Type on Thursday

There is no finish line. These five words say so much and the big, bold font is the perfect choice to deliver the simple message to enjoy the journey! Nike gets an A+ for this one.

N is for Night by Heather McKean reminds me of initial letters from illustrated manuscripts and children's fairy tales. Although there is minimal space within the letter for an entire landscape, Heather manages to evoke a scene that tells a much larger story.

The Hamilton Type Museum is a type lover's dream come true. Wired introduced me to this celebration of the history of printing explaining that the, "Hamilton is a working museum, where first-time visitors and longtime patrons alike can get their hands dirty. Ten of the museum’s 62 printing presses work, and visitors can learn entry level typesetting or basic letterpress printing."

Fonts in use is one of my favorite websites to browse for inspiration. Books, magazines, signs, and other fonts in the wild are shared. Both users and staff submit different examples that are easily sorted by medium, font, industry, or key word.

I really like the white on black chalky look of this hand lettering by Mark Serrano. Into the Mystic also happens to be one of my favorite songs.

Citylab has the excellent round up of the use of the letter "M" in metropolitan logos around the world. Gathering 77 different M's from public transportation systems, author Eric Jaffe groups them by style and compares and contrasts their varying features.

Tolga Girgin's letters appear to jump, blow, and fly off the page in their ongoing series of cleverly shaded and illustrated, hand lettered calligraphy.

Roberta Flack's "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" is the inspiration this Seb Lester poster. He combines elegant calligraphy with swirls and stars in beautiful homage to this classic love song. Personally, I love the black and gold version, but the white poster would be a perfect traditional wedding gift. I do have two brothers and a sister that are unhitched.

As a book lover and a designer, Penguin Books is one of those publishers who is at the top of the game. This cover for The Fox and the Star is a prime example of why. Creator Carole Bickford-Smith created this fable "inspired by William Blake's Eternity and the graphic work of William Morris." 

Letter Collections is a series of beautifully lettered postcards that you can send to your friends & family! Designer Martina Flor is the brains and talent behind this clever project that started in the analog world and continues to live on in the digital world.