i like type

Fauxsaics 

NY-based designer Nicholas Misani creates lettering-based, mosaic illustrations where the form is dictated by the limitations of traditional mosaic technique.

Dig Inn

Kaiju Company

Qingyu Wu ／ 吳 清 予 (Beijing / Michigan)

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Bottle Cap Buffet. 

It gladdens me to see someone else collecting quirky typographic or lettering ephemera. I saw this wonderful assortment of bottle caps, replete with all kinds of lettering examples, over on Gail Anderson’s website. 

Learn about type by drawing it.

If you are a newcomer to type and have a creative streak then the How to Draw Type and Influence People, activity book is for you.

It’s author, Sarah Hyndman, runs workshops and gives talks on the impact of typeface choices and is well versed in explaining how type can trigger particular emotional responses from readers and influence them. Her previous book, Why Fonts Matter, explores the theory behind this.

The book is not about teaching lettering or type design but concerns itself with exploring the various styles of typeface, and the impression that each leaves on your audience, through looking and drawing. It examines the shapes, details and categories of style that make up the endless representations of the Latin alphabet.

This particular way of learning resonates with me as I’ve found that my knowledge of particular type styles only crystallises after examining the details of related styles and drawing them. The book’s exercises are both fun and informative.

Sarah, mindful of her audience, introduces each type style and looks at the associations it evokes and the details that define it. She starts with what makes up a font family and moves through various font personalities, monograms, various serif and sans serifs styles and decorative embellishments.

For those starting their journey into the word of letters this book provides an excellent new way of exploring type.

Corporate Identity for Petit Fou by Daniela Gilsdorf

“The concept of the corporate design is based on the brand name Petit Fou which translates as “little crazy one”. As well as the product, the brand is young, fun and charming. The custom made font adapts the 45° angles from the clutches base structure and provides many quirky details. The logo follows a 9 point grid along every format and offers playful application possibilities. Pleasant details are included, for example the “Thank you”: When the invoice is folded, it is the first thing to see when opening the envelope. The guiding thread is continued as far as the custom packaging, where the box is signed by each clutch artisan.”

Daniela Gilsdorf is a graphic designer and an art director, recently relocated to Vancouver from Hamburg, Germany. She worked in the industry for over 5 years in a full time job and have been freelancing since. Her passion is paper and high-end craftsmanship. She has a broad expertise in branding, concepts, unique paper products, typography, event communication, final artwork and print production.

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