Yearly Archives: 2009

Typography <3

Typeworkshop.com gives you a hundred more reasons to love typography. Produced by scandanavian type designers, the site features both typeface profiles and a type basics section for those starting out.

Posted in Course Related, Resources, Typography, Vocation & Profession

Free Education

“Challenging” courses allow you to graduate more quickly and for less money. W3 Schools is an excellent way to learn web skills for free allowing you to pass out of your college curriculum without taking the courses.

Posted in Course Related, Education, Resources, Vocation & Profession, Web

Yellow Submarine Art Director Dies

Graphic designer Heinz Edelmann, best known for his work as art director of the 1968 Beatles film “Yellow Submarine,” has died at 75.

Posted in Course Related, Design History, Repost From Cited Source

Bibliophilia

If you love old, dusty, used books and their fantastic typographic and illustrative legacy, you’ve got to check out Hang Fire Books. Bask in the glow of letter pressed pages, unironic pulp illustrations and mid-century cover design.

Posted in Amusement, Course Related, Design History, Typography

A Font Designer’s Growth Curve

“Things that are seemingly so disparate seem to have a weird way of coming together,” says Mr. Kegler. “I used to run a record shop and some of the leftover packaging we had made ended up being used for our fonts.”

Posted in Artists & Designers, Course Related, Repost From Cited Source, Resources, Typography, Vocation & Profession