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Review by
Stephen Coles
Dec 23rd, 2010
The Egotist Network
Inspired by newspaper logos, the design community employs blackletters and strong sans serifs to identify each locale.
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Review by
Stephen Coles
Dec 21st, 2010
Sweet & Flower
ITC American Typewriter tastes just right for this vintage sweet shop.
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Review by
Stephen Coles
Dec 21st, 2010
A Letter from the Editor
Fonts In Use
will catalog and examine real-world typography. Our effort begins with this blog, a prologue of things to come.
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Review by
Stephen Coles
Dec 20th, 2010
Barbara Kruger & Kim Kardashian on
W
It’s easy to spot Kruger’s trademark Futura-on-red. But you might miss what’s different about the type on this cover.
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Review by
Stephen Coles
Dec 20th, 2010
Established & Sons
Modern furniture and big, bold serif type. What’s not to love?
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Review by
Marc Oxborrow
Dec 19th, 2010
Bloomberg Businessweek
The reincarnation of
Businessweek
features a reincarnation of Helvetica: Neue Haas Grotesk
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Review by
Stephen Coles
Dec 18th, 2010
The Social Network
How to promote a film about Facebook without saying “Facebook”.
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Review by
Stephen Coles
Dec 14th, 2010
Courrier International
Opposites attract in Porter & Leeds’ design for a French news magazine.
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Review by
Stephen Coles
Dec 13th, 2010
Burlesque Paraphernalia and Side Degree Specialties and Costumes
Jacob Covey’s pitch-perfect typography sells a reprint of a 1930s catalog featuring odd devices and contraptions.
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Review by
Sam Berlow
Dec 13th, 2010
The Specimen: from Type Catalog to Design Meme
There’s an epidemic afoot. Designers are addicted to old specimen books. So much so, it’s affecting their work.
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Review by
Indra Kupferschmid
Dec 11th, 2010
Historic Royal Palaces
Promotional material for a big cultural heritage charity needn’t feature splendid romantic photography.
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Review by
Indra Kupferschmid
Dec 11th, 2010
True Type of the Bauhaus
The
Bauhaus
theme is one of the most common victims of lazily picking a font just because of its name.
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Ideal-Grotesk
(Sample unavailable)
Review by
Stephen Coles
Dec 8th, 2010
Living in the Present
Illustration and typeface work hand-in-hand on this paperback cover from the ’60s.
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Review by
Stephen Coles
Dec 2nd, 2010
2011 Brand New Conference
A trend-aware identity that is more than merely trendy.
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