab Serif:

H&FJ's Guide to Combining Typfaces

Here is a great, quick and very basic how-to guide to combining typefaces.

Check out the full H&FJ's guide here.

1. A palate with wit uses complementary moods:

2. A palate with energy mixes typefaces from the same historical context whose families maintain different features.

3. A palate with poise mixes similar line qualities with different textures.

4. A palate with dignity mixes similar proportions while giving each face a different note.

n.