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Heavy typefaces help Dutch Giants
vanhoyslab For the month of June, 50% of proceedings of ywft bestseller Black Slabbath will be donated to Justin Van Hoy as he bravely battles leukemia. Buy Black Slabbath, attend a Dutch party in a city near you or donate directly on his website.
0 - Stefan Kjartansson on June 1st, 2009
OpenType 101
open-type One our most common customer service questions is 'how do I get the swash items to show up in Adobe Illustrator.' Well, we suggest you read these tech notes from Adobe which will easily show you where and how to use these extra swash characters in fonts like Agostina. For more information on ...
0 - Michael Cina on June 1st, 2009
The Interpretation
Eric Sall
15531   Further mining of the ATM Gallery site dug up Eric Sall. Nice use of space.
0 - Travis Stearns on May 29th, 2009
Richard Perez is Skinny Ships
perez I think I might have seen the work of Richard Perez first on ffffound and then traced it back to his site, but then immediately I started seeing him in a few other spots and was really impressed. He can do the fun 50's illustration that we ...
0 - Josh Boston on May 28th, 2009
Aaron Draplin has opinions..
For a short while (one year), I went to art school at Minneapolis College of Art and Design in Minnesota. During my time there, I knew this character Aaron Draplin, he was a friend of my roommate. Back then, I would say me and him had ...
4 - Michael Paul Young on May 28th, 2009
New Industry Arts
nia_jw_image New Industry Arts is the recently updated brain child of James Widegren– Reporting on Visual Culture; photography, fashion, industry & creative/art this website is constantly updated with good scccchtuff.
0 - Josh Clancy on May 26th, 2009
Apply
apply_blog Apply is a free texture tool that allows you to customize any font you wish with an array of inky splatters and sprays. Copy your type layer and paste in place, then change the top layer to the Apply OpenType font to easily get the desired effect. Give this a ...
10 - Michael Paul Young on May 24th, 2009
Call for Entries
picture-1We recently got contacted by a new site that is trying to connect talent with opportunities in a fair and community engaged environment. At first I was a little hesitant about doing this as I hate to see graphic designers exploited for some stupid prize or contest that you have to do hours ...
2 - Michael Cina on May 19th, 2009
Ted Staunton’s 78 RPM Labels
aprilfactory A repost from Design Observer. Well worth a look. I think the non-anglo labels are the most interesting of the lot. Ted Staunton's 78 RPM Labels
0 - Travis Stearns on May 19th, 2009
Profile: Matt Desmond
106818392_bd7108ca50   I'm trying to get this posted before Matt walks in the door. He's been coming into our office lately to work on some new fonts, because this office is a designated typographic zone. When Matt isn't making fonts he's filming, experimenting with photography, and racing over midwestern hills and across valleys in ...
0 - Travis Stearns on May 18th, 2009
Instrumental 02
Letter By Letter:  An Alphabetical Miscellany
Terry Frost: Six Decades
C404 Prototype 31
E&A Issue 7
Botanicals 23
Beauty and the Book
Cameras 01
Hex
Kawaii Nature