Veer Type Review

Veer Type “We want to help you break out of the grid, the list, the rulebook. To show you visual elements for design in ways that work. To filter out the obvious and the mundane, in our products and our presentation. To help you do the best creative work possible.” Veer has many qualities making it a great place to shop for type. One of those is Exclusive type collections such as Cabinet, Jukebox, and Mean Tangerine. You can search for fonts based on Collection, Style or What’s Hot. Also in the search, you can view your words set in the type when using Flont, their type tester. When viewing a font description, Veer always…

Hoefler & Frere-Jones Review

Hoefler & Frere-Jones “In 2004, The Hoefler Type Foundry entered its sixteenth year as Hoefler & Frere-Jones. H&FJ continues to work with brand leaders in every sector, developing original typefaces and licensing fonts from its library of nearly 1,000 designs, and it publishes fonts exclusively through its New York sales office and its web site at typography.com.” The all new typography.com features a nice search available at the top of the site and also allows you to look through the collections as well as latest releases. The site is pleasant and well designed but as for newsletters, as a newcomer to the site I am unaware of any that they might send out. Looking further…

Emigre Review

Emigre “Emigre was one of the first independent type foundries to establish itself centered on personal computer technology. Emigre holds exclusive license to over 300 original typeface designs created by a roster of contemporary designers. Emigre’s full line of typefaces, ornaments and illustrations is available in Type 1 PostScript and TrueType for both the Macintosh and PC.” Once navigating to the Emigre Fonts section you are presented with a list of all available fonts on the right hand side. You can also click on the link in the upper-right to View by Style. Once you choose a font to look at you are presented with an example of the font in use at the top…

p22 Review

p22 “P22 type foundry creates computer typefaces inspired by Art, History, and sometimes Science. P22 is renowned for its work with museums and foundations to ensure the development of accurate historical typefaces that are fully relevant for today’s computer user. In addition to its in-house font design, P22 now licenses several new type designs from around the world. Finally, we’re sure you agree that no type foundry is complete without its own record label and plenty of merchandise.” You can search using the seach tab at the top in the navigation bar, or you can use their criteria of Search by Foundries, Browser Fonts, or Font Index. When viewing the description of a font you…

Wear the cause!

Make a statement (fashion and cause) with the Allumonde Ring in support of Design 21. Allumonde, designed by Richard Hutten, is the symbol of Design 21′s cause and spirit and is a daily reminder that we are all in this together. The ring is available in several metals to choose from including Stainless Steel, Black Titanium-coated Stainless Steel, Gold Titanium-Coated Stainless Steel, Sterling Silver, 18-karat Gold and a Kids’ Acrylic Set of 6 in different colors. Prices range from $25.00 up to $2,500. And with your purchase you are directly giving back. 19 percent is given to the Non-Profit of your choice and another 2 percent helps fund UNESCO DREAM Centers. For additional information or…

MyFonts Review

My Fonts “MyFonts is your complete on-line source for finding, trying, and buying fonts. Established in January 1999 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS), MyFonts is a showcase of the world’s fonts available from one easy-to-use Web site. MyFonts provides the largest collection of fonts ever assembled for on-line delivery, and offers easy ways to find and purchase fonts on-line. It also offers unique typographic resources, and forums for interacting with font experts.” The site itself is no design prize piece, but it has a few features that any designer would appreciate such as it’s What the Font? The What the Font? feature allows you to scan and upload an image…

LetterHead Fonts Review

Finding the right font for a project can be difficult as is, but many online foundry’s have made it easier for the designer to search for, test and buy fonts. I’m going to feature a Type site each day over the next week and within each post I will have some yummy screen shots and pointers when purchasing new fonts. I’ll be listing them in ascending order saving the best for last!!! If you know of any other type sites that I am leaving out and feel they should be included, please send me an email or add a comment with a link to the noteworthy site. Letterhead Fonts “Rare & Unique Letterhead Fonts for…

animal pop art

Do you love your furry friends enough to display them on your wall? If you do, head on over to ArtByCat’s shop on Etsy. She has a variety of Pop Art paintings featuring pets for sell and they are just adorable! The paintings are 8.5 x 11 unstretched and 7 x 9 stretched. I can just imagine these as a collage of paintings on the wall, it would really look great! They are reasonably priced at $20 and she has a few other paintings available besides animals.

Hand drawn maps

I am loving hand-drawn lettering more and more. I found these maps today, created by Stephannie Barba citing Couture Calligraphy & Stationery. Her maps are created mostly for weddings or similar events and feature hand-drawn type, illustrations and they are just lovely! I create two maps of my very own for my wedding stationery and it was fun yet grueling, and Stephannie’s are all beautiful and you can view a variety of her maps from all over at her Calligraphy & Stationery website or on her Couture Maps website.

Fascinating street installations

While browsing on ffffound.com today, I saw the image below posted. It made me laugh and then I clicked on the link to find out more. This installation is by Mark Jenkins, an artist who created installations that are almost heart-stopping and can really blow your mind. Some of them made me laugh, some of them disgusted me, yet all of them were fascinating. If you appreciate installations that are unique and thought-provoking or just like something a little offbeat, check out Mark’s website with four different galleries full of his work. And if you are in the Philadelphia area, he has featured some of his work in your area. For more information about Mark…