Superheroes and villains recreated with typography | Typography
We've seen plenty of design tributes to our favourite superheroes and villains of late. From making stunning use of negative space to postcard portraits, it's clear that comic book icons are providing a ton of inspiration for new design concepts. Here, Moldova-based artist Midu1995 has illustrated various superheroes and villains with typography. Showcasing the likes of Batman, Iron Man and Bane, he uses words that are often attributed to the character, arranging them until it forms the silhouette. His clever picks have allowed him to effortlessly craft the silhouette of his chosen hero or villain to produce some really inventive artworks. [via Design Taxi] Like this? Free tattoo fonts for designers Free Photoshop actions to create stunning effects Create a perfect mood board with these pro tips Have you seen some inspiring new work?
About - Luke Lucas – Typographer | Graphic Designer | Art Director
About Who is Luke Lucas? I'm a freelance creative, art director, illustrator, designer and typographer from Melbourne, Australia. What's with all the type stuff? I love that the same word, passage or even letter can be treated in bunch of different ways and embody entirely different meanings... Are you just a type guy? What have you been up to? Over the following 3 years, we pretty much didn’t sleep and published 8 editions of Fourinarow which we distributed to 14 countries around the world. 1999-2011 Co Founder/Creative Director of Lifelounge Lifelouge has taken on many forms over the last 12 years but the fundamental values that we were bound by during my time there was the genuine desire to create and represent the kinds of things that people like ourselves can be entertained or inspired by. 2011 - Present: Freelance Creative Professional / Awesome Dad Life's good.
Five simple steps to better typography
– April 13th, 2005 – Typography, I find, is still a bit of mystery to a lot of designers. The kind of typography I’m talking about is not your typical “What font should I use” typography but rather your “knowing your hanging punctuation from your em-dash” typography. So, in an attempt to spread the word here’s the first of five simple steps to better typography. Measure the Measure. The Measure is the name given to the width of a body of type. One point = 1/72 of an inchOne pica = 12 pointsOne em = The distance horizontally equal to the type size, in points, you are using. But, with the advent of DTP packages and the website design the following are also now used: MillimetresPixels There is an optimum width for a Measure and that is defined by the amount of characters are in the line. CSS and fluid? What is interesting here is fluid designs on the web. The Measure and leading. A simple rule is your leading should be wider than your word spacing. Reversing out? Tracking Your responsibility
Cómo crear tipografías : Tipo e Editorial
Del boceto a la pantalla Cristóbal Henestrosa · Laura Meseguer · José Scaglione ya puedes conseguir tu ejemplar de cómo crear tipografías por sólo 18 euros mas gastos de envío. enviamos a cualquier ciudad y país. venta exclusiva online, pago con tarjeta de crédito y paypal. los envíos, excepto por mensajería, se realizan los jueves. ·Envios a España sin certificar gratis 0 € ·Envios a España con mensajería 6,5 € ·Envios Unión Europea sin certificar 3,90 € ·Envios Europa (no UE) sin certificar 3,50 € ·Envios Europa (UE y no UE) certificados 9 € ·Envios internacionales certificados 14 € ¿Cómo se diseña una tipografía? Capítulos: 1 Motivaciones. 2 Escritura, caligrafía, dibujo y diseño de tipos. 3 Procesos y métodos. 4 Digitalización. 5 Espaciado. 6 Programa tipográfico. 7 Tipografía como software. 8 Distribución. 9 Perspectiva. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · *Como siempre, los pedidos se realizarán los jueves
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Rare Type Specimens at the Open Library (2012 update)
Collecting rare specimen books from type foundries can be a really expensive hobby. Luckily there is a growing number of digitized type specimen books available online. The Open Library project offers a free and enjoyable way to browse in those books. The magnifying glass isn’t working yet, but you can download most of these type specimen as PDFs with a sufficient resolution. Here is a selection of the available type specimen books: William Caslon – A specimen of printing types (1785) Caslon: A specimen of cast ornaments (1798) Franklin type foundry, Cincinnati – Convenient book of specimens (1889) Barnhart bros. & Spindler, Chicago – Book of type specimens (1881) Keystone Type Foundry, Philadelphia – Abridged specimen book (1906) Cleveland Type Foundry – Catalogue and book of specimens of type faces (1895) Palmer & Rey, San Francisco – New specimen book (1884) American Type Founders Company – American specimen book of type styles (1912) Inland Type Foundry, St. Related Links:
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