Typography

Most of my interests are linked into each other; one of the most obvious is the correlation between typography, packaging, advertising, corporate design and branding. I've focused on the first of these aspects here- typography. This is rightly seen as anal by a lot of people, but I link it very much to my interest in corporate identity- the typeface is the 'handwriting' of the company, if you like. Typeright Font Diner Great 50's Americana fonts - you might recognise a few... What the Font? Upload a font and they'll identify it for you Free Chank Fonts Linotype - Features Microsoft typography Links and suggestions Linotype - Fonts in Use Examples of specific fonts in the real world - on ads and the like Typographic Signage Project NoRelevence: Handpainted Signs Gill All of this...

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Paper Planes

Looking at some old links I've yet to organise in my bookmark folder, I realised I went though a 'paper plane' fascination a while back. This is what I'd found. JLine- ridiculously hard designs 36 fold plane Got a few hours spare? Try this one [few of these via Signal + Noise] Ken Blackburn, the world champion, shares his designs for all Paperairplanes.co.uk Best Paper Airplanes have some that can be made (I promise) Finally, this isn't strictly a paper plane but until I put up an Origami fascination, I'll link it here simply because it's great: Paper CD C...

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