Posts tagged "typography"
Gay America.
We just finished designing Scott Pasfield's Gay America / Out and Proud Across the USA. During a two-year period Scott photographed gay men in every state and gathered their stories to create an incredible portrait of America. For the cover and headline typeface we chose Tapeworm, a curious font based on the wordmarks found in Ed Ruscha's paintings — the kind of letterforms an amateur sign maker might make with masking tape. Ruscha refers to this style as "boy scout utility modern" — to me it's proud, American, odd and rebellious, and completely unexpected.
It's been a great honor to work with Scott and editor Alan Rapp to bring Gay America to life. We had a smooth experience printing the sample book with Blurb and now it's being reviewed by publishers. Good luck to Scott and his remarkable project.
Twitterface
I've always been fascinated by Twitter icons and why people choose them. Some designers use type-inspired single letter icons, for obvious reasons, like Caren @litherland's C, @pentagramdesign's P and @AisleOne's A. Each of these are perfect in their own way — but could I find the entire alphabet? What kind of crazy cut-up magazine kidnapper typeface would that make?
It didn't take long to find the really great ABCs of Twitter. All of them represent design, web and type-related feeds on Twitter. As in Scrabble, a few were more difficult (and valuable?) than others, like I, L, V and Z. (I'd prefer to have single letters, but hey, it's Landor.) Of course I changed my own icon and added myself to the list.
I'm not sure what kind of typeface this would make but as a collection ("Twitterface") it's really kind of nice. Can you guess the identity of each? Go here to see them all.
And now I'm wondering about the stories behind each of these — the typefaces, found letterforms and designed marks that make up this collection. If you own one of these and want to tell me about your Twitter letter send me a note and I'll share the results!
A AisleOne
B Behance
C Litherland
D DesignRelated
E Elephantik
F Franknas
G Grainedit
H HeyDaysStudio
I iA
J CreativeBalls
K KlimTypeFoundry
L Landor_dot_com
M MomaParis
N NewsDesigner
O Kokoromoi
P PentagramDesign
Q MartaBernstein
R Retinart
S Soulellis
T Typedia
U UppercaseMag
V VandelayDesign
W Weswuz
X PleaseLetMeDesign
Y YouWorkForThem
& FeltandFitted
Z Zinnebeeld
1906
Newzald
Newzald, by Kris Sowersby/Klim Type Foundry. Inspired typography and presentation (PDF specimen).
A very nice typeface
Lest anyone think that we only use typefaces designed before 1965 at Soulellis Studio, I'd like to take a moment to introduce you to Omnes, a fine rounded typeface by Brooklyn-based Joshua Darden. We're proposing Omnes as the primary typeface for a new identity this week and hoping the client agrees that it's exactly the right kind of friendly for a serious NYC non-profit.
UPDATE — The client chose the *other* concept, so we'll be using Hoefler & Frere-Jones' Knockout.
