Chris Coyier’s Icon Fonts are Awesome demo pushed me up to the edge, and seeing how fuzzy image icons look next to ultra-crisp retina display text threw me over. Now, I’m testing out an icon font on this site for the comments, 3 footer links, and even my logo (why not push it all the way). The icons I use are a hodge-podge, pulled from my own stuff,... Read more
Grab your wallets! Reagan just opened up the shop section of his website. He’s been designing & screen printing posters this spring, and two are available for purchase now. I’ve got both, but have to admit I’m partial to this one as a fantastic visual representation of AFI’s top 25 movies of all time. It’s a poster and a game—a game in a poster!
The fine folks over at Wood Type Revival asked me to design some specimens for their latest release, Grecian Light Face. After experimenting with a few different directions, I went with some of my favorite song lyrics over a dark texturized / illustration combo. To say the least, it was a privilege to take part in what WTR has going on.
I just backed this project on Kickstarter and think you should too. Vernaculartypography.com is a source of endless inspiration and does valuable work in documenting and preserving great examples of regional typography & signage. The project (and overall cause) reminded me of this story Aaron Draplin tells about an old sign he bought on Ebay and its horrific replacement. Aaron’s right. Nothing depresses me more than seeing shoddy replacements... Read more
Today, Paravel launched the new responsive website for Typofonderie. We had a great time with the challenges that arose from building a font-selling, ecommerce-driven, responsive web site. We took extra care to scale things like category & search navigation, and to preserve image hierarchy (like the home page banner graphic). This project was a collaborative effort. Jean François Porchez and the Typofonderie team designed their new logo and all... Read more
The time for New Adventures is nearly upon us! I’ve been building slides for my talk as well as prepping materials for my workshop on controlling web typography. The plan is to spend some time exploring the finer points of using web fonts and setting type on the web, then experiment with newer CSS properties and Lettering.js. Throughout the workshop, we’ll discuss fluid content and responsive web design... Read more