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Category Archives: Lettering


Some Newness from The Heads of State

Some Newness from The Heads of State

Finally, the unveil­ing of the new site by the geniuses that call them­selves The Heads of State. The work these guys pro­duce is qual­ity. From illus­tra­tions to posters to iden­tity works, their style remains the same: sim­ple, concept-driven and really, …

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The Art of Hermann Zapf

The Art of Hermann Zapf

This is a truly inspi­ra­tional video for any­one inter­ested in the art of let­ter­ing. I am rethink­ing my wed­ding design ideas already. It might be fun to get out the pens and ink bot­tles again and try to use some …

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Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles

Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles

I just came across this fan­tas­tic video cre­ated by the design stu­dents and fac­ulty of BYU. The con­cept is a typo­graphic feast about the five sense and was cre­ated with no com­puter gen­er­ated effects. Very enter­tain­ing. View it here

Aaron Horkey's

Aaron Horkey’s “Midwestern Heart”

Yet another incred­i­ble print by Aaron Horkey. This man has got some seri­ous tal­ent. This poster, like his oth­ers, was drawn by hand. Unbe­liev­able, right? More info can be found here.

Alphaposters from Happycentro

Alphaposters from Happycentro

I had just recently res­tum­bled across these Alpha­pos­ters from Hap­py­cen­tro and remem­bered just how much I enjoy the con­cept and imagery. I espe­cially like the “f” poster with the map illus­tra­tion. Old maps are the greatest.

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