Creating Ligatures

"How To Create a ligature" by David Schwen shows the extent of his talent in terms of graphics. A series playing on ligatures and typography.



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Pictures Illustrated With a Thousand Words

A picture is worth a thousand words. To this illustrator, the phrase can be taken quite literally. Portraits and works of art created using words and typography that are so detailed. Below is a small collection of Juan Osborne's word art. Check out his website and you can download some of his word art as desktop backgrounds.


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Related Typographical Posts:

• One Day Poem Pavilion
• Typewriter Typography
• Honor Your Content

Typewriter Typography

Here's a fresh medium for artist expression. Using a typewriter to create landscapes.


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Honor Your Content

I was reading an article in the National Post the other day regarding the TypeCon 2008 Conference. To parapharse, the author discussed among designers: "If you were stuck on a desert island and only had 10 fonts..."
This was there list:
• Janson
• Gill Sans
• Didot/Bodoni
• Joanna
• Myriad
• Helvetica Neue Light
• Walker
• Century Schoolbook Condensed Light
• Trebuchet
• Meta

Good typography is important to any medium as it is to use images and shiny objects. The fact that you may skim articles and headlines, it should still be pleasing to look at and easy to read.

In every situation where type is used - in television, signage, packaging - the designer has to adapt his techniques to suit the medium.

So I figured i would just google things on typography and wouldn't you know I came a cross this website, NYCtype by designer Jason Powers.

Jason goes around New York City photographing street typography.
I was intrigued by it because I always wanted to go around the Gem City and just photograph signs and different types. Here, Jason takes that idea and uploads to his blog.

Although he doesn't critique the styles of typography, any graphic designer who is looking for a new style to try, this gives you the visual record in the public terrain. Check out NYCtype to find a font that might be suitable for your next medium.