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Typography that Moves You

Chad Engle — Fri, 21 May 2010 03:25:20 +0000

Every now and then we need some inspiration… If you’re under a deadline & can’t get your creative juices flowing, the best way is to live vicariously through others work. What’s a better way than some typography that’s animated right on your screen.

Letterpress Coasters

Repeat Press of Somerville, MA created some custom coasters for the guys at Highsnobiety and Selectism to hand out for the holidays. Check out his intricate process from beginning to end.

Leadtype & Bookprinting (Bleisatz und Buchdruck)

The Ten Commandments – motion (kinetic) typography

The ten commandments motion typography animation created in Adobe AfterEffects CS3.

Fight Club – Chemical Burn – Kinetic Typography

A typography experiment animated and designed by graphic artist Sebastian Jaramillo ( http://www.sebastianjt.com ) based on the movie Fight Club on the scene “Chemical Burn”.

A lesson on typography

What is typography? – a nice lesson by from the Vancouver film school

Type Test

Playful type / video experimentation.

Title Sequence

An alternate title sequence for the movie “Alice in Wonderland” (2010)

Colosseo: Reimagining the Roman Coliseum with type (Canon 7D)

In March 2009, Suzanne (wife) and I spent several days in Rome to celebrate our 10-year anniversary. This was also a chance to observe in detail the Coliseum, which I’d already selected as the next subject in my series of letterpress posters (see cameronmoll.bigcartel.com/category/posters).

Over the course of the next 12 months, the artwork was handcrafted character by character, totaling roughly 250 hours of work from start to finish. Characters from the Goudy Trajan and Bembo Pro typefaces form the Coliseum, also known as today as Colosseo (Italian) and originally known as Amphitheatrum Flavium (Latin).

Portal – Still Alive typography

The ending song to Portal in a typographic animation.

The Hush Sound — Lions Roar

Matt and I decided long ago (early 2006) that we wanted to enter the 7th annual film festival held at Art Institute of Schaumburg called Artimation. Our goal was to make a stand that the Graphic Design majors could very well enter and compete in a very video & animation filled world.

That said, we decided to do a typographical motion graphic piece to one of The Hush Sound’s songs. We love the band, we love typography, we love design, and we love motion graphics. Heavily inspired by motion graphics studio MK12, we decided to try our shot at it.

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Typography that Moves You

Creative Spotlight: Un.titled

Chad Engle — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:48:28 +0000

Un.titled is a creative agency. They are an eclectic group of thinkers, designers, programmers and artists. Their passion is to engage an audience; tease, tempt, entertain and compel with and elusive mix of big ideas and bold design. Never defined by one media, they move seamlessly between online and offline, creating astonishing brand experiences with some of the world’s most respected companies.

Name: Un.titled

Site: http://un.titled.co.uk

Location: Leicester, UK

Select/Notable Clients: Nike, Clarks, Agenda, Jockey, Lacoste Footwear, Mint Advertising, Sheridan & Co, NTU, Puma, Phoenix Arts, Speedo, Wembley Stadium.

GAGA 2009

Hickling & Squires

NTU Art & Design Invites

Web

Photography

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15 Stunning Typography Portraits

Aki Jinn — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:00:34 +0000

I love browsing around the creative web for new inspiration. Lately I’ve been really attracted to bold & creative typographic portraits. It’s really impressive how one can express their thoughts & mood by arranging text within a shape. Below is a list of 15 stunning typography art which I found over the web. Some of you may have already seen certain artworks, but to those who have not, I hope you’ll gain inspiration through these creative works.

1. mos def lyric portrait | Cris Wicks

2. britney | Cris Wicks

3. Thom York in typographic style illustration

4. Neville Brody | Thierry Eamon

5. i give you desire | lupuscrystalus

6. John Lennon in Type | Dencii

7. RickRoll in Type | Dencii

8. Face Typography Style | faisali

9. Type Face | paperairplane

10. Weiland Type | CaliburlessSoul

11. Michael Jackson, Text Portrait | BenHeine

12. Che. | smLLan

13. 007 | saabe

14. Ze Frank Layout in Type | thewalker09

15. CAP Typography illustration | moratlitas

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Top 10 Inspirational Pieces [6.14.09]

Adelle Charles — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:33:33 +0000

Here is today’s Inspirational roundup. Lots of beautiful typography today it seems!

1. The Meringue family

2. Poster series of four for the Oslo based math-metal/hardcore band Manhattan Skyline

3. Valens Energy Drink – Identity

4. Undersized Recession Business Cards

5. Energo-Holding brochure

6. Hugo & Marie Newspaper

7. White city

8. Logo collection 2009 I | David Pache

9. Noveu™

10. Direct mail poster (new website) for design studio Hello Monday

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30 Dual Element Logos, Do You See Them All?

