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The preservation of the painted text is a passion of mine. Luckily I’m not the only one who feels that its an important task. Alice turned me on to the burgeoning TypArchive which serves the purpose of hosting an ever growing collection of user submitted photographs of painted typography as well as its 3-dimensional handcrafted equivalents. I’ve grabbed a selection of my favorites for this post, but you can spend a good amount of time digging around the site for yourself. Of course, you could also spend some time contributing to the collection for the benefit of everyone else as well. Thanks Alice!

07/22/2010 by Jay B Sauceda | No Comments |

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No Comic Sans

Apparently some people still haven’t gotten the memo that Comic Sans is unacceptable in any form in the professional world. Please tell everyone you know.

Via Gizmodo

07/21/2010 by Jay B Sauceda | 2 Comments |

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Nice People on Teefury

The fine folks over at Teefury have released a new version of “I Love Nice People Who Make Cool Things” as a mens and womens shirt! It’s ONLY available today for $9. If you would like, you can purchase one here.

06/29/2010 by Will Bryant | No Comments |

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Mucca Design

I’m not sure when their new site launched, but the new work by Mucca Design is, as usual, incredible. Their attention to detail is always inspiring, as is their ability to create such aesthetically diverse but appropriate work. Really into the new site structure as well.

06/11/2010 by Cody Haltom | No Comments |

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Katie Daisy

Katie Daisy’s work has been blasted across the web recently, but I thought you should take another peek at her folky hand-lettering.

06/11/2010 by Will Bryant | No Comments |

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Redesigned Boarding Passes

Some of the world’s biggest companies get along with some of the worst designs and its unbelievable. Tyler Thompson decided enough was enough on a recent flight, and came up with some concepts for a Delta Airlines Boarding Pass redesign. He also asked for submissions from other designers. More after the jump.

06/07/2010 by Jay B Sauceda | 2 Comments |

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Kay Rosen

I came across Kay Rosen’s work while at Domy this weekend, and was immediately in love. I’m really drawn to her ability to make you see something new in a subject so familiar. It’s arresting, both visually and conceptually. And it deals with type. I like type. Kay Rosen: AKAK is the only comprehensive book on Rosen, and documents 100 works by her between 1969 and 2009.

06/01/2010 by Cody Haltom | No Comments |

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Save The Planet, Use Garamond

The next time you think to yourself that you’d like to do more for the environment, just remember to consider your font choices on future design projects. Matt Robinson and Tom Wriggelsworth (who has an awesome name) decided to draw out large scale type specimens of popular fonts to measure ink usage of each. They used the remaining ink in the ballpoint pens as their means of measurement. Expectedly, Impact scored low “green” marks while the comparatively lean Garamond and Courier were at the top of the class. More pictures of the process after the jump.

05/26/2010 by Jay B Sauceda | 4 Comments |

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Sagmeister x Levi’s 501 Art Installation

Did you see this collaboration between Levi’s and the amazing Sagmeister Inc.? I just came across it last week. This deconstructed 501 jean was displayed last year at American Rag in SF. You can read more about it here.

05/25/2010 by Will Bryant | No Comments |

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Kate Prior

Kate Prior is inspired by sci-fi and her home taped ren & stimpy VHS. Kate has a great sense of humor…At age 3 she was barred from the creche at a popular british seaside holiday resort , but has since found peace through the use of colour, line & typography. See some nice examples of her hand lettering after the jump!

05/12/2010 by Will Bryant | No Comments |

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