TYPEPONG

Finally after much anticipation, TypePong our site opening flash game 10 months ago has now undergone a full make over. This time it’s for the iPhone, and this time it’s more addictive than ever. It’s a retro resurgence with a modern twist. Pong is back. But not just any old Pong. Oh no. It’s TypePong my friends. Pong. With type. This time, it’s on the iPhone, and as one of the most addictive games out there, we’re sure you’ll be able to find hours of type teasing fun.

We’ve built a lovely little TypePong site, for this special occassion.

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NEW ORNAMENTAL TYPE (COMPETITION)

For this month’s competition publisher Thames & Hudson have kindly given us 3 free brand new type books to give away. The book is entitled New Ornamental Type, and between the 17th & 24th of April, we will pick three lucky winners at random from twitter. All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning…

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COMPETITION: LETTERIFIC LOVIN!

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…

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NEW FONT FAMILY: FR PASTA MONO

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.).

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Two great books from Taschen

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.

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View the book Volume 2

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I ♥ HELVETICA

One for the typoholic, an absolute treat of a bookmark… LoveHelvetica

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