Photo team should contribute to this :D
http://www.thephotographicdictionary.org/home.html
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Typoholism
An Addict's Tale
typoholism
noun.
A disorder characterized by the excessive consumption of and dependence on type, leading to physical and psychological harm and impaired social and vocational functioning. Also called typographical abuse, font dependence.
typoholism
noun.
A disorder characterized by the excessive consumption of and dependence on type, leading to physical and psychological harm and impaired social and vocational functioning. Also called typographical abuse, font dependence.
Friday, February 27, 2009
"unecessary quotes"
Hey B&G friends! It's been a while and many of you newer staff members probably don't know me. Anyway, I came across this blog/procrastination tool recently and it's just the sort of humor we'd like: http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/. Enjoy!
Nalini
P.S. Hope you're all doing great!
Nalini
P.S. Hope you're all doing great!
Typographic Trees
Article link: A Library Full of Dead Trees
"The striking, cracked trees, 14 in all, are situated throughout the library building and are installed vertically, flush to the floor and ceiling to resemble supporting, structural pillars. Each tree is, in fact, a real oak trunk and displays carved passages of text from literature within the library, the typeface of each passage chosen carefully to suit the nature of the text..."
"The striking, cracked trees, 14 in all, are situated throughout the library building and are installed vertically, flush to the floor and ceiling to resemble supporting, structural pillars. Each tree is, in fact, a real oak trunk and displays carved passages of text from literature within the library, the typeface of each passage chosen carefully to suit the nature of the text..."
Friday, February 20, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Free fonts.
So, I've been perusing font forums today and accidentally happened upon a couple of free fonts, which then turned into lots of free fonts. A few of the ones I ended up downloading:
(1) Museo: it started with the letter "u"... a fun sans serif that comes in five weights, three of which are free. It was voted one of iLT's (I Love Typography blog's) top 10 fonts of '08.
(3) Lavoisier: a new open source font.
(4) MEgalopolis Extra: from Frenchman Jack Usine, voted one of the top 10 fonts of 2008 by iLT (I Love Typography blog). "Beautiful, big, and strong... abracadabratesque (this adjective should be used more often)... extraordinary, prestigious, dazzling, phenomenal, colossal, incredible... and, with that, modest."
(2) Badaboom: a new "fun font" discovery, sort of a cousin of AHJ Keller, which we've been using on the awesome Senior Portraits flyers. Urbanfonts.com has a lot of free fonts, though some of them are silly/over-the-top.
P.S. It's not free, but I'm really digging Hannah. It reminds me that Amy needs to make a font out of her handwriting!
P.P.S. Want more? Check out the Top 10 Fonts of '08. It's really of list of top 10 lists = soooo many fonts to discover.
P.P.P.S. A simple Google search turns up lots of free font websites. I tend to prefer dafont.com but simplythebest.net and urbanfonts.com are still better organized than most. Have a favorite font site/open source font? Spread the love!
(1) Museo: it started with the letter "u"... a fun sans serif that comes in five weights, three of which are free. It was voted one of iLT's (I Love Typography blog's) top 10 fonts of '08.
(3) Lavoisier: a new open source font.
(4) MEgalopolis Extra: from Frenchman Jack Usine, voted one of the top 10 fonts of 2008 by iLT (I Love Typography blog). "Beautiful, big, and strong... abracadabratesque (this adjective should be used more often)... extraordinary, prestigious, dazzling, phenomenal, colossal, incredible... and, with that, modest."
(2) Badaboom: a new "fun font" discovery, sort of a cousin of AHJ Keller, which we've been using on the awesome Senior Portraits flyers. Urbanfonts.com has a lot of free fonts, though some of them are silly/over-the-top.
P.S. It's not free, but I'm really digging Hannah. It reminds me that Amy needs to make a font out of her handwriting!
P.P.S. Want more? Check out the Top 10 Fonts of '08. It's really of list of top 10 lists = soooo many fonts to discover.P.P.P.S. A simple Google search turns up lots of free font websites. I tend to prefer dafont.com but simplythebest.net and urbanfonts.com are still better organized than most. Have a favorite font site/open source font? Spread the love!
This is awesome. Period.
As if I was in need of a new procrastination tool... introducing:
THE FONT GAME.
Brought to you by iLT (I Love Typography blog).
Enjoy.
THE FONT GAME.
Brought to you by iLT (I Love Typography blog).
Enjoy.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Astrology + Pantone Swatches = fun
Because Pantone swatches are awesome, why not combine them with your birthday. This is a cute website called COLORSTROLOGY that gives you a specialized horoscope and color to be your muse for the day. I got Nile, Pantone 14-0223, a light sagey color.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Because design is cool.
Hey fellow yearbook-ers!
Just thought I'd give a shout-out to Blue & Gold alum/2007 Editor-in-Chief Yizhuo Wang, who has a new design/art-themed blog called Inspirimint. Want a sample? Check out her recent posts about creative book designs (snazzy) and typography metrics (we are font nerds, after all). I definitely have her on my boomarks!
Just thought I'd give a shout-out to Blue & Gold alum/2007 Editor-in-Chief Yizhuo Wang, who has a new design/art-themed blog called Inspirimint. Want a sample? Check out her recent posts about creative book designs (snazzy) and typography metrics (we are font nerds, after all). I definitely have her on my boomarks!
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