Tag: typography
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Now using web fonts
I wish I’d tried using web fonts ages ago. I’ve just changed the site to use Rock Salt for the header and Open Sans for the rest of the text. If you’re building websites and not using web fonts, do it now. Just don’t add too many to your site or you’ll slow it right…
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Letters from leaves
Hand crafted typography is quite an art, and some people with exceptional skill can make a business from it. I’ve seen paper and card used but not leaves before, and Twan van Keulen has given it a go with impressive results. Found on www.likecool.com, originally published by Twan van Keulen on his site at studiogloeilamp.nl
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London typographic maps
I’ve recently put up a new shower curtain, which isn’t usually something to blog about but I’m really pleased with it as it appeases my love of typography and maps. It maps London with only place names marking areas but unfortunately it’s disappeared from the Rocket St George website. It reminds me of a 1.5m…
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Graphics 101
Sometimes when it looks as if someone hasn’t tried, it’s because they haven’t tried. “Pick a bad photo, apply a vintage effect and write something in helvetica” See what the Hero of Switzerland means here: heroofswitzerland.blogspot.com/2011/02/graphics-101.html
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Got love for Lorem ipsum? Love this
I am often reliant on the Lorem ipsum genertor site when creating some design concepts, and thanks to Swiss Miss and Chesley I’ve found a supercharged version – the Dummy text generator. This gives you all the features of the Lorem ipsum generator but adds some extra touches such as adjuusting the size of the…
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Fontulicious
I like fonts, I’m not quite a typography nut, but I do appreciate the brilliant influence that typography can have on design. So this post is all about typography, looking at three quite different angles. 1 – Toast As well as typography, I love toast, hot taost with melted butter, mmmmm, the breakfast of choice…