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Category Archives: Typefaces
Virginia Plain typeface.
This came about around designing logos and packaging for clients. I wanted something feminine and modular, a typeface where letterforms interacted with each other but didn’t touch too much, keeping their readability. As for influences, there’s the First Roxy Music … Continue reading
Old Sketchbook week: No.14! Big Book 2, First Salvo, BIG TYPE.
Ok, here’s some woodblock type. I’ve experimented with different viscosities and media on the type. It’s a beautiful bit of craftsmanship, and most of the letterforms are near perfect for this Alternate Gothic style of font. Please ask if you … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Gothic, big letterforms, type, Typography, woodblock printing
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New Typeface No. 2: Wyndham Roman & Wyndham Compressed
This font was based on the idea of the golden ratio. There is a lot of talk about how harmonious and downright pretty the ratio is so here’s my go at making a typeface from the ratio as a grid. … Continue reading
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Tagged abc, blue type, Percy Wyndham Lewis, typeface design, Typography, Vorticist
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New Typeface No.1: Ezra Phonetic
It’s reasons for being: Since 1986 I’ve been thinking about of Herbert Bayer’s ideas on a typeface that dispenses with uppercase and is more representational of the phonetics of speech all filtered through the bauhaus’s reductive minimalism. I’m doing some … Continue reading
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Tagged bauhaus, bayer, Ezra Phonetic, Font, phonetics, Quick brown fox, Typography, Vorticist
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Silver Premium Instant Shoe Shine® Typeface
I wanted a typeface on Friday. One that was spontaneous, exciting and bold. To go against all this computer led straight lineness – to be a bit electric guitar rather than slick programmed synth. In front of me was my … Continue reading
The sponge finger of Fete
This year’s fete design has a bit of trad jazz and a dash of Magic Roundabout about it. I wanted to highlight the lace doily, slightly eccentric character you expect from a village fete.
Posted in Logos, Typefaces
Tagged doily, fete, Happy type, Magic roundabout, Sponge finger, trad jazz
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Berlin Ostel floor 13 typeface. Hasn’t been used yet.
Posted in Design, Typefaces
Tagged Berlin, Design, Font, ostel, Typeface, Typography
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Number Birds. To go with the Animal Alphabet in the nursery.
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Tagged Design, Illustration, Typeface, Typography
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Bits and Bobs – littl bits of work that don’t fit anywhere else
Posted in Design, Fun Stuff, Illustration, Logos, Typefaces
Tagged Design, Logos, Typography
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