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A history and some revival fonts < The Fell Types
The Fell Types took their name from John Fell, a Bishop of Oxford in the seventeenth-century. Not only he created an unique collection of printing types but he started one of the most important adventures in the history of typography. You will find here a non-exhaustive history and a modern digitization of some of them.
50 Inspiring Typographic Artists … and me | Moonsail design | Branding, graphic design, typography and web design
I put the call out on Facebook and Twitter recently to see which typographers and calligraphers were inspiring people at the moment. The results were interesting, because very few of them were “typographers” in the true sense of the word, in that, they don’t “arrange typefaces for print”. What they do, is actually use typographic forms in an artistic, or “illustrative” way. In fact, I was interested to see there are very few recognisable typefaces amongst the works of these artists at all, most of them preferring to hand draw their own letterforms from scratch. I’m sure lots of talented people have been missed out, so feel free to add your inspirations in the comments section down below—I’m sure there will be a part 2 to this list pretty soon. Please be aware that the copyright of all these amazing works belong to the artists who made them. 1. Alex is a widely respected typographer, illustrator and designer from Spain with a very impressive list of clients. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Sex Drugs & Helvetica 10 alternatives to Helvetica
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?
The Walden Font Co. - Purveyors of old and historic fonts and clip-art
Welcome! We resurrect old typefaces of historical importance and make them available to you. Each font package includes typefaces unique to their period, plus printer's ornaments, borders, and symbols. It's everything you need to create period pieces for advertising, business use, book design, educational, and recreational purposes. You've seen our fonts featured in National Geographic Books, ESPN Magazine, book covers, in-store ads, concert posters and many other places. Browse our selection below and see for yourself why for over 10 years Walden Font Co. is the premier source for historical fonts! 32 authentic 1940s fonts as seen in period posters, including Dickie WF, plus a handy bullet font. 30 more 1940s American poster fonts. Buy both and save! 47 bold and grungy Wild West advertising fonts with 300+ clip-art images, border and bullet fonts, including the whimsical "Cattle Brands" 14 authentic Civil War Era fonts from recruitment posters and other printed material of the time.
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:
Periodic Table of Typefaces on the Behance Network
Large original English version HERESpanish version HEREPortuguese version HERE PRINTS, SOURCE FILES, and other Periodic Table of Typeface related goodies are available HERE The Periodic Table of Typefaces is obviously in the style of all the thousands of over-sized Periodic Table of Elements posters hanging in schools and homes around the world. This particular table lists 100 of the most popular, influential and notorious typefaces today. As with traditional periodic tables, this table presents the subject matter grouped categorically. The Table of Typefaces groups by families and classes of typefaces: sans-serif, serif, script, blackletter, glyphic, display, grotesque, realist, didone, garalde, geometric, humanist, slab-serif and mixed. Each cell of the table lists the typeface and a one or two character "symbol" (made up by me simply based on logic), the designer, year designed and a ranking of 1 through 100. The sites used to determine the rankings are as follows :
Free fonts!
Font squirrel is a site dedicated to finding only the best commercial-use free fonts... "Free fonts have met their match. We know how hard it is to find quality freeware that is licensed for commercial work. We've done the hard work, hand-selecting these typefaces and presenting them in an easy-to-use format." Pictured are a couple of my favourites League Gothic and Lobster there are some great looking retro fonts, scripts and many more and best of all you can use them for commercial work.
Worthe Numerals
Worthe Numerals come out of a time-tested development cycle where House Industries employees ask “What if this could be just a little more...”. After pushing traditional didot forms to the limit, these digits were originally applied to a set of wood blocks. But, who says replenishable Michigan-grown basswood should have all the fun? So we added everything one needs to stylishly set their current currency and credit default swap hedges, while also being able to set the appropriate fractional take from their blog’s micropayment structure. Accountant saying the numbers don’t add up?
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10 Modern Free Parallel Pen Blackletter Fonts for Typographers
Hello my young and prolific designers, I hope you all are doing great and enjoying the best of your health. Life is unpredictable you know, if one day you have a pleasant mood, the very next moment you have some burdensome weight on your shoulders, some responsibility to fulfill and something to pay back. One day or the other you need an inspiration to work better otherwise you just have a creative block and hence you end up producing nothing which is unbearable and dejecting in itself. Designers are hardly satisfied with their knowledge and expertise in design domain. Recommended: Buying Guide of Calligraphy Writing & Hand Lettering Pens & Markers Down here you will see 10 beautiful free parallel pen hand lettering fonts for typographers. Subscribe to our blog so we keep on bombarding you with freebies, design info and tech dose. 10 Beautiful Free Parallel Pen Hand Lettering fonts for Typographers 1. Credit: Manuel de Lignières 2. Credit: Anton Bolin 3. Credit: Jay Cobs 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
