We’re giving away 10 copies of Computer Arts Collection: Typography, 25 Little Black Font Books, 1 framed F37 Bella poster, and (for every entry) a 20% discount voucher to keep safe until next time, all to celebrate our 48 page feature in Computer Arts Collection.

HOW TO ENTER: Simply purchase a font from us between now and March 31st, and then post what you bought in the comments section of our Facebook page by Sun 31st March (11:59 EST) to be automatically entered to win!

It’s not often that we’ll post up examples of type at work in the real world. However in this case we just couldn’t resist showcasing one of the best uses of typography we’ve seen in recent times. Josip Kelava’s original take on creating an identity for the Melbourne Dance Company is nothing short of spectacular. Not only does it break convention in it’s typographic choice by using TJ Evolette, but it also shows designers how thinking outside of the box typographically (excuse the cliché), can actually produce incredible results.

Kelava initially wanted to use TJ Evolette as just a headline, however taking into account that dance was a form of expression and movement, he combined the type with the dancer to create an incredibly clever composition that works perfectly. “I wanted the viewer to look at the poster and let it play in their mind, both with the harshness of the type and the softness of the dancer.” says Josip. “Using the different characters within the type allowed me to do this, and overall, create a visual dance in itself. And because TJ Evolette has such sharp corners, and ballet is meant to be quite sensual, I purposely wanted this contrast in the juxtaposition.”

Kelava has created a truly stunning piece of design, strong in every sense. Combining contrasting elements and then finding a way for them to work as one has resulted in a perfect piece of typography using one of our best sellers, TJ Evolette.

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MeM is an eccentric experimental type system created by Elena Schädel and Jakob Runge in 2012.

It produces many personalities, each individual and emotive. You will never know which of the alternating letters is going to occur next. Basically, at the heart of it all is MeM: four different weights and letter shapes melded together into one powerful font and shuffled with the sleek usability of OpenType.

The experimental uppercase font MeM blurs the boundaries between graphic and type design and prioritises style and creative flair over blatant legibility.

The many alternative letters of the typeface and the extremely different styles of the individual glyphs generate a vivid tension of geometric appearance and calligraphic shapes, as well as a contrasting mixture of highly expressive and highly delicate elements – Each letter is a small work of art itself.

It might look like an unique handset type but it is actually a rationalized font system! An automatic shuffle principle rotates the four alternate letters in all common design software to make sure no letter will repeat too soon. OpenType is the kicker, it not only shuffles the letters; it makes them easy to handle via the Stylistic Alternates: bolder and lighter letters can be used separately, or you can even strip down MeM to the four single weights. This gives you a powerful command over the artistic qualities of this unique font. From a complete random shuffle to careful selection of every character, the choice is all yours.

The font supports over 300 characters. Latin character sets from Western, Central and Southeast Europe and with the additional alternates, around 630 glyphs are rotating in the OpenType carousel. Download MeM ›

We’re slowly building up our selection of experimental fonts, and over the last few weeks we’ve added quite a few nice additions.

Here’s a short summary of what we’ve managed to stock our font shelves with, everything from distorted traditional serifs through to trendy remixed sans.

TRES TRES CHIC FONT / DESIGNED BY DOOTYPE

HARF77 FONT / DESIGNED BY MARCO OGGIAN

SOLID GOLD FONT / DESIGNED BY TENFOLD VISUAL

FABRIZIO FONT / DESIGNED BY I DEPEND ON ME

ELECTRO FONT / DESIGNED BY THINKDUST

DINOSAUR FONT / DESIGNED BY BARBE CLEMENT

CHANGAA FONT / DESIGNED BY FONTS OF CHAOS

STEINTYPE FONT / DESIGNED BY STUDIO MISIRLOU

ARTE NEWEST FONT / DESIGNED BY STUDIO MISIRLOU

DOG EARED FONT / DESIGNED BY ANDY BABB

CIRCUMACTIO FONT / DESIGNED BY LUCAS BLAT

LABIENO FONT / DESIGNED BY MARCO OGGIAN

MOZZIANO FONT / DESIGNED BY MOSTARDESIGN

LEGERE FONT / DESIGNED BY B2302

MIRROR DISPLAY FONT / DESIGNED BY PEDRO MASCARENHAS

NORTH06 FONT / DESIGNED BY FONTS OF CHAOS

Everyone loves free typefaces, however when it destroys your print job or corrupts your Photoshop file it’s a different story.

