the font wishlist

if there’s anybody out there that really just wants to buy something for live from bklyn, you can start with these fonts; pf handbook pro liza sign painter numbers

Posted in type by dailey

not all free fonts are created evil

“the most striking result of this survey is that the respondents overwhelming reject free fonts.” i pulled this quote from a recent type survey preview i received in an email from gdusa magazine. it’s true, the vast majority of free fonts are chock full o’ wonky kerning, unpolished letterforms and are lacking certain essential characters. [...]

Posted in advice, type by dailey

matt lehman: illustrator, designer

i found the work of matt lehman very inspiring this morning. even makes country music look cool.

Posted in illustration, pattern, type by dailey

unpublished work that needs some air

here are a couple of pieces i’ve been wanting to show for while but are unpublished as of right now anyway. you can go see ‘em nice and big and read about ‘em on flickr.

Posted in hot pink, illustration, ornament, print design, type by dailey

jessica hische

every once in a while one comes a cross a designer that makes one say, “oh NO! i’m gonna have to stay up late every night for the next month and a half to improve my design skills.” jessica hische is that designer. oh look, she also has a blog. super. it’s gonna be a [...]

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mcallister wedding poster

last weekend i attended the wedding of melissa and brannon mcallister. as a gift for the guests, they had these fine, fine letterpress posters created by hatch show print.

Posted in print design, texture, type by dailey

orangebeautiful calendar

my friend christin sends tidings of this (orange)beautiful calendar. sweet idea to have the perforations to be able to save the typography as an art print. check out the rest of orangebeautiful’s offerings while you’re on their etsy page. the holiday card is just magnificent.

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bryan rees

i remember the days when i was a just grunt designer at bju creative services and bryan rees was an even gruntier grad assistant. now bryan is a big shot creating things like this mean-lean-clean-needs-to-be-seen operational standards workbook. no, i have no idea how i ended up such a dork, but i guess that’s one [...]

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samantha wiley

samantha wiley has really got a handle on her typography, as evidenced by these beer desktop backgrounds. sam is moving to new york very soon, and is looking for a gig, so if anyone reading this is hiring, be sure to click the link above to review her portfolio. you can also see her portfolio [...]

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