For this month’s competition we have three copies of the fantastic 269 page “Business Cards 2: More Ways of Saying Hello” book. Between the 10th & 17th of March, we will pick three lucky winners at random from twitter. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning…
Here’s a brand new font addition that recently landed on our doormat, and what a cracker it is! FR Pasta Mono was designed by Faber font foundry, and comes in 4 different weights. FR Pasta Mono family is an offspring of the well received free font FR Pasta Simpla (which can be download form here.
FR Pasta Mono family is a monospaced, tall typeface capable to set playful, elegant and catching titles and displays. It compress 4 style: Mono, Decor, Decor Black and Extrude. Use it anytime, anywhere and be sure your message will reach its audience – be sure you use it in big size. FR Pasta Mono family comes with a few OpenType features like case fractions and extended ligature set as well as support for many languages (Nordic, Icelandic, West and Eastern European, Turkish etc.).
Type. A Visual History of Typefaces & Graphic Styles, 1628-1900
Two great books from Taschen, Vol.1 is currently on sale, Vol.2 goes on sale next month…
This exuberant selection of typographic fonts and styles traces the modern evolution of the printed letter, reproducing pages from exquisitely designed catalogs showing type specimens in roman, italic, bold, semi-bold, narrow, and broad fonts. Also included are borders, ornaments, initial letters and decorations, and many spectacular examples of their use. Victorian fonts, spectacular in their complexity, are accorded a prominent place. In addition, examples from lithography and letters by inscription carvers and calligraphers are also included and described.
Featuring works by type designers William Caslon, Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke, Peter Behrens, Rudolf Koch, Eric Gill, Jan van Krimpen, Paul Renner, Jan Tschichold, A. M. Cassandre, Aldo Novarese, and Adrian Frutiger.
View the book Volume 1
View the book Volume 2
Posted by: Jeff Knowles – RS
One for the typoholic, an absolute treat of a bookmark… LoveHelvetica
Brilliant type themed microsite from Pentagram, entitled What Type Are You.
It determine exactly what font represents you as an individual. Apparently… we’re Cooper Black Italic. So the big question is… What Type Are You?
A week-long programme of typographic study in London for recent graduates and professionals. Alongside live projects run by Fraser Muggeridge, the school will host talks, seminars and tutorials from daily visiting practitioners:
Sara De Bondt, Paul Elliman, Ken Garland, Jeff Knowles
(Research Studios), David Pearson, Robert Sollis (Europa).
20 places are available for each week:
5–9 July 2010
12–16 July 2010
For more information visit Typography Summer School
Posted by: Jeff Knowles – RS