So, with that in mind here’s our top 10 free fonts to download for 2012. We’ve selected a few from HypeForType, and also others we’ve spotted from various graphic designers.

Here’s our pick for some of the best free fonts to download:

Citizen Slab Font designed by Joel Felix.

Accent Font designed by Nelson Balaban.

Sanchez Font designed by LatinoType.

Tikal Sans Font designed by LatinoType.

Code Pro Font designed by FontFabric.

Bariol Font designed by Atipo.

Figa Font designed by Pier Paolo.

Silverflake Font designed by FontFabric.

Merge Font designed by Philatype.

Intro Free Font designed by FontFabric.

A preview of what’s inside Little Black Font Book Volume 01…

The days of trying to draw inspiration from black type on a white background are over, well maybe not if you’re stuck in the 80′s? Little Black Font Book is a modern take on a traditional type catalogue. We take great fonts, and then show you how to use them effectively. The Little Black Font Book is a must have reference guide for every graphic designer who needs inspiration from time to time. It’s not just a pretty face either, it’ll fit nicely in your drawer, handbag, back pocket, and neatly on your desk. Always ready and willing to inspire you in them moments of creative block, join the font revolution and grab your copy today…

LITTLE BLACK FONT BOOK (VOLUME #1)
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SHOTS OF THE INTERNAL PAGES:

LITTLE BLACK FONT BOOK (VOLUME #1)
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The ‘Little Black Font Book’ is a must have designer desk accessory for 2012.

34 pages packed with typographic inspiration for creatives to find and buy truly unique, hand-crafted fonts. An essential desk accompaniment offering a veritable feast of fonts for anyone interested in experimenting with typography, designers getting back in touch with the classic skill and brands looking to find typefaces that standout that and really add depth to the visual language. The book itself is perfect bound, printed on 120gsm recycled paper, and finished with a matt laminate cover.

LITTLE BLACK FONT BOOK (VOLUME #1)
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HERE’S A SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE BOOK ARTWORK:

LITTLE BLACK FONT BOOK (VOLUME #1)
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Chronicle Books have kindly given us 4 brand new copies of Carpe Diem Journal to giveaway absolutely free. If you haven’t come across Carpe Diem before, it’s the wonderful type-driven art of Mary Kate McDevitt. This journal features beautiful typographic illustrations, cleverly packed into an organisational journal to make the most of our life. The journal is packed with handwritten lettering that Kate is known for, helping you to plan, dream, and organize to make the most out of life! Write it, list it, live it.

Winners will be announced each day on our Twitter and Facebook pages, and to qualify, all we ask that you just simply tweet any font release from our latest June Newsletter June newsletter. It’s as easy as that. So what are you waiting for, let’s get this competition started.

A couple of months ago Büro Destruct got a call from ‘edding’ – famous for their permanent markers – and they wanted BD to design a font for them based on the edding 850, their boldest marker. For those that have used the marker know the limitations and also the freedom and scale that comes with using one. The team started scribbling and doodling straight away with countless sheets and letters they abandoned the idea of doing a script they’ve preferred the idea of each letter becoming a logo by itself.

The font evolved from two simple principles, the thick and the thin stroke, the basics of the marker depending on which way you draw, up/down. Ultimately these two stroke weights create a modular system which can be combined to produce most letters. Besides the font, the team also built a web app which is an endless whiteboard following the principle of edding marker – what has been written, can’t be erased.

The Type-for-type web application created in HTML5 allows you contribute something to the collaborative realtime text-editor. Once you’re done, the «edding 850» opentype font is available for download. It comes together with a PDF-magazine that features the most liked designs from the project gallery, basically the blog side of the site, where everybody can upload anything using the font.