Frank Ortmann – Handwriting / Calligraphy
Click through to watch the “making of” video for the cover artwork of Max Goldt‘s L’Eglise des Crocodiles. It features stunningly beautiful handwritten work by Frank Ortmann of Freies Grafik Design.
Posts Tagged ‘type’
Fonts in Use
Fonts In Use is a new site from the minds of Sam Berlow, Stephen Coles, and Nick Sherman. The site showcases existing typography in use coupled with an opinionated statement about the exhibited type.
“So much of design critique is focused on graphics and photography. It’s time to shed light on the most basic element of communication: the type. At Fonts In Use we’ll catalog and examine real-world typography wherever it appears — branding, advertising, signage, packaging, publications, in print and online with an emphasis on the typefaces used.”
Definitely a site to make room for in your bookmarks.
Your Handwriting Sucks
Until I see you or myself for that matter, draw something like this by hand, I will keep the opinion that your handwriting sucks (mine does too). Video after the jump.
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.
Hermann Zapf is making us look bad
Type designer Hermann Zapf has the ability to make all of your handwriting look like chicken scratch in one fell swoop. This video shows how he does it.
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Let’s jump rope!
The internet, it’s open.
Not your typical Walgreen’s pharmacy.
It’s called the spoon prank, and it is hilarious.
Brine Icicles don’t mess around. They’re killer.
Would you ride a giant spoke-less ferris wheel?
Stop annoying your neighbors with these cheap soundproofing techniques.
One of our favorite Austin spots receives FFFest praise for their “Slayer Dog”
One used time traveling DeLorean for sale. $600,000 OBO.
How good at Kerning are you? Why not test yourself?
It’s October, so why not celebrate with some Dia De Los Modernists posters?
While we’re talkin’ food, how about a pencil sharpener that dispenses parmesan pencil shavings? Yum!
Need to peel an entire head of garlic in under 10 seconds? Do it with two bowls.
This is the kinda Garden Gnome that lets people know you mean business.
Darth Vader blows some hot air.
You really need to be following Adam Garcia’s sketchbook blog.
That’s a really cool fountain. I want that in my yard.
Hey Portland! Cheat Local!
Marty McFly and Doc Brown have a backstory finally.
It’s the cartoon color wheel.
What if Charles Schulz wrote Jaws?
If there’s anything you learn from this, it’s that you shouldn’t get a discount taxidermist.
Not that you don’t already, but keep in mind that chain emails are bad.
I’m all for this kind of nuclear proliferation.
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