Printing a book in 1947. It’s pretty awesome to watch all of the machinery in action. The typesetting aspect is different these days (no more hot metal) but the books still need to be printed, trimmed and bound.
Category: links
Long Duration Love Affair
Long Duration Love Affair highlights a number of beautiful abstract photos resulting from NASA‘s LDEF project.
A Layperson’s Guide to Design
On Emil Ruder
A Brief History of Emil Ruder, an introduction to one of the founders of the International Typographic Style and proponent of the grid.
Cover stories
Three authors and their cover designers, an essay from Stephen Heller.
Annie gets her shot
How videogames blind us with science
How videogames blind us with science or how kids are using the scientific method to learn a game’s world mechanics.
Palin’s Travels
Palin’s Travels features the complete texts from each of Michael Palin’s travel journals, as well as photos, guides and maps. His series of travel documentaries are some of my all-time favourites.
52 fonts
52 fonts you could use instead of Helvetica. David is approaching the end of his series which highlights two typefaces from each letter of the alphabet.