Introducing... The seriously minimal graphic design of Icelandic studio GUNMAD Introducing… The desk of GUNMAD GUNMAD is Guðmundur Ingi Úlfarsson and Mads Freund Brunse, one Icelandic and one Danish graphic designer working together between Rekjavík and London. Stylistically these guys are at the very edge of minimal, striving for typographic purity and structural perfection, with no white space disturbed by imagery or text unless absolutely necessary. They’re also incredibly experimental, channeling an enormous amount of energy into research in a manner that’s rarely seen outside of academic institutions. The walls of their studio are thick with typographic sketches, slices of inspirational imagery and any other snippets of visual paraphernalia that might expand the scope of their practice. Like their work, Guðmundur and Mads are sparing with their words, but their answers below reveal some fascinating truths about designers working in the digital age.
Design&Typo - The site Wow... what a great resource. Peter Gabor, from design et typo blog (FR), has put together a nice gallery collection, categorized by author or theme, that is a pleasure to browse. Go take a look at the Design&Typo Site. Some examples: The Complete Engraver Introducing two new typefaces – JMC Engraver & Feldman Engraver. Designed by Terrance Weinzierl, these two typefaces were commissioned as companion fonts to Nancy Sharon Collins’ new book The Complete Engraver: A Guide to Monograms, Crests, Ciphers, Seals, and the Etiquette and History of Social Stationery. Available now on Fonts.com, these fonts are FREE.
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Best Practices of Combining Typefaces Advertisement Creating great typeface combinations is an art, not a science. Indeed, the beauty of typography has no borders. While there are no absolute rules to follow, it is crucial that you understand and apply some best practices when combining fonts in a design. When used with diligence and attention, these principles will always yield suitable results. Today we will take a close look at some the best practices for combining typefaces — as well as some blunders to avoid.
25 Fresh Examples of Beautiful Typeface Combinations in Web Design Typography is a very important part of design and choosing the right type for your design can be very challenging. From print to web layouts, typography is the center piece of a good design and today we gathered a few examples of beautiful typeface combinations in web design to inspire you. In web design, typography can be used in different forms, big bold headers, simple and clean menus, explanatory text and so on. Finding a good combination of typeface is more than only good taste, it's an art Typography is a very important part of design and choosing the right type for your design can be very challenging. Museo font Downloads: 0 Rate this font: Lowercase characters Uppercase characters
80 Beautiful Typefaces For Professional Design Advertisement You don’t like to scroll? Be prepared. (We warned you.) Every now and again designers stumble upon the very same problem: the choice of a unique and beautiful typeface which manages to fulfill three basic tasks. 25 MORE Completely Free Fonts Perfect for @fontface A year or so ago we published our original Completely Free Fonts Perfect for @fontface. It has been a long time coming but here, at long last, is our next installment. Again, we have chosen 25 free (for both personal and commercial use) fonts that are so good we can’t believe they are the free.
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Typeface Mechanics: 001 Our conscious minds want to draw one shape, but our eyes need to see another. Part of typeface design is managing this eternal friction between logic and optics. It’s always there, no matter the style. This new series of posts will explore what I call “typeface mechanics”, the behind-the-scenes work that makes typefaces visually functional.
Our Favorite Typefaces of 2004 As the new year began I asked Typographica readers and contributors to share their top picks from the fonts released during 2004. Here are the results in no particular order. Bello [MyFonts] Akiem Helmling, Bas Jacobs, Sami Kortemäki Prior to its release, the sign-painterly inkings of Bello existed in the Underware and Typeradio wordmarks. Frankly, I adored the unassuming playfulness of those logos more than what many may deem as healthy. I hoped that a full typeface would be developed capturing that same personality.