Wes Wilson — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:37:57 +0000

The last time I wrote a guest article on FYC, I bragged about the animal logos posted on IncSpring. At the time, I mentioned how I was impressed by any designer able to pull off a successful animal logo. I’ve always thought one of the most difficult processes was to take the concept of a living, breathing animal and create a brand around it. I’m not changing my view on the difficulties involved, but the logos below might have them beat.

So here’s what we got! All of these logos combine two or more individual concepts to create one seamless design. Some are a little more obvious than others, but all equally impressive. Please share any “no-so-obvious” elements that I missed, I’m certain I missed a few.

Birds + "A"

Grass + "Y"

Shovel + Tack

Island + "i" + "D"

Heart + Pen Tips

Quotes + Boxing Gloves

Heart + People

Ghost + Movie Reel

Lock + Key

Fly + Business Suit

Bar Chart + Xylophone

Piano Keys + Trees

Foot + Africa

Hearts + Bug

Bug + Ink Drops

USB Plugs + People

Castle + Thumbnail

Houses + Propeller

RSS Symbols + "S"

Cowboy Hat + House

Happy Face + Bird Nest

Woman + Umbrella

Lion + Flower

Couch + Beer (mmm)

Pencil + House

Sushi + "8"

Couch + Keyboard

Phone + Place Setting

Crown + Spotlights

Falling Stars + Umbrella

Your turn. Did I miss any elements? Do you have any other good examples?

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20 Free Handwritten Fonts And Resources

Dainis Graveris — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:26:27 +0000

Since human existence, communication always is playing very important role in our life using drawings, word of mouth, eye signals etc. To make communication easier and to save information, human invented symbols to describe things they see, speak or just use. Now in our days, for example, we don’t write actual letters, we just send an email, which is really impersonal if we compare those two things. Now people tend to use handwritten fonts, sketched graphics to give their design more personal touch, in the sake of old days. Handwritten font can really say something special personalizing communications with Your visitors. Actually there are a huge amount of great fonts out there, we never heard of. I wanted to dig a little deeper and so I created my own selection with some very special handwritten fonts and also great font resources, You probably never heard of!

1. Paperfont
Ok, I will start with fun font, which could be used to really spice Your web design with something eye catching, though it’s not really handwriting. But I hope You’ll forgive me this time.

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2. Leonardo Hand

Download Leonardo Hand font
3. Ink Burrow

Download Ink Burrow font
4. Aircut

Download Aircut font
5. Alphamac

Download Alphamack font
6. Crushed Out Girl

Download Crushed out girl font
7. Jellyka – Estrya’s Handwriting

Download Jellyka font
8. CK Becky

Download CK Becky font
9. Quilline Script Thin

Download Quilline font
10. Cursive Handwriting Tryout

Download Cursive font
11.Steve Handwriting

Download Steve font
12. Journal

Download Journal font
13. Harrison

Download Harrison font
14. Angelina

Download Angelina font
15. Simpsons
Pretty good font for titles and headings.

Download Simpsons font
5 More Free Handwritten Font Resources

1. ABC Webworks
Select category “Handwritten”, 69 different handwriting fonts available.

2. Auto FX software
Nice collection of hand scripted fonts.

3. Desktop Publishing: About.com

4. Font Garden
Huge list of free premium handwritten fonts.

5. MyFont.de

Actually there are lot more free handwritten fonts available out there – if You are really interested, check out article 15 Excellent Free Font Resources – usually fonts are separated in categories – search for Script/Handwritten category and You will find a lot more great and free fonts!

About the author

Dainis Graveris is a 20 year old web designer and blogger. He runs his blog at 1stwebdesigner.com. It’s a design blog – topics focus on web design, graphic design, tutorials and inspirational articles.

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Finding Inspiration in Type + Color

Adelle Charles — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:43:12 +0000

Last week I wrote a guest article for Andrew over at myinkblog. Here is a little snippet of the article and if you’d like to read the full version, head on over and check it out!

Plenty of you that stop over here at myinkblog have most likely seen most, if not all of these sites before. Have you ever really looked at them? Closely? Many of the typefaces used in these examples I chose are all pretty similar. That’s not a bad thing. You can find inspiration in almost anything! Today I am focusing on type + color, and have written a line or two underneath each choice I have made to display below. It’s crazy how many combination’s can be created with color + type and movement too. You may find yourself going back to these sites to look at them more closely. I hope you draw some inspiration from this article.

