A new site to support the Got Milk? campaign online. Very well done.
Thinking with Type
I just finished reading this book and I think every designer should read it as well. I definitely feel more educated about typography and it’s history after reading it. Covers the basic rules of typography and also has a great section about using grids. One thing that I did find odd for a book about typography were the “widows” I found in certain paragraphs. Nothing bugs me more than a damn widow!
Shiira 2.0b2
Check out the new version of Shiira, an OS X browser. Personally, if this browsers pans out, I think it will be the best browser available on the Mac platform. Right now it’s in the very early stages but you can tell that Shiira is going to be awesome once it’s final. These guys are doing some advanced stuff and are trying to take advantage of the core features in OS X like HUDs found in Aperture.
Download it an give it a try.
New work at Serial Cut
Serial Cut updates with some fabulous work.
Gill Sans a failure?
In 1928, Eric Gill set about to improve on Edward Johnston’s type for the London Underground. The result was Gill Sans. In a piece for Singapore’s designer magazine, Ben Archer argues that Gill failed…
What do you think?
Read the entire article at Typographica.
Hejz updated
Some new work over at The Hejz.