"if you have a favorite font, you’re probably using it inappropriately or way too often"
Jessica Hische
(Source: jessicahische.is)
· Iconic design
· From the late 50s
· Is everywhere
· Has been ripped-off by many
(and mainly…)
· Overused to the point of exhaustion
"the most amazing thing to me about learning to design type was less learning to draw and more learning to see"
Nina Stössinger
(Source: fontfont.com)
The Chip’s animated type-specimen made its way into Tumblr before I could manage to do it myself! How awesome is that? Thanks a lot for it8bit and all the people who liked/reblogged/downloaded it!
The Chip: 8-Bit Typography
Created by Gabriel Figueiredo
Font available for download at fontstruct
First test for the animated type specimens for the chip family. Inspired by NES/SNES title screens, this one uses the SS, SSB, SSBI, SI, SB and SBKI weights, which can all be downloaded at fontstruct under the CC license AT-NC-SA
"Type design is not about designing letters, it’s all about designing text."
Paul van der Laan
(Source: twitter.com)
