David Airey

Category: Typography

  • Banknotes for the visually impaired

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    Only the United States prints banknotes that are identical in size and colour in all their denominations.

  • Fontfabric free fonts

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    Free fonts, more often than not, lack attention to detail, but some of these from Fontfabric make a nice change. One of them — The Kabel — has a few lovely application shots, like this… Not that I’m religious, or having a bad day. Top Photoshop skills though. Not to be confused with Rudolph Koch’s…

  • Tien-Min Liao’s handmade type

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    This is a self-initiated typographic experiment that explores the relationships between upper-case and lower-case letters, and also records the transformation between them.

  • Blanch font family, free download

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    Albert Estruch from Barcelona-based studio Atipus got in touch to share a free download of the Blanch font family that was used in their Fruita Blanch identity. “Blanch is a display typeface for the Fruita Blanch brand, a family-run company that, for four generations, has dedicated itself to the cultivation and marketing of sweet fruits.…

  • Type foundries worth a look

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    It’s always useful to have a collection of type foundries to call upon. Here are a few notable mentions. Betatype An independent type foundry in San Francisco by Christian Robertson. Bold Monday From the Netherlands, founded in 2008 by Paul van der Laan and Pieter van Rosmalen. Colophon An independent type foundry set up by…

  • Pairing typefaces in book design

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    Choosing typefaces is one of the two most important choices you make when designing a book. Aside from a cover photo or illustration, it’s the detail that is most “out there” in front of readers. In this short piece, book designer, page compositor, and layout artist Stephen Tiano shares advice on best practice for combining…

  • Arcano Type

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    Graphic designer Giuseppe Salerno of Valencia-based Resistenza spent the past four months producing Arcano Type.

  • Hatch Show Print

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    A fascinating eight-minute look at Hatch Show Print, a 130 year-old working letterpress shop (established 1879) in Nashville, Tennessee. Hatch Show Print, established in 1879, is a working letterpress print shop in Nashville, Tennessee. It uses its collection to educate and to create iconic designs that express and commemorate America’s evolving cultural identity. Hatch Show…

  • Typography tips for graphic design students

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    Designer Ben Terrett of Noisy Decent Graphics asked his readers what typographic advice they’d give a third year design student. Here are a few of the most useful answers from the comment thread. “Don’t underestimate its importance. The best ideas, the most beautiful imagery, the most harmonious colour combinations will be blighted by inferior typography.…

  • Typography School

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    A good short video recorded in the London College of Communication, looking at the effects computers are having on the next generation of type designers.