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Swiss graphic design history
Swiss graphic design history, a large collection of posters and other ephemera from the last hundred years.
Scenes from a blog
Scenes from a blog, Pentagram goodness.
A short letterpress video
A short video about letterpress. Not a bad intro, but a tad on the melodramatic side (letterpress will die/there are no rules for computer-set typography).
Twyman Interview
An old interview with Michael Twyman, patriarch of the typography department
Too cute for words
Helvetica Alternatives
To Helvetica and Back, a number of alternatives to the ubiquitous typeface
Garamond vs Garamond
Garamond vs Garamond (english version) offers a rundown of six different versions of the legendary typeface.
Manuale Typographicum
Manuale Typographicum by Hermann Zapf, beautiful type specimens from 1954.
Sleepytown Sound
Sleepytown Sound is a ponytail-free recording studio in Toronto run by Ryan Mills (the guy who got me into grunge/design back in the day). It’s hot shit.
Best Front Design
BFD. The best in newspaper cover design, albeit currently focused on the American market.
Remembering Ed Arnold
Remembering Ed Arnold. The first true guru of newspaper design.