Typefolk is a new platform that is the first to exclusively recognise and award the lettering arts on a weekly, monthly and end of year basis. The platform launched on June 15th 2020. The Inspiration Skilled as a Designer and Developer, a while ago I started judging websites for the CSS Design Awards (CSSDA). This was a really fun and enjoyable experience. It involved rating aspects of websites based on specific criteria such as usability. Through this experience I was constantly getting … [Read more...]
Lettering Legend – Mark Simonson Interview
Mark Simonson is a gifted artist who specialises in type design and making fonts. He has also created some hand lettering pieces throughout his career and is this months 'Lettering Legend'. Mark spent quite some time working as a magazine art director and it wasn't until a little later into his life that he started making fonts. Despite this, Mark has still managed to build an incredible reputation for his outstanding work within the world of lettering and type. He has proved that with the right … [Read more...]
Stranger Things Lettering – An Interview with Designer Eric Demeusy
Lettering and type can be very powerful and can carry a huge impact. The recent Netflix hit series 'Stranger Things' proves just that, with a title sequence that has captivated many since the show was first released. Created by the Duffer brothers and set in the early 1980's the series follows a group of young boys, a very remarkable girl and a couple of others, as they try to solve a very eerie mystery that takes part in a small town. Minutes into the first episode I knew I was going to love … [Read more...]
Upcoming Type Camps
Type Camp host a number of different camps throughout each year. The camps can be broken down into three different styles. Type Camp offer retreat style lettering camps which take place in relaxing settings. Immersion camps which can involve travel, and urban camps which are hosted over a couple of days and tend to be more intense. Many of the Type Camp instructors are world renowned. The super talented and very knowledgeable Ken Barber can be found on the list of Type Camps instructors. … [Read more...]
