Finally caved and purchased hosting + a domain name–mostly because I’m kinda sick of wordpress.com’s limitations. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate their free hosting platform, but after working with .org sites for so many years, I’m used to actually being in control of my own site instead of having to comply with the platform’s …
A few weeks ago, out of nowhere, I remembered Memphis. Not the place (never been there, don’t want to go there) but the 1980’s Italian design & architecture movement. That ever happen to anyone else? … No? Just me? If you’re not familiar with the Memphis group, their designs featured a lot of really strong …
And now for something completely different! About a week ago, one of the design newsletters I read included an article referencing a talk at TypoGraphics June 2018 conference. A talk presented by type designer Toshi Omigari examining the design of pixel fonts in retro video games, including examples of typefaces from a variety of classic …
I read a ton of comic books as a kid, and always loved the look of comic book lettering. Nowadays I’m sure they’re all using digital lettering, but true hand lettering is beautiful! I even still have an Alvin lettering guide I used to use for my comics, back when I still drew things on …
Do you remember the 90s? I guess it depends on how old you are/how much of the 90s you were alive during. Considering that it’s possible for someone to be 18 years old, reading this, and born after the 90s are over… yikes! I’m old! Back on topic: my latest font, Unbalanced, is inspired by …