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typography
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The Comic Sans Song
Oh hey, here's a music video dedicated to the best (or worst?) font in the world. Because sure, why not?
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Awesome Vintage Cigarette Package Designs
Culture Buzz You don't have to be a smoker to appreciate how cool these designs are.
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The Macabre Anatomy Of Typography
Design Buzz Ever wondered what's inside of a letter form?. Andreas Scheiger reveals that it's muscles, tendons, and bone—just like you suspected. (via welovetypography.com)
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20 Cats As Fonts
Animals Buzz Here are 20 fonts and the cats that clearly inspired them. This is a rare and important opportunity for cat fanciers and typophiles to find some common ground.
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Scrabble: The Typography Edition
Culture Buzz A special designer edition of Scrabble now comes in a font of your choice (or an assorted font pack) and features beautiful walnut tiles. Too bad Words with Friends isn't this pretty. Available for pre-order here. (via poploser.org)
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Brazilian Suburb Gets Perspective Typography Murals
The artist collective Boa Mistura made a poor suburb of Sao Paulo a little more colorful. This is one of the most beautiful things I've seen in ages. (via visualnews.com)
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A Grandmother's Internet Advice
Culture Buzz Don't you wish your grandmother had sat you on her lap as a child and given you some invaluable Internet advice? Thanks to the fantastic project by Spanish copywriter Chacho Puebla, “Grandmother Tips” can now hold your hand through the Web like you always wanted.
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4 Disgusting ABC's
Rotten apples and pubic hair. Since 2007 Vladimir Koncar has collected various objects and formed them into off the wall typography fonts.
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Brazil In Helvetica
Culture Buzz Try Helvetica is a design blog that compares Brazil's many hand-painted signs with renderings of the same signs in Helvetica. Courtesy of design firm Noono.com.br. (via laughingsquid.com)
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Typographic Movie Posters
Movie Buzz Designer Jerod Gibson has created a bunch of movie posters that feature an iconic image from each film filled with its best one-liners and quotes.
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Image: Fonts Of The Dog World
Nine classic and elegant fonts with their canine counterparts. And then there's Comic Sans. (Via)
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Photocopied Hand Typography
Culture Buzz Jose Ernesto Rodriguez only used his hands and a copying machine to create this typography. It's entitled “Hanschrift” (“handwriting,” in English). (Via officialhype)
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Image: The Simpsons Alphabet
When and if I have kids, they will be learning their ABCs via this poster. (The Daily What, via Bizzy B Blogs).
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Liquid Typography
Culture Buzz Russian graphic designer/illustrator Ruslan Khasanov has invented a new typography entitled “Au revoir.” It involves ink and water poured onto paper. The end result is visually astonishing. Here's some of his work. (Via officialhype)
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State Mottos Never Looked So Good
Culture Buzz A group of 50 U.S. designers were given the challenge of reinterpreting their states' mottos for the 50 and 50 project. The collection, which was completed today with the addition of Colorado, is a solid tribute to the badassery of our forefathers. (via danielc20)
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Edible Poster
Food Buzz Finally something that combines my love of good food with great design. British designer Anna Garforth decided to create something special with cookie dough and precision blades. Note: I tried something similar once with gingerbread for a holiday project. Did not nearly get these kind of results.
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Typographic Map of the World
Culture Buzz Artist Nancy McCabe creates maps of the world using nothing but words. Well, almost nothing but words. There's some lines and stuff. You can totally tell that this didn't take any time at all. (Via)
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Six Word Story Every Day
Culture Buzz Be still my typography loving heart! Six Word Story Every Day (SWSED) is a daily project showcasing beautifully designed stories—all comprised of six words. It was inspired by the work Ernest Hemingway regarded as his greatest: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” There is some serious design talent contributing to this project, but they also invite people to submit their own work.
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“Type Sandwiches” By David Schwen
A simple concept, beautifully executed. David Schwen depicts popular sandwiches by using color and the words that compose the sandwich. (Via officialhype)
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Image: Photo-Lettering
The type foundry House Industries has launched Photo-Lettering, a new site that allows you to set words of your choice in their typefaces, change the colors, and purchase a vector file of the customized lettering. A useful tool for non-designers or people who just want to customize a few words without having to purchase the typeface. Warning: Playing with font and color combinations can be addicting.
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The King Of Grunge Typography
Culture Buzz As David Carson approaches his sixtieth year, here is a celebration of his work. (I'm proud to say I know the guy, who's been a huge influence). Here are 60 pieces of his amazing work. Enjoy.
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Video: Art Of The Title
From Dr. Strangelove to Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World—a look the history of title design. Which one is your favorite?
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Food Best Friends & Ampersands
Food Buzz What could be better than peanut butter & jelly? Peanut butter & jelly making out inside an ampersand!
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Image: Letter Boobs
Right up there with discovering you can type “boobs” on a calculator. Cannot be unseen. Today's episode of BuzzFeed is brought to you by the letter “b” (because it looks like a side boob and we are adults).
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Designer Scrabble
Culture Buzz An idea for a Designer Edition of Scrabble by Andrew Capener. Choose from an assortment of fonts! Impress your sesquipedalian typophile friends! (Via Clusterflock.)
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Image: Bicycle Typogram
A typographic analysis of the anatomy of a bike by Aaron Kuehn. Who knew that what is attached to the hub is called a freewheel cassette?
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The Very Best Font And Typography Humor
Tech Buzz Please feel free to add your own, if you're into that type of thing. Zing! (WARNING: Do not click if you don't enjoy dumb jokes about fonts and stuff.)
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May the Force of Typography Be With You
Culture Buzz Star Wars characters constructed with nothing but typography. The font is strong with this one!
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