“Typography is an interface to the alphabet.”
— Ellen Lupton, Thinking with Type
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Typography as an interface
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Beautiful Web Type at WordCamp Minneapolis 2015
This past weekend I spoke about Beautiful Web Type at WordCamp Minneapolis. Instead of doing a standard writeup, I decided to create a page with my slides and resources from the talk. Check it out to learn more about web typography and WordPress.
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I love painted lettering on old buildings
I love finding great typography on buildings. The older, the better. Northampton in particular has a lot of this — look around you downtown and you’ll see examples everywhere. There are many faded signs on buildings all around town, including right across from my own workplace. I’ll take some more pictures some time and post them up.
This particular example is right next to Thornes. I’m pretty sure there used to be a sign over it, since I only just recently noticed this. Love the lettering and the details.
Hand-painted advertising in general is a fascinating, dying art. If you’re interested in learning about it, check out Ghost Signs: The Dying Art of Hand-Painted Advertisements.
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I love @jessicahische’s portfolio
http://jessicahische.is/awesome/I was reading this article earlier on Smashing Magazine earlier today and stumbled upon Jessica Hische’s portfolio. The article lists her site as a good example of segmentation (which “entails sectioning content on the page according to audience or task”).
First off — bam! Nice large photo, bright orange, good typography. Interior pages are nice and clean. I’m also a big fan of vanity urls. Anyway, I noticed pretty quickly that not only did she make the Daily Drop Cap I posted about the other day, but also the “Should I Work For Free?” infographic!
I did some more poking around and discovered that she also designed the super sexy covers on the Barnes & Noble Classics I’ve been ogling for quite some time. Look at them. Really. They are gorgeous. This woman is a veritable design powerhouse. Check her out!
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Daily Drop Cap Project
Just found this! Very, very cool. Lots of awesome different styles, and ongoing. Free for non-commercial use. I personally think more sites should be using drop caps.
Some awesome examples:
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It Gets Better
A typography exercise based on the It Gets Better project.
