I was playing with ideas for a poster to feature some of our favourite typefaces, it was quite interesting looking up details of each of the particular typefaces, now all I need to do is mount and frame it. It’ll be available as a limited edition print on a nice quality paper and as a bulk print on a lighter weight paper. (For some reason it has come out a bit ‘red’ when it was saved for the web’).
Read MoreMany moons ago whilst playing with type I worked on the quote from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings “Dark have been my dreams of late”, but it bugged me, or at least when I see the image it doesn’t look right to me. Not sure why but it just wasn’t right at all. So, this morning as I had a few things to do I decided to ignore everything else and play with type for a while. Still not sure if I’ve got it right but I know it’s getting…
Read MoreMore on the ‘book’ theme for the John Howe forum, whilst I used The Lord of the Rings here it could apply to almost any book. It’s really not just about the book, it’s about what the book brings out of you or what it makes you feel.
Read MoreI was supposed to be sketching fish for this months theme over on John Howe‘s website, but I found looking at all the fish reference pictures unsettling. So I decided to do something in type to start me off.
Read MorePlaying with type again 😉
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