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Needle in a Haystack

Hey folks! I’ve been working through a little personal project in my spare time the last few weeks: a poster series on idioms displayed typographically. Click here for the Tumblr. More coming this week, so check it out if you haven’t already!
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villageidioms:

Needle in a Haystack

Hey folks! I’ve been working through a little personal project in my spare time the last few weeks: a poster series on idioms displayed typographically. Click here for the Tumblr. More coming this week, so check it out if you haven’t already!

    • #typography
    • #personal projects
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If you're writing a story on typography, you should probably check your spelling of designers mentioned.

In which Sharan Shetty can’t spell-check the proper name of infamous designer Massimo Vignelli. 

Other than that, it’s a decent look back at 90’s grunge type. But c’mon.

    • #Vignelli
    • #typos
    • #design
    • #typography
  • 10 months ago
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Kern-vengers Assemble! Matthew Olin’s poster series blends superheroes with type classifications making for some, yes, super results. More here.
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Kern-vengers Assemble! Matthew Olin’s poster series blends superheroes with type classifications making for some, yes, super results. More here.

Source: designtaxi.com

    • #cool stuff
    • #typography
    • #heroes
    • #nerdy
  • 11 months ago
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Shadow art by Kumi Yamashita.
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Shadow art by Kumi Yamashita.

Source: kumiyamashita.com

    • #art
    • #cool stuff
    • #typography
  • 11 months ago
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You don’t see people today dressed like Don Draper or Lane Pryce — the business-person equivalents of a business typeface — because fashion has changed, attitudes have changed, the world has changed. But, like cockroaches, Helvetica seems to be poised to survive time and space, no matter what.
Armin Vit goes on a rant against Helvetica and makes some valid points.

Source: underconsideration.com

    • #Helvetica
    • #branding
    • #design
    • #typography
  • 1 year ago
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Graphic designers of the internet, you’re welcome. (The rap in the middle is legitimately the best part.)

Source: underconsideration.com

    • #90s music
    • #comic sans
    • #typography
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Love me a good optical illusion in my typography.
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Love me a good optical illusion in my typography.

Source: BuzzFeed

    • #design
    • #typography
  • 1 year ago
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Worth reposting even if you’ve seen this before.

    • #design
    • #typography
    • #cool stuff
  • 1 year ago
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This guy is my new best friend.

Typographer decries the use of Verdana in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, sends Brad Bird (well-designed) hate mail.

Now if we could only get J.J. Abrams to stop using Futura…

(via GeekSystem)

    • #design
    • #typography
    • #mission impossible
  • 1 year ago
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    • #papyrus
    • #font
    • #typography
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