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Free Fonts Of The Month: Myndraine, Museo Sans
Posted September 23rd, 2008 by notesdesignEvery now and again we take a look around, select “fresh” high-quality free fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually the time you should be investing in your current projects. We search for them and we find them, so you don’t have to.
Technorati Tags: Ampersands With Attitude
Posted August 15th, 2008 by notesdesignAmpersands have long been the character in a typeface with which typographers can indulge themselves. Sweeping curves, flirtatious finishes and bold statements - these are the things that make ampersands an exciting character to use and, better still, to design.
iPhone Wallpaper goodness
Posted August 13th, 2008 by notesdesignIf you've got an iPhone (and if you're a designer, there's a 74.3% probability that you do have one), you'll be wanting it to look super lovely at all times. So how about some tasty'n'free wallpaper for it? We've been...
Top Ten Web Typography Sins
Posted August 11th, 2008 by notesdesignWhile many designers have been quick to embrace web standards, it's surprising how often the basic standards of typography are neglected. Here are ten deadly sins to avoid in your web typography.
Deliver us from evil
Posted July 16th, 2008 by notesdesignThe shot above is of a piece of metal type onto which the Lord's Prayer has been cast. The surface area is about 4mm x 4mm – you could get it onto a 1st Class stamp twenty times over. We...
A font & bookends & tshirts
Posted July 8th, 2008 by notesdesignThe kids over at House Industries have released their latest font, Studio Lettering, and with it they've produced a stack of tasty merchandise. If you've got a couple of hundred bucks to hand, you can pick up a pair of...
Great Ideas, Volume III
Posted July 2nd, 2008 by notesdesignWell heck, it's that time of year again, and the third volume of Penguin's Great Ideas Series is about to hit the shelves (early August we're reliably informed). Once again, the bulk of the designs are by the marvellously talented...
Degrees of brilliance
Posted June 16th, 2008 by notesdesignWe made our way across to a couple of the Central Saint Martins degree shows over the weekend. First up we checked out the MA Communication Design show at the Mall Galleries, and then the BA Graphic Design exhibition at...
Attack of the Incredible Movie Title Screens!
Posted June 11th, 2008 by notesdesignHow tasty are these? They're from Steven Hill's rather spectacular online collection of movie title screens. He's compiled a catalogue of over five thousand different titles, and they're a brilliant record of typographic stylings through the years. Definitely worth a...
Moments of inspiration
Posted May 21st, 2008 by notesdesignWe made our way along to the St Bride Annual Conference at the end of last week, and we were going to post a long, fascinating, detailed and critical analysis of it all, but fortunately Ministry of Type has beaten...
The Showcase Of BIG Typography - Second Edition
Posted May 20th, 2008 by notesdesignIn Web typography doesn’t have to support the overall design. It can dominate. It can be loud. It can be bold. And it can be everywhere on a web-site. In many situations it’s reasonable to give the typography the prominent position it deserves, leaving visual cues in the background or removing them at all. Doing that, you have to risk large font sizes surrounded by a generous amount of white space. What comes out of it? Elegant web sites with a unique form, style and sense of precision.
Free Fonts Of The Month: Freebooter Script, Cora Basic
Posted May 12th, 2008 by notesdesignEvery now and again we take a look around, select “fresh” high-quality free fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually the time you should be investing in your current projects. We search for them and we find them, so you don’t have to.
Sexy, Bold And Experimental Typography
Posted May 12th, 2008 by notesdesignSometimes typography is all you need to communicate your ideas effectively. Graphics can support the type or type can support the graphics, but to deliver the message precisely, you need to make sure your type is expressive enough, your design is distinctive enough and the composition is strong enough. The results are sometimes crazy, sometimes artsy, sometimes beautiful, but often just different from things we're used to. Thus designers explore new horizons and we explore new viewing perspectives which is what inspiration is all about.
FontStruct
Posted May 8th, 2008 by notesdesignDear Internet. We find that we have waaaay too much time on our hands. It would be really splendid if you could find a way to suck away some of that time. Perhaps a few hours each day? Or, you...
Best Of April 2008
Posted April 30th, 2008 by notesdesignEvery month we take a look around and select some of the most interesting web-development-related web-sites. We read articles, check out tools, analyze the advantages of new resources. Below you’ll find useful references, tutorials, services, tools, techniques and articles we’ve found over the last 30 days - an overview of web-sites you shouldn’t have missed in April 2008.
Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press
Posted April 15th, 2008 by notesdesignFirst off, apologies if you’ve already seen this posted over on AceJet170, but it's just too good to allow even the smallest chance of you missing it. Last night BBC4 screened a fantastic show with the ever wonderful Mr Stephen...
Uncredited
Posted March 5th, 2008 by notesdesignA great big thank-you to everyone who has added to our list of rather fine motion graphics - Alistair has been sellotaping all the suggested films into his collection of favourites on YouTube, so do take a look. If you...
