Bookkake, for those that love dirty books. Awesome name, and good idea for a small publishing venture.
Category: links
Malabar
Dan Reynolds has released Malabar, an oldstyle serif typeface designed for extended reading. He also posted an article about it over at iLT. The font is available in six weights from Linotype.
The Science of Typography
The Periodic Table of Typefaces. I have to admit that I like the concept, but the science nerd in me has issues with the execution. The shape roughly resembles the original table, but it fails to make any discernible connection between the typefaces.
Open Baskerville
Open Baskerville is an attempt to create an open-source version of the classic typeface, based on derivatives by punchcutter Isaac Moore. Fork your own version at github and get to work.
F1 controls resemble video game
Formula One user interfaces. A quick peek at a few iterations of F1 steering wheels, if you can call still call them wheels.
Meta book covers
Books on book covers, an emerging meta-trend in cover design. Eventually, walking into a bookstore will become an Escher-esque event that blows your mind.
The World’s Best Designed newspapers
The Typographic Desk Reference
The Typographic Desk Reference. I’ll need to pick up a copy of this one.
Art History for the masses
Smarthistory is being developed as an enhancement to the traditional Western art history textbook. Excuse me, I have some learning to do.
The League of Moveable Type
The League of Moveable Type is an attempt to bring quality open-source typography to the web. It’s an honourable pursuit and will hopefully gain some traction, but I’m not really a big fan of the name.