Here a just a couple of the many examples of inspirational typography to be seen on Typeverything. Well worth a visit!
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Well Worth a Visit!
Posted in Miscellany, tagged design, examples, fun, inspiration, specimen, typography on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Intriguing…
Posted in Miscellany, tagged book, congress, design, library, vintage on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We were recently perusing ‘Strong’s Book of Design’. which can be accessed here at the Us Library of Congress Internet Archive. We found some really fascinating designs for Alphabets…here are a few examples:
Civic Pride
Posted in Miscellany, tagged civic, poster, pride, town hall, typeface, Wolverhampton on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Wolverhampton family of typefaces does its bit to promote its namesake.
Wonderfully Inspirational…
Posted in Miscellany, tagged Birmingham New Street railway station, London and North Western Railway, Standard Gauge, Trains and Railroads, typeface on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Seen today on Vintage Me Oh My! A collection of classic design as embodied in traditional hotel luggage labels. This example below originates with Britain’s London and North Western Railway and contains inspiration for two wonderful alphabets.
Seen…
Posted in General Announcements, Miscellany, tagged HarperCollins, History, Maritime, Richard Davenport-Hines, Ships, Titanic, Titanic Lives, typography on January 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Seen to day in a local bookshop, a new publication from Harper Collins, Richard Davenport-Hines‘ “Titanic Lives”. It looks a jolly good read and we’re pleased to see that all of the lettering on the cover, even the publisher’s blurb, is in Greater Albion’s typefaces. Bonaventure has been used on the cover, complimented by most [...]
How Things Might Have Been….
Posted in Miscellany, tagged Airship, Birmingham New Street, poster, steampunk, travel, typography on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A travel poster from a present day that wasn’t, using “Birmingham New Street” as a typeface…
Wonderfully Inspirational
Posted in Miscellany, tagged Beamish, lettering, museum, street jewelry on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We heartily recommend perusal of the ‘Writing on the Wall’ collection of street jewelry and signage posted on Flickr by Beamish Museum…
Tudor Revival
Posted in Miscellany, tagged ;ettering, arcade, architectural, Tudor Revival, Tudor Revival architecture, tudorbethan, Western Australia on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This charming example of architectural lettering will soon be the basis of a typeface design…