North Temple – Combining graphics and layers into type, not too much, not too little. A great flow.

ipleadthefirst / Andy Mangold – Great hierarchy & color. The mix of bold, upper lower & uppercase are just beautiful. Be sure to read the article while your there.

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Typography is Sexy: Part 3 / Web

Adelle Charles — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:00:22 +0000

This continues with Part 3 of Typography is Sexy – except this time Brian from Elite by Design suggested I do a web typography focus, I hope you enjoy it! Don’t forget to check out part 1 and part 2.

e house studio / blog

Jason Reed

Viget Labs

The Deck Network

Bob Galmarini

Abigail Wynne

dawghouse design studio

Function

Jeff Sarmiento

Winnie Lim

DM2 Interactive

New Concept

AIGA DC

Sean Klasson

The things we make / Mike Kus

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Typography is Sexy: Part 2

Adelle Charles — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:24:43 +0000

This continues with Part 2 of Typography is Sexy. If you missed part 1, you can check that out here. Look for next weeks part 3. I hope you enjoy it!

Face

Scott Hanson

Death By Colour

Isaac Tobin

Print Magazine

A2/SW/HK

Seeking Inspiration 2008

Parachute / PF Amateur Font

Cameron Moll

Watafak

Harmonie Interieure

Sarah King / Evening Tweed

Hyperakt Design Group

Alejandro Paul via Flickr

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Typography is Sexy: Part 2

Typography is Sexy: Part 1

Adelle Charles — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:32:10 +0000

Lately I have been surfing around vi.sualize.us and last night I was totally inspired by some really sexy use of typography. Since there was so much to show, I have decided to break it up into a few different parts – so stay tuned for some more sexy type! If you have some great examples, shoot them my way and I will try my best to include them in part 2. Hopefully this will inspire you to use type in many different ways.

You can check out Part 2 here.

Christopher Allen

Fabiano Hikaru

MrBadger – Deviant Art

Albert Pereta

Via – The Trendy Girl

Sam Mallett

Shaz Madani

Debra Bishop – Blueprint

Really Delicious

Box Detail Via Flickr

Hyperakt Design Group

Winter Queen Poster

Rob Millington

MrBadger via Deviant Art

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Grotesque Poster

Adelle Charles — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:37:42 +0000

Check out the new double-sided poster of Peter&Wendy Studio, via Icon Buzz. Peter&Wendy Studio has a nice roundup of Typography work, very clean & slick looking.

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My Top 20 Free Fonts + Typography Roundup + Resources

Adelle Charles — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:45:43 +0000

My last post for about a week or so…vacation! Enjoy….

There are many resources out there, in fact as I am writing this I could have easily stayed up for 2 weeks straight going through every website and book about typography…but I didn’t. I decided to post my favorite free fonts, my favorite typography blogs and my favorite articles. Some you may have seen before but amongst all the wealth I hope you find my choices worth a look.

My Top 20 Favorite Free Fonts:

Typography Roundup // My favorite articles:

Ten Typographic Mistakes Everyone Makes by Christopher Phin
Top 15 Inspirational Typography and Font Blogs by Specky Boy
15 Excellent Examples of Web Typography by I love Typography
101 Typography Resources for Web Designers by Vandelay
Typography for Headlines by SmileyCat
13 Ways of Looking at a Typeface by Design Observer

Typography Roundup // My favorite blogs:

AisleOne
Thinking With Type
TypeNue
Type For You

Typography Roundup // My favorite Flickr Groups:

Typography Inspiration
Typhography Friday
Design & Typography

Free Font Resources

FontCubes
Urban Fonts
Misprinted Type
DaFont
Fawnt
Fonts 500

And just for fun:

Font Game by Say It Ain’t Slow

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Typography is so elegant

Adelle Charles — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:11:13 +0000

If you didn’t see this post written by Cameron Moll, Techniques for designing with type characters, it’s well worth checking out. Typography when done right is so beautiful. Head on over and check out the whole post via#.

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Bring bad design to justice (at work)

Adelle Charles — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:15:21 +0000

Ok, I admit it–this bugs me when I’m at work..non designers think they can design. People at work that are not creative automatically assume they know what looks good. By all means I do not know everything but I don’t pretend to. Come on people! Do you really think Microsoft Word or Powerpoint are design tools? Do you really think Comic Sans is a great looking font? Or even that clipart is the greatest thing since sliced bread?

Which brings me to why I really took the time to post about this great website: Design Police.

They have a visual enforcement kit (which could come in handy at work). You can download it from their website. So simple, yet the best idea ever! Print out the PDF’s on some sticker paper and then the next time one of your co-workers drops in with a horrific sales pitch or horrible copywriting, stick one of these bad boys on!

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