Check out this typeface created with Post-It notes by student Sanda Zahirovic. Pretty neat.
Category: Typography
Can You Name This Typeface?
I was chopping up some boxes today for recycling and I noticed this Scientific Atlanta logo on one of them. At first glance I immediately thought it was Helvetica , but on closer inspection I was wrong. You can see that the “a” and “t” are slightly different than the forms found in Helvetica and the overall width of the face is wider.
Personally I’m not sure which typeface this is. Do you? Part of me thinks it’s not Helvetica and part of me thinks it’s so close to it that it might be and old or new variation of it. Or it’s possible that they commissioned someone to create a special face for them based on Helvetica.
What do you think?
Roses Are Red Violets Are Easy
Some text I threw up on my office wall that I share with my copywriter partner. He came up with the line and I printed out each letter, set in Helvetica, on an 8.5×11 paper. The letterspacing isn’t so great, it was time consuming and I was in a rush since I had to get back to work, but I’m pretty happy how it turned out. It was definitely a fun little project.
Check out some more photos on my Flickr Page.
Sweetness By Sweet
A bunch of “sweet” work by Sweet studio.
Black Slabbath Poster
Sweet poster produced by You Work For Them and designed on a grid, features the typeface Black Slabbath by Stefan Kjartansson.
Dimensions: 18″ x 24″ (inches)
Printing: 2 Color Screenprint, Black and Silver
Paper: 100 lb. Uncoated, Dark Grey
There
You have to respect any studio that has Brockmann and Crouwel posters on their walls. There, an agency based in Australia, has compiled an excellent body of work.
On a side note: I don’t like how their site functions. It’s pretty and all but it becomes very annoying when I have to wait for a new piece to load in Flash. It ends up taking forever to see all of the work and I quickly lose interest. I also don’t like that you can’t easily see all the work at once, even in thumbnail form. All the work should be right there and easy to view rather than having to explore the site in the dark. A good portfolio displays all the work at once, clearly and organized, so it makes viewing faster and more exciting. Area 17 is a great example of this. Flash is definitely the biggest cause for this issue. I think it’s being used more and more in a way where it’s become a barrier between the user and the work. In my opinion a simple CSS site works so much better for portfolios.
I’m not trying to trash There, they do awesome work, it’s just something I’ve been bothered with for some time now and needed to vent.