PingMag discusses the origins, history, and state of Iranian typography & provides numerous beautiful examples. I dig thesetwo in particular.
Taylor Lane has created a series of typographic pinups (fair warning: there’s some glyph-heavy nekkidness). [Via Marc Pawliger]
In an inverse vein (not pictures made from letters, but letters from pictures), Giornale Nuovo offers a brief history of figurative alphabets. [Via]
Joshua Smith has posted a gallery of cool type treatments (including his own logotype) on Hydro74. The rest of his site is worth a visit for dynamite illustrations & more. [Via]
And my latest episode of Pen, the Vector Podcast, also focuses on typography — with a really interesting Asian text feature tip that applies both to AI and PS. [Cool–thanks for the lead. –J.]
Type for you linked to web typography, a great resource.
Great links, thanks for sharing!
And my latest episode of Pen, the Vector Podcast, also focuses on typography — with a really interesting Asian text feature tip that applies both to AI and PS.
[Cool–thanks for the lead. –J.]