I came across an excellent article whilst over at the wonderful ilovetypograhy. A very talented chap named Mark Simonson is creating some unique typefaces you just have to check out. One that particularly impresses me is the delicious Kinescope - a 1940s brush-style script inspired by hand-lettered titles in the Fleischer Brothers’ Superman cartoon series.
The typeface is extremely edible, straight away it looks tidy and refined, but it’s only when you unwrap the entire item that you appreciate the fine-mixing and special ingredients thats gone into creating all the alternate characters. (Super special alternate characters are used to connect neighbouring character strokes at all times - traditionally a problem that plagues script typefaces.)
I couldn’t resist but buy it for my collection, at just $29 per bar and sweet as candy itself.
Lovely lovely old posters over at Blanka - all of which I can’t afford. If anyone is feeling charitable - my birthday is in July.
I found myself at a wonderful new blog today - ilovetypography
Read on to see Helvetica v Arial in a face-off!, web type that doesn’t have to conform to the standard 4 faces and “Type Sundays” where you too can make some potato type examples.
Full-time and freelance job opportunities available at Authentic Jobs:
Post a job and reach web professionals everywhere.