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Review by
Rumsey Taylor
Oct 31st, 2017
Directed by John Carpenter
Albertus serves as the genre filmmaker’s typographic signature.
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Review by
Stephen Coles
Sep 3rd, 2017
“New Items !” sign, Trader Joe’s Rockridge, Oakland
The playful grocery store’s hand-painted signs sometimes replicate digital type so well they contradict the brand’s analog visual identity.
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Review by
James Edmondson (OH no Type Co.)
Aug 4th, 2017
Holy Trinities
Unexpected type choices strike a funky chord in Jack Stratton’s short lessons on music history.
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Review by
Florian Hardwig
Jul 17th, 2017
Dawn of the Dead
(1978) movie posters
In memoriam George A. Romero, “Father of the Zombie Film”
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Review by
Florian Hardwig
May 24th, 2017
Bayerische Bauindustrie A.-G. Notgeld coupons
Hyperinflation currency from the Weimar Republic helps to date a classic modernist typeface.
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Review by
Nick Sherman
May 17th, 2017
Fact
magazine covers
Stark typography to deliver stark criticism in the politically charged 1960s.
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Review by
Nick Sherman
Apr 18th, 2017
Kendrick Lamar –
DAMN.
album cover
The cover of Kendrick Lamar’s new album, DAMN., is very basic: A four-letter word and a period set on top of a photo of Lamar …
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Review by
Stephen Coles
Mar 6th, 2017
Hold, Sold, & 2nd Grade Butterfat
Mid-century shop tags showcase the rough-and-ready utility of Ludlow’s
Tempo.
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Review by
Blythwood
Sep 28th, 2016
Haüy’s
Essay on the Education of the Blind
(1786)
One of the earliest forms of sans serif type ever seen in a book was designed for those who couldn’t see at all.
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Review by
Stephen Coles
Aug 13th, 2016
Massimo Vignelli’s
A Few Basic Typefaces
Vignelli presented his (now famous) type philosophy at an SVA exhibition in 1991, revisiting it 20 years later for his
Canon
.
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Review by
Stephen Coles
Jul 14th, 2016
Mastercard identity (2016)
Pentagram hits the Mark in an iconic brand’s return to simplicity. (Still, a few words of warning to geo-sans fans.)
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Review by
Ivar Sakk
Jun 1st, 2016
Zhurnalnaya Roublennaya: A Poor Man’s Futura
An unusual geometric sans, born out of necessity in a Soviet Union of limited type choices, sparks new study and revivals.
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Review by
Andreas Kofler
Apr 22nd, 2016
Stedelijk Museum
identity (2012)
Four years after the dust settled, a look back at the controversial rebranding of Amsterdam’s home for contemporary art.
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Review by
Stephen Coles
Apr 13th, 2016
Charlie Rose
One of the strongest talk shows on television finally has a typographic identity that carries as much weight.
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