“I cannot live without books.” – Thomas Jefferson Perhaps Jefferson would have loved the sight of moose pruning our trees. I’m sure Thoreau would.
Archive of posts filed under the typography category.
The man who modified Bodoni for the web
Giambattista Bodoni might not approve of the digital age, but Gert Wiescher has adapted most of Bodoni’s original typefaces. And a new beta MyFonts website features Wiescher’s Bodoni fonts. Wiescher sketches versions of the various original Bodoni fonts in his little black book. He makes notes about ideas for typefaces (and other things) in the [...]
words are pictures
These images come from one of my favorite typographic artist’s site: the words are pictures site. Craig Ward’s mix of typographic design into images always makes me smile. He writes (uppercase text is his choice, for some reason): ORIGINALLY HAILING FROM DEEPEST LINCOLNSHIRE, I’M A LONDON-BASED GRAPHIC DESIGNER WHO LIKES PLAYING WITH WORDS. WORKING PREDOMINANTLY [...]