Photo via Bristol 24-7

As bad as I felt for the people losing their jobs, as I read the stories about the Somerdale factory closure, I couldn’t help wondering how a person would go about obtaining a meter high apostrophe…

Neutra Face : An Ode On A Typeface (A Bearded Poker Face Parody)

With gold lines like “Avant Garde you make me hard” and a chorus of “You can be my Neutraface – even if it’s bold italic” watching this was the perfect way to kick start work this morning.

Typodarium 2010 – Lars Harmsen and Raban Ruddigkeit

365 Typefaces from 180 Designers & Foundries in 30 Countries. This is probably the third 2010 calendar I’ve looked at and thought Ooooo that’s the calendar for me! 2010 might be the year for multiple wall and desktop calendars :)

Fancy Problems – Mike Perry Studio aka MIDWESTISBEST VIA

I like t-shirts, great typography, funny, or at least saying something interesting or clever.

I was on the train the other day and a boy maybe just into his early 20′s sat opposite me, and the shirt he was wearing really pissed me off. It was surprising how much I wanted to tell him his shirt sucked! It was in an 80′s style, geometric striped pattern with big fluro type saying “Cancel my subscription, I’m tired of your issues”… I know, not exactly offensive yet everything about it offended me. :) I must be getting old.

Fail Harder Mural, by Wieden + Kennedy 12. VIA

Fremdwort [fremt'voart]: n, (German) foreign, or strange word used to impress peers, adversaries, or potential mates

Had a great laugh with this website this morning, if you can pronounce them how can you go with words like entschlossene Herzenswunscherfüllungsarbeit (determined heart’s desire granting work), and Stolzbefleckte Schadenreue (pride-bespeckled damage remorse).

Ironic Sans from David Friedman VIA

18 out of 20 isn’t too bad… The two I chose incorrectly were both in all caps, the Mattel logo and the Toyota logo, so I’ll have work on those capital letters, throw in an R, C an S or the like & the difference slaps you in the face so hard it would be impossible to mix them up.

I’m a Helvetic fan, there are so many elements that present so much more pleasingly to the eye compared to Arial, although that doesn’t mean I don’t ever use Arial. They both have their uses… I guess ;)

The Typographic Desk Reference by Theodore Rosendorf

One of my favourite typography reference books is the The Typographic Desk Reference by Theodore Rosendorf, possibly more because of the way it looks rather than being anything more comprehensive than other manuals. The sections are presented clearly and attractively, I’m happy that I own it, and I’m just now remembering that either I have spoken about this book before, or I meant to and never got around to it…

Oh! and I didn’t use any references when playing this quiz :) Play now!

Sometimes I Think, Sometimes I Am, Sara Fanelli

I am sorely tempted to dismantle this book and hang the beautiful illustrations on my wall. I’d love a print of the front cover in the very least, on the look out now :)

Cordial Bloom VIA

When would I use this? Would I ever use it? Is it just the specimen image I like? These are the questions I’m asking myself before dropping €89,00 on this font…

I do like it a lot, it’s well made, I love the details and the specimen image shows off Cordial Bloom very nicely, however I do think I’ll leave this font as one that I simply like to look at. I can imagine using it as an accent element in a poster :) so maybe I need to start chasing clients based on ideas I want to try out?

Personally I prefer the original Pepsi logo from 1898 :)