Bembo’s Zoo is a children’s book featuring animals from A to Z, illustrated using letterforms and punctuation from Bembo.
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Beautiful abstract satellite photos
Beautiful abstract satellite photos of Earth taken with NASA‘s Landsat 7.
Kubrick recreation
A recreation of the Shining set to promote an upcoming season of Kubrick films for Channel 4. It borders on creepy.
The Boys and the Subway
David Carson’s desktop
David Carson’s desktop. Man, I thought mine got cluttered at times.
Chessboxin
Da mystery of chessboxin. RZA, Wu-Tang producer extraordinaire, and chess fanatic has started up a chess site.
Masters of the Univers
He-man and the Masters of the Univers. Also, take a look at Cinematypography.
Type is image
Type is image, a video with Paula Scher (from Marc).
The emo threat
Concern in Middle England has been mounting in recent days over the threat to the nation’s youth posed by emo. I can’t stop laughing. It probably has something to do with the mental image of a white-haired newscaster with a British accent uttering those words with the greatest severity.
Flood shuts Canadian archives
Flood shuts Canada’s national archives. The article states that the building has had 116 environmental incidents since 1988. Could just be me, but it seems like a stupid place to be storing important documents.
Font Bots
Font bots, robot illustrations made with type.
Rub Downs
Erik Spiekermann reminiscing about Letraset rub downs. We had them around the house when I was growing up. They’re one of the main reasons for my fascination with typography. Apparently they weren’t toys, but I could never resist playing with them.