Codex: The Journal of Typography

Codex is a promising new quarterly magazine on typography by John Boardley of I Love Typography. It’s going to feature articles, book and type reviews, interviews, tips, type history, new and notable faces, essays and more. I’m definitely looking forward to this. The magazine consists of 164 full-color pages, is approximately A4 (about 8″ x […]

8 Simple Ways to Improve Typography In Your Designs

I wrote this article for Smashing Magazine and it was published last Friday on their site. I’m re-publishing it here for your reading pleasure. Enjoy. Many people, designers included, think that typography consists of only selecting a typeface, choosing a font size and whether it should be regular or bold. For most people it ends […]

Cinematypography

Here’s a fun little project titled Cinematypography by talented UK student (and author of September Industry) David Corti. Cinematypography is a collection of 70 film titles renamed to coincide with a typeface. David reached out to the creative community for the new film titles. Participants include Build, KentLyons, Neue, SampsonMay, This Studio, Un.titled and yours […]

I Love Typography Wallpaper

Here’s an early holiday present for all readers out there. I initially made this for the superb type blog, I Love Typography, but I ended up making a different one for them. I still love how this came out so I wanted to share it with everyone. It’s sort of a homage to typography, with […]

BIG Typography Showcase

I love this article by Smash Magazine about sites that use large typography. I personally love big bold type. It creates large positive and negative spaces that transform into shapes of their own. Working with large type becomes more than just setting a block of copy at 12 points. It becomes the design.      […]

I Love Typography

I Love Typography (don’t we all) is a great new blog about, yup you’ve guessed it, TYPOGRAPHY! Definitely looks promising. From the author: The simple aim of this blog is to record and share those findings, and to get your typographic juices flowing.