typofont.

Love this poster by Jude Landry, Assistant Professor of Art at Mississippi State University. It has got such lightness and precision. He made it when they invited Jessica Hische to do a lecture and lettering demo. “The large letter J was inspired by her daily drop caps. We printed it with a silver spot color on [...]

This is a tribute to New York, Brooklyn and Jay Z, made by freelance designer Greg Solenström, recent graduate of Hyper Island. The video is made entirely of Akzidenz Grotesk and images of Brooklyn. And, oh. It’s awesome. And this is “the making of”-video:

Another Tweek. No introduction needed. ––– @smashingmag: Beautiful Music Poster Designs by Vicente Garcia Morillo – http://bit.ly/94e9cR ––– @swissmiss: “A line is a dot that went for a walk. ”- Paul Klee ––– @mikilimixn: Why designers don’t get the same respect as doctors, lawyers & plumbers http://is.gd/bsClF (via @jankowarpspeed) ––– @iA: Google is removing Http:// from [...]

Enjoy the best tweets of the week: ––– @fontfabric: Solomon Normal Font will be available for Free until May 10. Enjoy! http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/font-fabric/solomon/ ––– @AisleOne: Here’s a gorgeous iPad weather app that’s super minimal. http://www.toopia.com/ ––– @SimplyGreat: The Neue Haas Grotesk Specimen Book on Flickr, only for the true type geeks http://bit.ly/dmHCT8 ––– @SwissLegacy: Nice typographic work by Stefania [...]

Here are the best/funniest/most interesting tweets of the week from the feed of @typofont. ––– @smashingmag: Where is the fold? A nice little online tool – http://bit.ly/d812JZ ––– @H_FJ: For those that asked: our suggestions for mixing fonts, now annotated! http://j.mp/mixingFonts ––– @workforfood: Reel Roulette: An easy  way to find motion designers. http://reelroulette.net ––– @ruggighund: [...]