Ornamental typography, something we don’t see as much of in this digital era.
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Rules
Rules. “Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make.”
Typesites
Typesites, website reviews that focus on the use of typography
Why does it still take so long to publish a book?
History of Visual Communication
The History of Visual Communication. Haven’t been all the way through this yet, but it looks like a decent starting point.
On being funny
Steve Martin on being funny. “What if there were no punch lines? What if there were no indicators? What if I created tension and never released it? What if I headed for a climax, but all I delivered was an anticlimax? What would the audience do with all that tension? “
A brief history of Esszett and Long s
Esszett or ß and Long s, two character essays from James Mosley.
Trajan, the movie font
50 Years of Wisdom
The Illustrated President
The Illustrated President, I think that explains things perfectly.