Cemetery Type Hunting Recreation
I went type hunting at the local cemetery again for an assignment, in which I took a picture, or in my case way too many for my poor camera, and then cloned out the original name and recreated the type with a hypothetical name with the same or similar font. The font I used that […]
Type Hunting: Vintage Buffalove-Style
Went adventuring throughout the city and found some amazing hand-crafted typography gems, like tombstones pre-modern engraving and storefront signs that were painted, or untouched by anything digital. This was such a fun adventure that I will try to continue in the future if I come across any other vintage or hand designed type. (Bear with […]
Typographic Analysis: News Gothic
News Gothic is a sans-serif typeface that was created in 1908 by Morris Fuller Benton for the American Type Founders (ATF), in which he was the head designer there for several years. Benton is a renowned typographer who has also designed Bold Antique, Franklin Gothic, and Monotone Gothic. He originally drew two different weights, one […]
Name Typeset and Sketches
In the typographic exercise of writing my name in various type and ways, I learned that there are a myriad of possibilities. Although I filled an entire page with my name, which admittedly was strange to see, there could have easily been five pages of alternatives and then some.