Ditoria from typometro on Vimeo.
Interesting letterpress video. The dance of craft. The joy of making. The computer is so dry and boring a tool for print. Sigh.
Via @espiekermann via @chrismeisner
Yeah this is a week or two late but it’s still a very interesting overview of Olympics symbols used over the years. Enjoy!
Olympic Pictograms at the NY Times
Thanks for the link, Matt!
I have not tried this yet. More info at Ten One Design. Let me know how it works if you try it.
The Swiss Poster Collection: 1970 to the Present
Good stuff, lots of posters, arranged thematically: Typography, Illustration, Travel, etc.
Fontstruct is an online font editor that creates pixel fonts that are intended for use in Flash. You can make a Truetype font with it but be aware of the limitations (and advantages!) of bitmapped fonts
Check out his machine-animals and don’t miss the meatscapes, as above.
You gotta love canned-meat typography.
Great idea. The site looks like it just started. There’s not much content up yet but I love the idea of using stencils and mud to make non-destructive graffiti. Mudstencils.com