What’s up with the type foundry/music connection? Recent years have brought us P22’s release of the William Caslon Experience compilation and the Amerikanische Badneß album, which accompanies the Blaktur typeface, from the House Industry guys themselves.
Now let’s add another of my own personal favorites to the lineup. František Štorm has quietly added a link to his own musical project, Airbrusher, to his website where he describes the musical output as “cheap, unpretentious, kitsch melodies [and] a heap of malicious lyrics, with no purpose whatsoever.” Continue reading ‘Storm Type Foundry presents Airbrusher’
Okay, so my brain needed a few minute’s rest, so I thought I would post this before type types start descending upon buffalo for Typecon 2008 in Buffalo, NY. Of course there is an Official Typecon Restaurant Guide, but here are some specifics that you won’t find on that list. Unfortunately, many of these places are not immediately accessible from the conference hotel, but If you find yourself with a couple free hours, be sure to check out at least one of these spots.
¡Toro! 492 Elmwood Ave. • 716.886.9457 The calamari garnished with olives and parmesean is an interesting take on this popular appetizer, most everything on the menu is impeccable, but the Barbecue pulled pork on corn crepes and the chicken spring rolls are especially nice. website
La Tee Da 206 Allen St • 716.881.4500? If you’re not in a rush and want a nice place to relax, the patio is just the place. As this place is very popular, you’d do well to make a reservation. The lasagna and the Poached Pear Salad are absolutely lovely as is the salmon.
Quaker Bonnet Eatery 175 Allen St. • 800.283.2447 You can get a hot sandwich and tasty baked goods here. The Cuban is worth popping in for. website
Panaro’s 571 Delaware Ave. • 716.884.1033 Looking for a quaint, Italian cafe and bakery? This is just the spot. A cup of pasta fagioli makes a very tasty lunch. website
Hooray! I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I checked my email and noticed an email from FontStruct team member, Stewf. You may also know him as Stephen Coles, one of the brains behind the ever-popular Typographica. Getting the message was not the surprising thing, I’ve been starting to enjoy having the comments posted to my FontStruct creations pop up in my inbox. The surprising thing was *cue drumroll* that FontShop had chosen one of my FontStructions in their official public announcement of the FontStruct site. The font is SlabStruct Too, and besides being highlighted in the body of the article, it is used to spell out the “Font” in the FontShop logo at the head of the newsletter. You can’t ask for more love than that! Continue reading ‘FontStruct ❤ Me!’
We were blessed with a surprise visit today from Jonathan Hoefler of Hoefler & Frere-Jones type foundry. Pictured here (from left to right) are Fiona Ross, Jonathan, and myself. It’s always an inspiring experience to have such talented folk look at your work, and give feedback and encouragement. Thanks, Yvonne, for publishing these pictures!
Okay, so if you’re reading this, you already know that I am a hardcore typegeek. Typically that entails spending countless hours in front of my computer screen tweaking bézier outlines of glyphs (read ‘letters’ all you non-hardcore types) with highly-specialized software, followed by more hours inputing and checking vital font information that users will likely never see. Does this sound like a lot of work? Well it is!
But no more. Now you at home can get hooked on creating fonts with no special expertise or software required other that what you’re using to read this blog. FontShop International (who recently promoted some of my typefaces for P22 in their last newsletter) has unofficially released FontStruct, ‘a free font-building tool,’ which ‘lets you quickly and easily create fonts constructed out of geometrical shapes.’ For being live just over a week old, there are already several interesting and well-designed offerings available for download. Having tried my hand at using the site myself, I must admit building fonts with this tool is simple and fun. I’d be interested in what some of you non-typegeek people think. Give it a whirl: go to the site, make a font, come back here, and post your thoughts with links to your work. (Be careful, though, it’s addicting!) While you’re there, be sure to check out my creations and give ’em good ratings!
Sassy, originally uploaded by pauldhunt.
After three trips to Las Vegas in the last six months, I finally got to make it to the Neon Museum’s Boneyard. I had tried to go twice previously but the key to getting in is to book a tour as far in advance as possible. The tour was an amazing experience. The organization behind it has the goal of preserving as much of the old Vegas signage as possible and making it accessible to the public. I believe these are very worthy goals, so I was glad to make the requested donation to go on the tour.
FontShop International has recently announced the release of a typeface compliation: FontStars™ 2007. This collection of “the year’s best fonts” includes three that I designed for P22: P22 Underground Regular, P22 Zaner One, and P22 Zaner One Extras. This is a quite diverse collection and includes many of my personal favorite typefaces released this year, including several that I have licensed myself (Cinescope, MVB Sacre Bleu, MVB Solano) and some that I wish I could license (Greta, Blaktur). It’s really nice to get this kind of recognition. It’s even nicer to see typeface I’ve designed in use! Speaking of Zaner, I’ve recently seen it on the shop front of Paradiso Bouidor in SoHo and on the cover of Carrie Underwood’s latest album, Carnival Ride.
Back in MyFonts news again. I’m always giddy to get a mention of something that I worked on. This time it was for LTC Italian Old Style, mentioned in this month’s Rising Stars newsletter. I’m glad that the newsletter features a new text face each month as most of the rest of the featured faces are decorative display faces. Not that there’s anything wrong with display faces, but I think that a nice serif face with a bit of character can be quite a nice change from all the fancy and frilly stuff once in a while. In fact, this is why I digitized a light (display) weight of Italian Old Style in addition to the regular (text) weight.
The consumerist season is upon us once again. In the spirit of the season, I thought I’d post at least one gift idea. It’s sheik, it’s practical, and sure to be appreciated by any of your friends and family who may suffer from typoholism: it’s the super-snazzy typo-touk from Typotheque! These lovely, hand-made hats come in 12 colours, and can be personalized with a capital letter of your choice. Being as I have an undying hat fetish, and that I need something to keep my ears warm in the English winter weather, I already got one for myself, and I must say that I love it! Order one for yourself and for your loved ones now to have in time for the holidays.
… well, it’s not quite a word, but someday it’ll be able to make any word! (In the Latin Script, that is) So what is this drawing of? It’s my very feeble sketching abilities trying to depict what my typeface project will look like. This is definitely not a tight sketch. However, this is the only sketch i made before I embarked upon the process of digitization. I have filled several small book pages with even feebler attempts at calligraphy so as to have a point of reference for what I hope will be a nice, pen-informed typeface for Sanskrit research. I’m bound to have my hands full with the brief I’ve cut out for myself. Wish me luck!
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