So much wonderful stuff here. I love the carved wood letterforms. Wood was/is typically used on letterpress for large size type to avoid the expense ...
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Click the pic for a brief history of icon design on computers. The first consumer computer with a GUI was created at Xerox PARC which ...
Ok this link is straight-up nerdy, but I know of couple of you might like this one. This is a collection of scripts that run ...
TuneGlue is an interesting website that shows the relationship between different musicians and bands. Type in one of your favorite artists and see who they ...
This is a great interview concerning the overuse of Helvetica by designers. I totally agree with the last sentiment in the photograph above. People use ...
Plan59 is the "The Museum and Gift Shop of Mid-Century Illustration." It's an interesting archive of images for use as reference material - please note ...
Deep stuff.
This one goes out to people designing for the internet. Click the image to see it open in a new window and then click 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 ...
information aesthetics: Where form follows data. Good stuff.
The type below benefits from hinting, which keeps strokes from getting too thick as well as emphasizing key characteristics. Here's an interesting read from the ...
This article is written specifically with computer application icons in mind but I think the most of these rules apply more broadly to icons in ...
Neat flash animation about color including interesting cultural references and emotional connotations. Enjoy!
I really like Adobe's color website, Kuler. I'm glad to see the extra-fine PSDTUTS covering Kuler in detail. Check it out here
We all know that the & means and but did you know it comes from the french word et? Et means and and joined together ...
Click the image above for an excellent typographic resource covering anatomy, classifications and history. Good stuff. Thanks for sending it, Ms. Oas!
The Ultimate Resource in Grid Systems - I'm not going to argue with that claim :) Thanks, Matt edit: ugg i hate that my blog template centers ...
From their about statement: The Visual Dictionary is a collaborative project to collect as many photographs of words as possible. We aim to do this by asking ...
This is an excellent guide for people who are new to Macintosh computers. Even if you are familiar with them you may learn a thing ...
Another great color tool is now available as a widget for those of you with Macs. Kuler widget talks to kuler.adobe.com
Nice tool, helps you make deliberate color choices. It simulate color blindness as well which is particularly important for you IMD students. You have some ...