Murphys bLawg - tagged with typography

Typedia: A Shared Encyclopedia of Typefaces

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:31:00 +0000

Typedia is a community website to classify typefaces and educate people about them. Think of it like a mix between IMDb and Wikipedia, but just for type. Anyone can join, add, and edit pages for typefaces or for the people behind the type.

TITILLIUM - open source font

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:08:00 +0000

An open source font from a group of students at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino (Urbino Accademy of Fine Arts) in Italy. Anyone can download, modify and upload their own creations. Interesting project and nice looking font.

Ironic Sans: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? Quiz

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:07:00 +0000

A quiz to help you learn the differences between Helvetica and Arial

Readable App: read the web / Home page

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:14:00 +0000

A script for improving online reading by removing all the cruft and setting sensible typogrphy. Similar to Readabilty but with a few more options

Helveticons

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:09:00 +0000

Royalty-free vector icons, glyphs and symbols based on the Helvetica Bold typeface

Baseline - a designer framework by ProjetUrbain.com

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:54:00 +0000

A CSS framework to help develop a pleasing grid and good typography. Includes some fetaures of CSS3 and HTML5

Read Regular

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:16:00 +0000

Read Regular is a typeface designed specifically to help people with dyslexia read and write more effectively.

iQ font - When driving becomes writing / Full making of

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:52:00 +0000

Two typographers ( Pierre & Damien / plmd.me ) and a pro race pilot (Stef van Campenhoudt) collaborated to design a font with a car. The car movements were tracked using a custom software, designed by interactive artist Zachary Lieberman. ( openframeworks.cc )

Download the font here: nl.toyota.be/iqfont

More pictures here: flickr.com/photos/40243214@N05/sets/72157621047564023/ Cast: wireless, thesystemis and pleaseletmedesign

The League of Moveable Type

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:46:00 +0000

Another Interesting collection of Open Source Fonts

Font Squirrel | Handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses.

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:28:00 +0000

Collection of properly licensed free Fonts

8 Simple Ways to Improve Typography In Your Designs • Blog Archive • AisleOne

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:13:00 +0000

Article on improving web typography using CSS. Uses some great "good/bad" comparisons that clearly show you what's wrong and how to fix it.

Word Clock Screensaver

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:04:00 +0000

An interesting experiment in typography and displaying time.

The application displays a fixed list of all numbers and words sufficient to express any possible date and time as a sentence. Word Clock displays time by highlighting appropriate words as each second passes.

There are two display modes; Linear which is shown above and Rotary which has a nice relationship with traditional analogue clocks.

Brand Tags

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:01:00 +0000

A collective experiment in brand perception. Say one word about a brand. The results are displayed in a fantastic looking tag cloud

Feltron Eight

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:40:00 +0000

One day all this information will be automatically recorded for you (if its not already) Nicely designed report on this dudes life in 2007 (like number of alcoholic beverages consumed)

» Web Typography - 40 sources for inspiration and instruction - Web Design Marketing Podcast & Blog

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:12:00 +0000

lots of typography resources

Em Calculator

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:16:00 +0000

convert font sizes in pixels to em

Helvetica

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:37:00 +0000

A film about about typography and graphic design. mainly focused on the Helvetica typeface