Monday, September 19, 2011

1890-2011 typography Daniel Hernández


Pincoyablac
Daniel Hernández
1990-2011
an experimental font inspired by the lettering on a poster of the Spanish civil war and influenced by the typography of Fransisco llanquihue of Galvez. – from Chilean type designer Daniel Hernánde zfeatures smooth retro flavored swashes and funky fat strokes.

Agency
Morris Fuller
1980-1990
In 1990, David Berlow saw potential in the squared forms of the narrow, monotone capitals. He designed a lowercase and added a bold to produce Font Bureau Agency, an immediately popular hit.


Stereofidelic
Typodermic Fonts
1972-1980
Stereofidelic is a computer font, made from Typodermic Fonts. It's a retro 1980s typeface. This font was released in several Microsoft Windows Vista computers. The Stereofidelic font is also available for Macintosh computers for TrueType and PostScript. Stereofidelic is in its own family, Stereofidelic. The author of this font is Ray Larabie

Chopin Script TrueType
Phil Martin
1965-1972
The most famous and successful of Chopin Script ’s type designs was released in 19th.the inclination angle of the traditional 18th and 19th centuries English script in order to make the punchcutter’s job easier and the resulting metal type more durable.

Bodoni
Giambattista Bodoni, Morris Fuller Benton
1957-1965
Morris Fuller Benton started the Bodoni revival with this version for ATF in the early years of the 20th century. We consider it the first accurate revival of a historical face for general use. Sturdy and a little mechanical in the 19th century tradition, this is the Bodoni series familiar to us all


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Gladifilthefte
Tup Wanders
1945-1957
I fondly remember the pretty boxes they came in, with gold leaf lettering, chic colors and a plastic wrap that would stick to your fingers. I really liked those tall, stylish letters they used for the brands, so I made this font to look like I remember them

Affair
Alejandro Paul
1920-1930
Affair felt like the most natural and casual sequence of processions in the world – my hand following the grid, the grid following what my hand had already done – a circle of creation contained in one square computer cell, then doing it all over again
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Tertre
Paragraph
1890-1920
It is named after Place du Tertre, a square located at the top of Montmartre—a hill overlooking Paris, made famous by the artists of the 19th and 20th Century. Alternate capitals with Art Nouveau flavor are provided, as well as Central European, Baltic and Turkish language support.

TrajanusBricks
Warren Chappell
1930-1945
Warren Chappell named his font after the Roman king Trajanus, who ruled in the first century AD. The Roman capitals on Trajanus’ memorial combined with the lower case style from the time of Karl the Great formed the models for the font characters. Trajanus will give a text a classic, almost calligraphic, feel.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

10 RESPONSE PIECES FROM NEW YORK TIMES

The retail giant will set aside products for delayed purchase

Any country ’s Rise Isn’t the Demise

The art of summer



Lessons Maybe Learned

Like it or not (I just like it at all)


Yet that rise and fall is not an unfamiliar pleasure

The first day of school for most New York City students

The Drawn Blank Series


Language of Flowers-Victoria Jones, who was abandoned at birth by her mother and has lived in at least 32 foster homes

The overall impact of all this material is powerful